Forcepoint Data Security Partner & DLP Specialists

Forcepoint DLP, DSPM, DDR, Web Security, Email Security and AI Data Security

e3 helps organisations protect their most critical information with Forcepoint Data Security solutions.

Our specialists support organisations with the design, implementation, optimisation and ongoing operation of Forcepoint environments, including:

• Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Forcepoint Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
• Forcepoint Data Detection and Response (DDR)
• Forcepoint Web Security
• Forcepoint Email Security
• Forcepoint DLP for Email
• Forcepoint Cloud App Security
• Forcepoint AI Data Security
• Risk-Adaptive Protection
• Data classification and discovery

The objective is not simply to deploy another security product.

e3 helps organisations create an integrated Data Protection architecture that understands where critical information resides, how it is used, who has access and how data can be protected wherever it moves.

Discover → Classify → Assess → Protect → Monitor → Respond

Forcepoint Data Security Everywhere

Data is no longer located inside a traditional corporate perimeter.

Employees work with information across:

• endpoints;
• Microsoft 365;
• SaaS applications;
• cloud platforms;
• web applications;
• email;
• private applications;
• generative AI services.

Forcepoint’s Data Security approach is designed to provide visibility and control across these environments.

Forcepoint Data Security Cloud brings together capabilities including:

DSPM + DDR + DLP + Web Security + Email Security + Cloud App Security + AI Data Security

into an increasingly integrated Data Security platform.

For organisations, this provides the opportunity to move away from isolated security controls towards a common approach to discovering, classifying and protecting sensitive information.

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention specialists

Forcepoint DLP is at the centre of the e3 Forcepoint proposition.

Data Loss Prevention helps organisations identify sensitive information and control how that information can be used or transferred.

Forcepoint DLP can protect information across channels including:

• endpoints;
• network traffic;
• email;
• web;
• cloud applications;
• SaaS environments;
• AI applications.

Forcepoint currently positions its DLP technology around unified policy enforcement across cloud, web, endpoint, email, network and AI-related use cases.

e3 helps organisations translate these technical capabilities into practical Data Protection controls.

Forcepoint DLP implementation

Successful DLP requires more than installing software.

e3 supports customers throughout the complete Forcepoint DLP implementation lifecycle.

Architecture and design

Our specialists can assist with:

• High-Level Design;
• Low-Level Design;
• platform sizing;
• deployment architecture;
• DLP Manager architecture;
• Policy Engine design;
• Protector architecture;
• endpoint deployment;
• network integration;
• resilience and redundancy;
• database architecture;
• mail-flow architecture.

Forcepoint platform implementation

Depending on the environment, e3 can support components such as:

• Forcepoint Security Manager;
• Forcepoint DLP Manager;
• Policy Engines;
• Forcepoint Protectors;
• DLP Endpoint;
• Web Security;
• Email Security;
• network DLP components;
• cloud-delivered Forcepoint Data Security services.

We also help integrate Forcepoint with surrounding infrastructure including:

• Microsoft Exchange;
• Microsoft 365;
• email gateways;
• proxies;
• SIEM platforms;
• SOC environments;
• identity platforms;
• ticketing systems.

Advanced Forcepoint DLP detection

A strong DLP programme depends on accurate detection.

Forcepoint provides a broad range of data classification and detection techniques.

e3 helps customers design and optimise policies using methods such as:

• database fingerprinting;
• exact structured data matching;
• file fingerprinting;
• dictionaries;
• regular expressions;
• predefined classifiers;
• keyword and proximity logic;
• contextual detection;
• document classification;
• machine-assisted classification.

These techniques can be used to recognise sensitive information such as:

• customer records;
• intellectual property;
• engineering information;
• financial information;
• product designs;
• source code;
• contracts;
• personally identifiable information;
• research data;
• strategic documents.

Forcepoint DLP policy engineering

Installing Forcepoint DLP does not automatically mean that an organisation has effective Data Loss Prevention.

The quality of the DLP policies determines much of the effectiveness.

Policies that are too broad can generate excessive incidents.

Policies that are too narrow can fail to identify genuine risk.

e3 therefore treats Forcepoint DLP policy engineering as a specialist discipline.

Our methodology typically includes:

1. Identify the business risk.
2. Define the protection objective.
3. Identify the relevant data.
4. Understand the business process.
5. Design the detection logic.
6. Test with representative data.
7. Introduce monitoring.
8. Analyse detection results.
9. Reduce false positives.
10. Validate with data owners.
11. Introduce stronger controls where appropriate.
12. Continuously optimise.

This allows customers to develop DLP policies that are both technically accurate and operationally manageable.

Forcepoint DSPM – discover your sensitive data

Protecting data starts with knowing where it is.

Forcepoint Data Security Posture Management ( DSPM ) helps organisations discover and classify sensitive information across their data estate.

DSPM is particularly useful when organisations have information distributed across:

• cloud storage;
• SaaS applications;
• Microsoft environments;
• file shares;
• databases;
• collaboration platforms;
• data lakes;
• hybrid infrastructure.

Forcepoint uses AI-assisted capabilities to discover and classify information and identify potential data risks such as inappropriate access, excessive exposure or sensitive information being stored in the wrong location.

e3 helps organisations turn these DSPM findings into a structured remediation programme.

From DSPM discovery to remediation

A DSPM tool can generate enormous amounts of information.

The real value comes from answering:

Which data risks actually matter?

e3 helps organisations prioritise findings based on:

• sensitivity of the data;
• business value;
• number of users with access;
• external exposure;
• identity risk;
• data location;
• regulatory requirements;
• sovereignty requirements;
• business context.

This allows DSPM to become part of an operational Data Protection programme rather than simply another security dashboard.

Forcepoint DDR – Data Detection and Response

Forcepoint complements DSPM with Data Detection and Response, or DDR.

Where DSPM focuses strongly on discovering and understanding sensitive data and its posture, DDR helps organisations continuously monitor data-related risk and respond when risky conditions or activities occur.

The combination can be considered as:

DSPM tells you where the risk is.

DDR helps determine when that risk requires action.

Forcepoint’s current Data Security platform integrates DSPM and DDR with DLP controls, allowing organisations to connect data discovery with active protection.

e3 helps customers design the operational processes required around these capabilities.

DSPM + DDR + DLP

One of the strongest aspects of the current Forcepoint proposition is the combination of:

DSPM → DDR → DLP

This creates a continuous Data Protection lifecycle.

Discover

Find sensitive information wherever it is stored.

Classify

Understand what the information contains and how important it is.

Assess

Determine risk based on exposure, access and context.

Detect

Identify abnormal or risky use of sensitive information.

Respond

Trigger investigation, remediation or stronger controls.

Protect

Use DLP policies to prevent inappropriate use or movement of sensitive information.

For e3, this integration is strategically important because it moves Data Protection beyond traditional DLP.

Forcepoint Web Security

The web is one of the most important channels through which employees interact with external applications, cloud platforms and AI services.

Forcepoint Web Security provides visibility and control over web activity while helping organisations protect users and sensitive data.

Potential use cases include:

• controlling access to risky websites;
• identifying inappropriate web activity;
• preventing malicious downloads;
• controlling uploads;
• protecting data submitted to web applications;
• applying DLP controls to browser traffic;
• managing access to generative AI services.

Within the broader Forcepoint Data Security proposition, Web Security can therefore act as both a threat-control layer and a Data Protection enforcement point.

Forcepoint Email Security

Email remains one of the most important channels for both cyber threats and accidental data loss.

Forcepoint provides capabilities for protecting inbound and outbound email.

These capabilities can help organisations address risks such as:

• phishing;
• malicious attachments;
• malicious links;
• impersonation;
• sensitive information being emailed externally;
• incorrect recipients;
• accidental data leakage.

e3 can support both the technical implementation of Forcepoint Email Security and its integration with DLP policies.

Forcepoint DLP for Email

Inbound email security and outbound Data Loss Prevention serve different purposes.

Forcepoint DLP for Email allows organisations to inspect outbound email communication and apply Data Protection policies before sensitive information leaves the organisation.

Examples include:

• preventing customer databases being emailed externally;
• detecting intellectual property;
• preventing confidential documents being sent to personal email accounts;
• controlling regulated personal information;
• detecting unusual volumes of sensitive data.

This is especially powerful when the same Data Protection policy can be reused across additional channels.

Forcepoint AI Data Security

Generative AI has created a new Data Protection challenge.

Employees can use services such as:

• ChatGPT;
• Microsoft Copilot;
• Google Gemini;
• Claude;
• coding assistants;
• browser-based AI services;
• AI agents.

The productivity advantages can be significant.

But employees can also unintentionally provide confidential information to AI services.

Forcepoint has therefore expanded its Data Security strategy specifically towards AI Data Security.

Forcepoint’s current AI Data Security proposition includes capabilities around:

• identifying AI usage;
• detecting Shadow AI;
• controlling access to unapproved AI services;
• protecting sensitive data entered into AI applications;
• applying controls to AI prompts;
• controlling sanctioned versus unsanctioned AI applications;
• securing interactions with AI agents.

Prevent sensitive data from leaking into AI

Traditional web filtering is not sufficient for protecting information used with generative AI.

An organisation may want employees to use ChatGPT or Copilot, while preventing them from submitting:

• customer information;
• source code;
• intellectual property;
• product designs;
• pricing information;
• contracts;
• strategic documents.

This requires data-aware AI controls.

Forcepoint’s approach allows organisations to extend existing Data Protection and classification policies towards AI interactions.

This is important because organisations should not need a completely separate classification framework simply because employees start using generative AI.

Shadow AI

One emerging security challenge is Shadow AI.

Similar to Shadow IT, employees may start using AI applications that have not been approved or assessed by the organisation.

This can result in confidential information being processed by unknown AI providers.

A modern AI Data Security programme therefore needs to answer:

• Which AI applications are being used?
• Which users are using them?
• Which applications are approved?
• Which AI applications represent unacceptable risk?
• What sensitive information is being submitted?
• Are users using corporate or personal AI accounts?
• What controls should apply?

Forcepoint has increasingly built these capabilities into its AI Data Security proposition.

Agentic AI security

AI is also evolving beyond human prompts.

AI agents can increasingly:

• access applications;
• retrieve information;
• manipulate data;
• interact with APIs;
• make decisions;
• perform actions on behalf of users.

This creates a new Data Protection question:

Which information should an AI agent be allowed to access, process and share?

Forcepoint’s emerging AI security capabilities include controls aimed at governing interactions involving autonomous or semi-autonomous AI agents.

For organisations, this makes identity, data classification and Data Protection increasingly interconnected.

Forcepoint and Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot can significantly increase productivity.

But Copilot can also expose existing information-governance weaknesses.

If users already have excessive access to documents, Copilot can make those documents substantially easier to discover.

e3 therefore recommends approaching Copilot Data Security from two directions:

Data at rest

Use DSPM and data discovery to understand which sensitive information exists and who has access.

Data in use

Use DLP and AI Data Security controls to monitor how sensitive information is used and shared.

This creates a more complete approach than focusing exclusively on the AI interface itself.

Risk-Adaptive Protection

Traditional DLP typically applies the same policy to every user.

But user risk changes over time.

For example:

• a user may suddenly download unusually large quantities of information;
• an employee may start uploading documents to personal cloud storage;
• a departing employee may copy intellectual property;
• activity may differ substantially from normal behaviour.

Forcepoint Risk-Adaptive Protection is designed to adjust enforcement according to user risk and context.

This allows organisations to move from:

static DLP policies

towards:

risk-adaptive Data Protection.

The result can be stronger controls for higher-risk situations without unnecessarily restricting every employee.

Forcepoint Data Security Cloud

Forcepoint has increasingly brought its Data Security technologies together within Forcepoint Data Security Cloud.

The platform combines capabilities including:

• DLP;
• DSPM;
• DDR;
• Web Security;
• Cloud App Security;
• Email Data Protection;
• AI Data Security;
• Risk-Adaptive Protection.

The strategic value is that organisations can increasingly apply a consistent Data Security strategy across multiple environments.

Instead of creating separate policies for endpoint, web, cloud, email and AI, the goal is to reuse a common understanding of sensitive data wherever possible.

Forcepoint Web, Cloud and SaaS Data Protection

Modern applications increasingly run outside the traditional corporate network.

Employees may use:

• Microsoft 365;
• Salesforce;
• ServiceNow;
• Google Workspace;
• cloud storage;
• collaboration platforms;
• generative AI applications.

Forcepoint’s Data Security architecture can extend Data Protection policies towards these environments.

This allows organisations to protect data not only on managed endpoints but also when users interact with cloud services.

Protect your digital crown jewels

At e3, we believe Data Protection should start with the organisation’s most important information.

We call these digital crown jewels.

Examples can include:

• intellectual property;
• research and development information;
• customer databases;
• product designs;
• source code;
• contracts;
• strategic plans;
• pricing models;
• algorithms;
• sensitive financial information.

The first question therefore should not be:

Which DLP policies should we configure?

It should be:

Which information would materially harm our organisation if it were lost, stolen, unavailable or misused?

Forcepoint DLP, DSPM and DDR can then be used to discover, monitor and protect those crown jewels.

Forcepoint managed services

Data Protection requires continuous attention.

Policies need to evolve.

False positives need to be analysed.

New applications appear.

Employees change roles.

New AI services emerge.

e3 therefore provides Forcepoint managed services and specialist support.

Services can include:

Platform management

• system monitoring;
• platform maintenance;
• health checks;
• troubleshooting;
• upgrades;
• configuration management.

DLP policy management

• new policy creation;
• policy optimisation;
• false-positive reduction;
• policy testing;
• classification tuning;
• detection improvement.

DSPM operations

• review of discovered data;
• risk prioritisation;
• remediation workflows;
• exposure reduction;
• data-owner engagement.

Expert support

e3 Forcepoint specialists can provide project-based, retained or SLA-driven support for complex environments.

Forcepoint health check and optimisation

Many organisations already operate Forcepoint but are not using the complete capability of the platform.

Common challenges include:

• large numbers of false positives;
• old policies;
• excessive exceptions;
• incomplete endpoint deployment;
• unused classifiers;
• architectural complexity;
• poor operational procedures;
• insufficient reporting;
• incomplete integration with SOC processes.

e3 can perform a Forcepoint Data Protection Health Check covering both technical configuration and the effectiveness of the Data Protection programme.

The output can include:

• current-state analysis;
• risk findings;
• architecture recommendations;
• policy recommendations;
• operational improvements;
• prioritised roadmap.

Modernise an existing Forcepoint DLP environment

Organisations that have used Forcepoint DLP for many years may not necessarily need to replace it.

Instead, the environment can often be modernised by extending the existing DLP investment with:

• DSPM;
• DDR;
• cloud controls;
• Web Security;
• AI Data Security;
• Risk-Adaptive Protection.

This can preserve years of DLP policy development while introducing more modern discovery and risk capabilities.

Forcepoint migrations

There are also situations where organisations want to consolidate, redesign or migrate parts of their DLP environment.

e3 can help assess:

• which existing policies are still relevant;
• which policies should be redesigned;
• which technologies should remain;
• whether cloud-native controls should be introduced;
• how existing fingerprinting and classification should be preserved;
• how migration can be phased.

Because e3 works with multiple Data Protection vendors, the migration decision can be based on requirements rather than technology preference.

Vendor-independent Data Protection expertise

e3 works with several leading Data Protection technologies, including:

• Forcepoint;
• Microsoft Purview;
• Broadcom Symantec;
• Proofpoint;
• Netskope;
• Zscaler.

Our Forcepoint expertise is therefore combined with a broader understanding of the Data Protection market.

This enables e3 to help customers determine where Forcepoint provides the right capabilities and where complementary technologies may be required.

Why choose e3 for Forcepoint Data Security?

Data Protection is our specialism

We focus heavily on DLP, DSPM, Insider Risk and Information Protection rather than treating them as secondary features of a broad cybersecurity portfolio.

Deep Forcepoint knowledge

Our specialists have practical experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting and operating complex Forcepoint DLP environments.

End-to-end capability

We support:

Assess → Design → Implement → Protect → Operate → Optimise

Technical and policy expertise

Our knowledge extends from infrastructure and Protector architecture through to database fingerprinting, classifiers and DLP policy engineering.

DSPM and modern Data Security

We help organisations extend traditional DLP towards DSPM, DDR and risk-driven Data Protection.

AI Data Security

We help organisations control sensitive information used with generative AI and emerging AI agents.

Vendor independence

We help customers select and integrate technologies based on business requirements rather than being restricted to a single vendor.

Need help with Forcepoint?

Are you currently using Forcepoint and experiencing challenges with:

• DLP architecture;
• policy optimisation;
• false positives;
• database fingerprinting;
• endpoint DLP;
• email DLP;
• Forcepoint Protectors;
• Web Security;
• DSPM;
• DDR;
• AI Data Security;
• Shadow AI;
• Copilot protection;
• upgrades;
• managed services?

e3 can assess your current Forcepoint environment and identify opportunities to improve protection, reduce operational workload and extend the platform towards modern Data Security.

Talk to an e3 Forcepoint Data Protection specialist.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Forcepoint Data Security Cloud?

Forcepoint Data Security Cloud is Forcepoint’s integrated Data Security platform combining capabilities such as DLP, DSPM, DDR, Web Security, Cloud App Security, Email Data Protection and AI Data Security.

What is Forcepoint DLP?

Forcepoint DLP identifies sensitive information and applies policies to control how that information can be accessed, transferred or shared across endpoints, networks, web, email, cloud and AI environments.

What is Forcepoint DSPM?

Forcepoint Data Security Posture Management discovers and classifies sensitive information and helps organisations understand data exposure, access and risk.

What is Forcepoint DDR?

Data Detection and Response continuously monitors data-related risk and helps organisations identify and respond to situations that may lead to inappropriate disclosure or data breaches.

What is the difference between DSPM and DLP?

DSPM primarily helps organisations understand where sensitive data is and how it is exposed.

DLP controls how sensitive data can be used or transferred.

Combined, they provide visibility and enforcement.

Can Forcepoint protect data used with ChatGPT and other AI applications?

Forcepoint’s AI Data Security capabilities are designed to provide visibility and control over information used with sanctioned and unsanctioned AI applications.

What is Shadow AI?

Shadow AI is the use of AI applications or services without formal approval or governance from the organisation.

Does Forcepoint support Microsoft Copilot Data Security?

Forcepoint positions its Data Security technologies as complementary controls for securing sensitive data used within Microsoft 365 and Copilot environments.

Does e3 provide Forcepoint managed services?

Yes. e3 can provide technical application management, DLP policy management, optimisation and specialist Forcepoint support.

Can e3 perform a Forcepoint health check?

Yes. e3 can assess an existing Forcepoint environment across architecture, policies, platform configuration, operational processes and Data Protection effectiveness.

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