Forcepoint CISO: Guy Shamilov

What the company sells

Forcepoint sells data security products covering DLP, DSPM, Secure Web Gateway and AI Data Security, with the same data classification, analytics and reporting across them. Forcepoint AI Data Security discovers, classifies and enforces data security for every AI interaction, from sanctioned applications and shadow AI to cloud- and endpoint-resident agents.

Forcepoint AI Data Security detects when AI accesses sensitive data and enforces controls in real time to stop it from leaving. Forcepoint AI Data Security discovers AI applications an organization does not know about, scores their risk and enforces usage policies. Forcepoint AI Data Security inspects prompts and file uploads in real time. Forcepoint discovers and classifies data across cloud, endpoint and SaaS, reclassifies it when AI transforms it, and inventories AI touchpoints including sanctioned apps, shadow tools, browser extensions and OAuth grants.

For autonomous agents, Forcepoint restricts agent sprawl with MCP-based enforcement, human-in-the-loop approvals and an immutable audit trail. Forcepoint ensures autonomous agents and AI applications can only access the sensitive information they need. Forcepoint AI Data Security discovers agents, helps understand their goals and permissions, and enforces guardrails.

Forcepoint Data Security Cloud serves as a single control plane for the Forcepoint security suite, including Data Loss Prevention, Data Security Posture Management and Data Detection and Response. Forcepoint Data Security Cloud discovers new data sets across the digital estate continuously. Forcepoint Data Security Cloud tags structured and unstructured data with AI Mesh, a classification architecture. Forcepoint ARIA is an intelligence layer in Forcepoint Data Security Cloud that correlates cross-solution risk signals and behavioral insights. Forcepoint ARIA, the Adaptive Risk Intelligence Assistant, analyzes signals across the platform to surface insights, identify protection gaps and activate enforcement using natural language. Forcepoint Data Security Cloud synchronizes users and groups across on-prem and cloud directories for identity-driven policy enforcement. Forcepoint Data Security Cloud has a cloud-native architecture that supports both cloud and hybrid environments. An executive-level dashboard in Forcepoint Data Security Cloud shows data risk insights, trends and performance.

Forcepoint DLP keeps data sovereign where regulations demand it and runs cloud-native everywhere else. Forcepoint DLP protects data in motion, at rest and in use. Forcepoint DLP enforces one policy everywhere data goes, in the cloud, on the web, within AI, through email, at the endpoint and in the network. Forcepoint DLP includes 2,000+ classifiers and policy templates to identify and secure PII and other types of sensitive data. Forcepoint DLP enforces data loss prevention policies in outbound emails. ARIA, the Adaptive Risk Intelligence Assistant, is an always-on integrated AI assistant that surfaces insights, recommends protection and deploys policies directly from the chat interface. Forcepoint DLP can be deployed in the cloud (SaaS) or on premises.

Medicover Group scaled the capabilities of Forcepoint DLP from Romania to the rest of the world to protect data across 80 different companies. Medicover provides diagnostic and healthcare services and operates primarily in Central and Eastern Europe and India. Globaltek Security is a partner of Forcepoint and uses DLP to help companies across South America protect their most sensitive data. For healthcare, Forcepoint AI Data Security discovers and classifies patient data across cloud and on-premises systems.

Existing Forcepoint CASB customers are being migrated to Forcepoint ONE.^{[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Categories

• Data loss prevention (primary category)
• SASE and SSE
• Data security posture management
• Firewalls and NGFW
• Compare Forcepoint with companies in the same categoryside by side

Headquarters

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Founded

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Ownership

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CISO on record

Guy Shamilov, Chief Information Security Officer (roster, verified October 15, 2026)

Website

forcepoint.com

Products and services

Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.

• Forcepoint Data Security Cloud

  A single control plane for the Forcepoint security suite.

  Forcepoint Data Security Cloud serves as a single control plane for the Forcepoint security suite, including Data Loss Prevention, Data Security Posture Management and Data Detection and Response. Forcepoint Data Security Cloud has a cloud-native architecture that supports both cloud and hybrid environments. Policy is configured once and enforced across AI, web, cloud, endpoint, network and email.

• Forcepoint ARIA

  An intelligence layer in Forcepoint Data Security Cloud.

  Forcepoint ARIA is an intelligence layer in Forcepoint Data Security Cloud that correlates cross-solution risk signals and behavioral insights. Forcepoint ARIA analyzes signals across the platform to surface insights, identify protection gaps and activate enforcement using natural language. ARIA is an always-on integrated AI assistant that deploys policies directly from the chat interface.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Forcepoint's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On data loss prevention, Forcepoint competes with Cyberhaven, Fasoo, Hilt, Jazz, Next DLP, BigID, Concentric AI, Cyera, Island, Netskope and 19 more.

• On sase and sse, Forcepoint competes with Aryaka, AT&T, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Netskope, Skyhigh Security, Versa Networks, Zscaler, Cato Networks, Dispersive Stealth Networking, Check Point Software Technologies and 8 more.

• On data security posture management, Forcepoint competes with BigID, Concentric AI, Cyera, Polymer, Arexdata, IBM, Immuta, Securiti, Sentra, Symmetry Systems and 10 more.

• On firewalls and ngfw, Forcepoint competes with Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco, Ecessa Corporation, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, SonicWall, Huawei, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard Technologies, Aryaka and 7 more.

What review platforms show

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• G2 · 4.5 out of 5^[11]seen November 10, 2026

Recent news

Dated company events from the last twelve months, each in one sentence of ours with its source. Newest first.

• July 22, 2026

  Forcepoint launched AI Data Security, a cloud platform that follows sensitive data across autonomous agents, shadow AI and sanctioned AI applications. Forcepoint^[10]

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

1. [1]Forcepoint: AI Data Security | Secure Agents, Stop Shadow AIForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]Fortune 50 oil and gas companyForcepoint · forcepoint.com · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
3. [3]NewsroomForcepoint · forcepoint.com · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
4. [4]Forcepoint AI Data Security Platform: Unify Data Security for AIForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
5. [5]Forcepoint Data Security Cloud | AI-Native, Real-Time SecurityForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
6. [6]Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention SoftwareForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
7. [7]Medicover Group | ForcepointForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
8. [8]Guy Shamilov : Chief Information Security Officer | ForcepointForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
9. [9]Product Support Life CycleForcepoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
10. [10]Forcepoint Defines How Agentic Enterprises Control Data with AI Data Security Launch | ForcepointForcepoint · published July 22, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
11. [11]Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Reviews 2026G2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

Last verified November 3, 2026. Our code found the quoted passage behind each fact on its source page when the fact was recorded, and re-checks every record against its sources each month.

Recorded November 3, 2026, expanded November 10, 2026 from the references above.

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