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The best of both worlds About the Author
A recent report suggested that
the average organization shares
confidential information with
more than 500 third parties.
parties . Nicolas (Nico) Fischbach is the Global
Chief Technology Officer at Forcepoint
Forcepoint..
While that number might be
slightly lower for government
institutions, the point remains
that the number of applications
being used is a big one – and
it’s only going to grow.
grow .
Nico is leading Forcepoint’s cloud-first
transformation as the CTO for the com-
pany’s cloud security business,
business , where
he oversees technical direction and in-
novation.
Before joining Forcepoint
Forcepoint, , he spent 17
years at Colt, a global B2B service pro-
vider, and was responsible for compa-
ny-wide strategy, architecture and inno-
vation.
As the use of
cloud services
increases ,
agencies need
a way to bal-
ance their love
of the cloud
with the need
for tight secu-
rity. .
rity
CASBs can pro-
vide them with
Nico Fischbach, Forcepoint CTO
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