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Forcepoint DLP

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What is Forcepoint DLP?

Forcepoint DLP promises to address human-centric risk by providing visibility and control everywhere your people work and everywhere your data resides. Security teams apply user-risk scoring to focus on the events that matter most and to accelerate compliance with global data regulations.The…

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Users of Forcepoint DLP have reported that the product effectively monitors critical streams to prevent data leakage and offers ease of …
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Stop Data Leakage

7 out of 10
July 13, 2022
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is [being] used across [the] organization to safeguard the sending of sensitive data outside the …
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Good tool to use!

9 out of 10
December 23, 2019
Incentivized
We use Data Loss Prevention across org and, it addresses problems like Data Loss of PII. We have deployed the agents as well on endpoints.
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What is Forcepoint DLP?

Forcepoint DLP promises to address human-centric risk by providing visibility and control everywhere your people work and everywhere your data resides. Security teams apply user-risk scoring to focus on the events that matter most and to accelerate compliance with global data…

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Product Details

What is Forcepoint DLP?

Forcepoint DLP promises to address human-centric risk by providing visibility and control everywhere your people work and everywhere your data resides. Security teams apply user-risk scoring to focus on the events that matter most and to accelerate compliance with global data regulations.

The vendor promises these benefits:
  • Accelerate compliance
  • Empower people to protect data
  • Advanced detection and controls that follow the data

RESPOND AND REMEDIATE RISK
Traditional approaches to DLP overload users with false positives while missing data at risk. Forcepoint DLP applies advanced analytics to correlate seemingly unrelated DLP events into prioritized incidents. Incident Risk Ranking (IRR) provided with Forcepoint DLP fuses disparate DLP indicators into a framework of Bayesian belief networks to assess the likelihood of data risk scenarios, such as data theft and broken business processes.

VISIBILITY EVERYWHERE YOUR PEOPLE WORK, CONTROL EVERYWHERE YOUR DATA RESIDES
Today’s enterprises are challenged with complicated environments, where data is everywhere and requires the protection of data in places that aren’t managed or owned by the enterprise. Forcepoint DLP for Cloud Applications extends analytics and DLP policies to critical cloud applications so your data is protected, wherever it resides.

Forcepoint DLP Features

  • Supported: Endpoint
  • Supported: Cloud applications
  • Supported: Discovery
  • Supported: Network

Forcepoint DLP Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Symantec Data Loss Prevention and VikingCloud are common alternatives for Forcepoint DLP.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 5.3.

The most common users of Forcepoint DLP are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Users of Forcepoint DLP have reported that the product effectively monitors critical streams to prevent data leakage and offers ease of management. They have found the API feature in Forcepoint DLP particularly helpful as it allows for automation, addressing the problem of slowness and delays in incident creation. The manager approval process with Network Email has been praised for its ability to effectively notify managers of any user activity.

Forcepoint DLP provides comprehensive coverage, unified data protection, reporting capabilities, and customization options. It also integrates seamlessly with other Forcepoint products, enhancing its usefulness for organizations. Users have highlighted the small footprint and quick data classification capabilities of Forcepoint endpoint DLP, which helps them efficiently protect their data. The availability of good pre-defined policies and a user-friendly interface contribute to the benefits organizations experience in terms of core data protection.

The integration of all data vectors on a single console is another valuable use case for Forcepoint DLP. Users have successfully utilized the product to protect their organization's confidential data, particularly in web and email data protection scenarios. With its ability to prevent data loss and breaches, provide better visibility and control over data, improve compliance, and automate IT security work, Forcepoint DLP has proven to be a valuable tool for businesses. Daily analysis of DLP reports helps track users' activities related to sensitive information and easily identify suspicious activity. Additionally, by implementing data protection policies across thousands of devices and enabling centralized monitoring and actions on incidents, organizations can effectively safeguard their sensitive information.

Websense, now part of Forcepoint, has been widely used to prevent users from uploading company documents to external websites or attaching them to personal emails. It has successfully addressed internal internet abuse issues by cutting down on desktop problems and preventing pop-ups. Globally utilized for web security purposes, Websense performs functions such as monitoring, filtering traffic, web caching, proxy server operation, content filtering, inspection of end-user web traffic, and blocking inappropriate site categories. It is also leveraged for internet traffic filtering, email spam filtering, and DLP across multiple offices and locations.

Websense Data Security Suite has been instrumental in protecting valuable intellectual property, proprietary information, and sensitive data like electronic healthcare records and credit card data. Users have reported successful detection of the transmission of company confidential documents and violations of corporate policies. By adding security to internet-bound traffic, securing IP, and controlling bandwidth costs, Websense offers important benefits and use cases. Furthermore, it is used extensively for implementing endpoint DLP, content gateway, web filtering, URL filtering, and email security. Users have found Websense to be easy to navigate, user-friendly, and have had positive experiences with the product.

Forcepoint has made improvements to their product and has shown remarkable improvement in customer service. It is being widely used as a Web Security and DLP solution across organizations. The primary use case for Forcepoint is PII data loss prevention, helping prevent unauthorized disclosure of member data and discovering the actual location where PHI resides and how it is shared. The threshold feature in Forcepoint DLP triggers an alarm to the administrator for further review when a set amount of PHI is shared externally.

Forcepoint DLP is extensively used to identify and locate ePHI on disk and in transit via email. It effectively stops data loss via USB storage devices, especially concerning internal employees. This makes it particularly valuable for the health insurance industry, enabling compliance with regulations such as PCI, HITRUST, HIPAA, etc. It addresses problems like Data Loss of PII and is deployed on endpoints to flag attachments and messages containing customer PII or proprietary information.

Forcepoint DLP serves as a web proxy that monitors and warns users about potentially unauthorized data printing, storing, or sharing. It helps track data exfiltration and allows Data Custodians from different departments to review incidents. Users have recommended Forcepoint DLP for clients starting their data loss prevention journey with endpoint protection before moving on to network data loss prevention. With its ability to prevent data leakage and protect critical data on employee devices regardless of location, Forcepoint DLP strengthens web security while providing visibility and control over abnormal activities.

This all contributes to the overall objective of using Forcepoint DLP enterprise-wide: preventing intentional or unintentional data leakage from the organization. It protects valuable data on Cloud, servers, and on-premises systems while providing confidence in controlling abnormal activities that could lead to data breaches. The capture of incidents with low false positives ensures efficient incident management and response.

Effective Endpoint Data Loss Prevention Module: Users have found the Forcepoint Endpoint DLP module highly effective in securing data at endpoints, such as Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft capabilities, email, FTP, and Active Sync. Reviewers have specifically praised its OCR capabilities for preventing sensitive data theft through embedded text recognition in images.

Flexible Filtering and Customization: The software provides a great range of flexibility and features that allow users to filter web content and block access to undesirable or infected sites. Reviewers appreciate the ability to customize filtering based on user/group/domain, IP address, or range, enhancing their control over web access.

Seamless Integration with Firewall: Users have praised the seamless functionality between Forcepoint Endpoint DLP and the firewall. This integration has been particularly appreciated for its ease of use and efficient security management.

Difficult and Tedious Deployment: Users have found deployment on multiple servers to be difficult and tedious, often requiring significant effort and time to set up the system as per their specific requirements.

Improvement Needed in Data Discovery and Machine Learning Techniques: Some users feel that the data discovery and machine learning techniques of the product need improvement. They believe that these features are not as effective or accurate as desired, leading to challenges in identifying and protecting sensitive data.

Lack of Integration with Network DLP and Other Tools: Users have expressed frustration over the lack of integration with Network DLP tools. This limitation makes it challenging for organizations to seamlessly incorporate the product into their existing security infrastructure, hindering efficient data protection measures.

Users who have reviewed Forcepoint DLP commonly recommend the following:

  1. Deploying correctly and following business processes: Users have found that Forcepoint DLP can be effective if it is deployed correctly and if business processes are followed and updated. They emphasize the importance of implementing the solution properly to maximize its effectiveness.

  2. Selecting Forcepoint DLP for comprehensive data loss prevention: Users recommend choosing Forcepoint DLP because it offers a complete package of data loss prevention capabilities. They appreciate that the product addresses various aspects of data security.

  3. Utilizing advanced features: Users suggest that Forcepoint DLP stands out as the best option for advanced features like OCR (Optical Character Recognition). They highlight the product's ability to provide advanced functionalities for enhanced data protection.

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Score 8 out of 10
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We are using Websense mostly for it's Malware and Spyware filtering. We do little URL filtering but the filters that have put in place have been very effective. We use Websense through out the entire enterprise of our company this includes UK and Asia. It has cut down on the time spent by PC technicians have to remove Spyware, malware and adware on our users PC. This has also cut down on time spent on reloading pc that were infected as well.
  • It does a great job at stopping users from going to "infected" sites and sites that are undesirable.
  • It has a great range of flexibility and features. We have used it to lock down a server "production" computer that need only a limited amount of access to internet sites. It allows us to also filter by user/group/domain and even IP address or range.
  • Implementation was a little rough but once the product is up and running it is very stable.
  • Websense could do some improvement in the Support group. Long wait times and long times for follow-up.
  • Working with the support center and the sales engineers has been a little rough. We ran into problems where the support group did not understand how the sales engineer set up our design.
  • It would be also helpful if that you could sort in the knowledge base on just your current version you are running.
During the setup and design make sure that they have other companies using the same model and design that you are using. We ran into a big disconnect on this issue due to our configuration and working with Websense Support.
  • The biggest impact that Websense has resolved for us was our PC technician times on having to deal with computers with Malware and Spyware on them.
  • It allowed us to have control over our "production" computers so that users where not surfing internet or installing stuff on these computers.
  • iBoss,Symantec,blue coat,Zscaler
Websense gave us the best flexibility for our enterprise configuration and setup. It all does not take up anything on our computers when we use Websense one armed off our firewalls and routers. We found this very easy to set up and transparent to our users and network. The sales team understood our questions and problems and was able to come up with a solution that worked for our company.
We have been fairly happy with the product and how it has worked. We have looked at other vendors for url filter and such and have not found one that meets our needs or does what we have been doing with Websense. The product has been fairly stable and we have only had a few issues in the past. We have all seen that it was one of the highest leaders from the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Web Gateways.
  • Setup was very easy
  • Creating groups and access was easy
  • Setup of filters and custom for our groups.
  • The only real problem we have had is working with sites that are blocked with no reason why it was blocked. Working with the "Testlog Server" could be set up easier.
Product is very customizable and easy to setup and change on the fly.
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