Forcepoint, a maker of data-first security solutions, has announced the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire security service edge (SSE) provider Bitglass. Bitglass delivers the industry’s only truly integrated cloud-native SSE platform for securing access to and usage of information as organisations transform to the cloud.
In addition, it brings together best-in-class cloud access security broker (CASB), secure web gateway (SWG), zero trust network access (ZTNA) and cloud security posture management (CSPM), combined with data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities to enable uniform security policies for accessing the web, cloud and private data centres managed through a single console.
According to Bitglass its SSE platform complements Forcepoint’s data-first SASE architecture and will accelerate Forcepoint’s efforts to make advanced data security and threat protection technologies easier for organisations to deploy and use.
“Complexity is the enemy of security. IT teams today are faced with the reality that securing a hybrid work environment is even more complex than the move to work-from-home was last year. With the acquisition of Bitglass, Forcepoint will be accelerating our ability to address customers’ widespread need for enabling hybrid workforces to safely access and use information everywhere-in the web, cloud and data centre-more easily than ever before,” said Manny Rivelo, CEO, Forcepoint.
“When the average CISO is managing 50 plus security products of loosely connected technologies, it’s clear the industry is challenged and needs to change. By uniting Bitglass and Forcepoint, we will be able to deliver the industry’s first integrated security platform that transforms and consolidates data security, network, web, and cloud security, threat protection, advanced monitoring, and zero trust control to make access to and usage of information more effective, more reliable and less complex,” Rivelo continued.
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