FEATURE : HYBRID WORKFORCES
How do you plan to work with customers to make sure their journey to a converged security strategy is a success ?
I think this is key and what differentiates Forcepoint and the platform in general . We have professional services and deployment engineers who help and guide people but what really is needed is a ‘ holding your hand ’ type approach .
We have common guidelines and best practices for what security you might want to apply such as controlling access to sanctioned SaaS applications but disallowing the upload of sensitive data which might be a customer list to a personal account . Blocking those threats on the fly is key .
There are many different options but the journey starts with realizing what ’ s possible and , as I ’ ve outlined , there are many different options that can be enabled as it ’ s really flexible .
What does the future hold for Forcepoint ONE and how do you see it evolving as part of your commitment to your customers ?
Forcepoint ONE was launched in February of this year . It ’ s built upon some technologies that have been acquired over the years and is an extension of Bitglass , which was a CASB and SSE provider , providing ZTNA and secure gateway . Prior to that , Forcepoint had a rich portfolio and there are some other acquisitions that occurred too , constantly growing the capabilities .
When this happens , you can sometimes end up with a portfolio approach rather than a platform but with Forcepoint ONE , it is all about providing these services in a platform .
We ’ ve integrated everything into one place so you ’ re not switching between management consoles – you ’ re natively using one for centralized configurations , reporting and blocking threats , regardless of where your users are .
Evolution wise , we continue to see this extension of these broad capabilities and expansion inside the portfolio . p
Mike Schuricht , VP of Product Management , Security Service Edge ( SSE ), Forcepoint
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