What happened to Websense?
What happened to Websense?
Vista Equity Partners acquired Websense in 2013 for $906 million. Raytheon acquired an 80% interest in Websense in April 2015 for $1.9 billion and acquired the remaining 20% interest in 2019. In 2015, Websense acquired network security vendor Stonesoft from Intel and in 2016, the company was renamed Forcepoint.
Does Raytheon still own Forcepoint?
Raytheon took full control of the Forcepoint venture in October 2019 by acquiring the remaining stake held by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, which previously owned all of the business before partnering with Raytheon in 2015. Forcepoint posted $658 million in revenue and $8 million in profit for 2019.
How much did Francisco Partners pay for Forcepoint?
Waltham, Mass. -based Raytheon acquired an 80 percent stake in Forcepoint, then known as Websense, for $1.9 billion in 2015 from Vista Equity Partners.
Who owns Forcepoint?
Francisco Partners
Forcepoint/Parent organizations
What is Websense endpoint?
Websense Data Endpoint is a comprehensive, secure and easy-to-use endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) solution. It monitors real-time traffic and applies customized DLP policies over application and storage interfaces. You can also apply discovery policies to endpoints to determine what sensitive data they hold.
Who are Forcepoint’s competitors?
Competitors and Alternatives to Forcepoint
- Cisco.
- Broadcom (Symantec)
- McAfee.
- Trend Micro.
- Zscaler.
- Barracuda.
- Sophos.
- Kaspersky.
Is Forcepoint a good company?
A very good company where employees get a brilliant opportunity to learn and deploy their skill. It has a perfect work life balance with an excellent office environment.
What is Forcepoint DLP?
Forcepoint DLP Endpoint protects roaming users against Advanced Threats and data theft on and off your network in an easy-to-use solution. Advanced technologies help you quickly identify and protect sensitive data and provide actionable forensic insight into attacks on endpoint devices on or off network.
What does Francisco Partners own?
In the past Francisco Partners has held, among others, investments or ownership of ClickSoftware Technologies, Comodo, Connecture, Discovery Education, iconectiv, LogMeIn, Perforce (50% ownership), Redis Labs, Sandvine (formerly Procera), and SmartBear Software.
How many employees does Forcepoint have?
2,3002016
Forcepoint/Number of employees
What is the use of Forcepoint endpoint?
What is the use of Forcepoint one endpoint?
Introduction to Forcepoint One Endpoint. Your organization uses Forcepoint One Endpoint to protect you and other users against advanced data theft while on and off the corporate network. Endpoint solutions include server software installed on corporate servers and this client software installed on your computer.