Forcepoint Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Loss Prevention 2025 Vendor Assessment

Recognized for full spectrum of capabilities including AI-Mesh-powered classification, risk adaptive protection and unified management

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forcepoint, a global leader in data security, announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 2025 Vendor Assessment. Forcepoint believes this recognition affirms the company’s continued innovation in Data Security Everywhere, a unified AI-powered data security platform that provides clarity, context and control across all data channels.

Protecting Sensitive Data in an AI-driven World

With data scattered across hybrid environments and generative AI tools, securing sensitive information—at rest, in motion, and in use—is more urgent than ever. Forcepoint’s Data Security Everywhere architecture delivers full-lifecycle protection with unified visibility and control across endpoints, SaaS, web, GenAI, and email. Powered by AI Mesh, a distributed network of small language models, Forcepoint continuously discovers data, prioritizes risk and adapts controls in real time. Forcepoint DLP serves as the enforcement backbone—applying intelligent, policy-driven protections through more than 1,700 classifiers and templates tailored to unique business environments. The result is smarter automation, fewer false positives and faster response across any deployment—on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid.

“Data security isn’t optional—it’s the bedrock of trust in today’s digital economy. As AI-powered applications accelerate data proliferation and consumption, the need for scalable, adaptive data security is urgent,” said Naveen Palavalli, Chief Product and Marketing Officer of Forcepoint. “We believe this IDC MarketScape recognition validates our mission to deliver next-generation data security that helps customers rapidly find, understand and stop risk before it becomes a headline.”

How Forcepoint is a Leader in DLP

Forcepoint DLP is a core component of the Forcepoint Data Security Everywhere platform, working alongside Forcepoint’s AI-Mesh powered Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and Data Detection and Response (DDR) to seamlessly discover, classify, prioritize, protect and monitor data risk. Its key features include:

• Unified Policy Enforcement: A single policy engine ensures consistent enforcement, streamlined policy and incident management across all data channels.
• Seamless DSPM & DDR Integration: AI-powered data discovery and classification ensures security policies are automatically applied, protecting sensitive data throughout its lifecycle.
• Real-Time Risk Adaptivity: Behavior-based policy enforcement adjusts security controls in real-time based on user risk levels, minimizing friction while enhancing protection.
• Comprehensive Data Security Stack: Forcepoint DLP is fully integrated with Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Email Security, DSPM and DDR.
• Advanced Forensics and Incident Management: Built-in secure evidence lockers provide analysts with a clear and actionable trail of security incidents, from origin to resolution.
• Hybrid Management: Allows deployment, centralized management and policy enforcement for both on-premises and cloud-based environments.

“The rapid adoption of GenAI and the hybrid nature of the workforce have made DLP a non-negotiable technology for organizations of all sizes. Effective data security requires a full spectrum of capabilities to protect data as it surges throughout the cloud and the organization’s systems and endpoints. Forcepoint is positioned as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DLP 2025 Vendor Assessment. Its DLP solution offers the full spectrum of capabilities with broad set of features including DSPM, AI-Mesh-powered classification, risk-adaptive protection and unified management,” said Jennifer Glenn, Research Director for IDC’s Security and Trust Group.

To learn more about the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc #US53234325, March 2025), visit the Forcepoint website, download the report or read our blog.

Meet Forcepoint Experts at RSA 2025

During the week of the RSA conference, April 28-May 1, the company will provide hands-on opportunities with the company’s Data Security Everywhere portfolio including DLP, DSPM, DDR and AI-Mesh at the Forcepoint Experience Center on the fourth floor of the St. Regis San Francisco. Organizations that want to learn more and get demos can request a meeting.

For additional information, see:

• Forcepoint to Acquire Getvisibility, Expanding AI-driven Data Security and Risk Visibility
• Forcepoint DSPM product page
• Forcepoint DDR product page
• Forcepoint Data Security Everywhere

About IDC MarketScape

IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology supplier scan be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

About Forcepoint

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. The company’s Data Security Everywhere architecture makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint creates safe, trusted environments for customers and their employees in more than 150 countries.