Fortinet Strengthens Its Top-Tier Unified SASE Solution with Acquisition of Next DLP
Fortinet, the global cybersecurity
leader driving the convergence of networking and security, announced that it
has acquired Next DLP, a leader in insider risk and data protection. With this
acquisition, Fortinet will improve its position in the standalone enterprise
data loss prevention (DLP) market and strengthen its leadership in integrated
DLP markets within endpoint and SASE in alignment with Fortinet’s business
strategy.
The acquisition of Next DLP supports our
goal of steadily and strategically enhancing our solutions to continue
protecting enterprises with the top security solutions on the market. Next DLP
will significantly strengthen our data loss prevention capabilities, helping
customers manage insider risk across SASE and endpoint deployments.
Next DLP has been recognized by industry
analysts for its technology innovation and was recently named a Representative
Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention1 and the 2023
Gartner® Market Guide for Insider Risk Management Solutions.2 The Company
delivers a leading next-generation, cloud-native SaaS data protection platform
that extends from endpoint to cloud.
As part of its commitment to offering
enterprises a top-tier Unified SASE solution, Fortinet plans to integrate Next
DLP’s technology to add advanced data loss prevention capabilities to
Fortinet’s security service edge (SSE) offering, as well as integrate
additional insider risk and data protection capabilities across the Fortinet
Security Fabric.
The acquisition of Next DLP supports our goal of steadily and
strategically enhancing our solutions to continue protecting enterprises with
the top security solutions on the market. Next DLP will significantly
strengthen our data loss prevention capabilities, helping customers manage
insider risk across SASE and endpoint deployments, said, Ken Xie, Founder,
Chairman of the Board, and CEO at Fortinet.
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