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Forcepoint is a security software and data protection company, specialising in cloud access security, firewall and cross-domain solutions. Forcepoint offers solutions that cover three broad areas: user protection, data protection, and edge protection.
Today, Techday speaks to Forcepoint senior sales engineer and solutions architect Matthew Bant, who discusses the benefits of a converged cloud security model, and the pandemic's role in complicating the security stack in organisations around the world.
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