Forcepoint sees business growth in UAE on high demand for cybersecurity

Forcepoint sees business growth in UAE on high demand for cybersecurity

The global brand works with thousands of global enterprises and governments in more than 150 countries around the world.

Published: Sun 28 Aug 2022, 6:34 PM Last updated: Sun 28 Aug 2022, 6:35 PM

Forcepoint, world’s largest privately owned cybersecurity company and the global leader for data-first cybersecurity, is bullish about its business growth in the UAE, said John DiLullo, chief revenue officer, Forcepoint.

The US-headquartered, global brand works in more than 150 countries around the world. Almost 13,000 organisations in 65 countries trust Forcepoint’s simpler approach.

Today’s distributed enterprises present amplified challenges for security teams who need to react to rapidly evolving hybrid workforces and ever-expanding SaaS applications. Data is the building block of today’s digitised economy and the opportunities for innovation and malice around it are incalculable.

Currently the company has more than 400 patents and applications and employs more than 2,750 employees.

“There are between 50 to 100,000 people trying to prevent cybercrime, that leaves you wondering how many people out there are actually trying to commit cybercrime. The answer to that is there are millions of people working against the system. From state actors to independent contractors, the population of people perpetrating some of these crimes is vast,” added DiLullo.

“Some of the