From Discovery to Defense: Scaling Data Security with AI

A recent IDC Market Note titled “Forcepoint Completes Acquisition of Getvisibility, Expanding Data Security Capabilities” (Source: doc #US53553625, June 2025) explains how our integrating Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and Data Detection and Response (DDR) with the rest of our security platform: 

The acquisition allows Forcepoint to offer more comprehensive data discovery, classification, and protection solutions, addressing critical information security needs.

The Modern Data Security Crisis: Data everywhere, visibility nowhere

The timing of the report couldn’t be more critical. As organizations accelerate digital transformation, embrace multi-cloud strategies, and increasingly rely on AI and automation to boost agility, one inconvenient truth has become undeniable: most security teams have lost visibility and control over their distributed data. 

As data is being created, consumed and shared across traditional data centers, endpoints, SaaS, IaaS and public cloud platforms, the need for security is becoming more complex. While many vendors in the DSPM space provide visibility, they tend to miss channels and the most important aspect of DSPM, Security. 

Organizations need to answer the following questions:  

• Can we detect sensitive data in any format, structured and unstructured across all critical channels: On-prem, email, endpoint, SaaS and IaaS both at rest and in motion?
• Can we classify sensitive data in any format?
• Can we apply security policies, apply behavioral analysis and respond to data loss events?
• Do we have the right tools to be compliant and maintain data governance?

With the advent of Gen AI, both sanctioned and unsanctioned, the lack of controls is a ticking time bomb that threat actors are waiting to exploit. Modern data protection, largely augmented by AI, demands a shift to a continuous, contextual and intelligence-led protection that provides strong visibility and control over the data landscape and offer data-centric security.

Protecting data everywhere it lives

Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solutions help address these challenges by discovering, classifying and monitoring data assets empowering security teams to proactively protect sensitive information and ensure compliance. However, many DSPM tools focus solely on data discovery, lack complete coverage across all data exfiltration channels, offer limited deployment and integration options, often generating excessive alert noise that leads to fatigue and missed threats.

What’s usually missing is a clear understanding of data risk, knowing not just where your data resides, but how exposed it is, who can access it and whether it’s at risk of non-compliance or misuse. Without this insight, organizations are left vulnerable to both internal and external threats.

Forcepoint, with its strong heritage in data security, offers a modern, unified approach to uncover the hidden data risks and protect the data across its entire lifecycle wherever it resides, moves or is accessed. Going beyond traditional DSPM, Forcepoint integrates the following capabilities within its data security platform:
 

• Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for deep visibility, risk assessment and governance of data-at-rest
• Data Detection and Response (DDR) for securing data-in-use by detecting and responding to potential data breaches in action
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for enforcing policies that prevent data exfiltration across endpoints, cloud, web, and email
• Risk-Adaptive Protection (RAP) for dynamically adjusting policy enforcement based on user behavior and risk context 

Once DSPM and DDR have strengthened the data security posture through discovery, classification and remediation such as fixing excessive permissions or identifying and cleaning up stale data our award-winning DLP takes over to enforce unified policies that prevent data exfiltration across all channels. The result? True data security everywhere, with risk reduced at every stage of the data lifecycle.

Scaling new heights through strategic acquisition of Getvisibility

Forcepoint’s recent acquisition of Getvisibility is a powerful affirmation of our “Data Security Everywhere” vision. Renowned for its AI-driven data discovery, classification (known as AI Mesh) and DSPM capabilities, Getvisibility’s technology now integrates across our data protection suite significantly enhances our ability to deliver granular, context-aware security at scale. 

With Getvisibility's AI-Mesh technology, Forcepoint can provide more granular data security, ensuring sensitive information is accurately classified and protected.

- Source: IDC Market Note, Forcepoint Completes Acquisition of Getvisibility, Expanding Data Security Capabilities” (Source: doc #US53553625, June 2025
 

Top 5 Value Drivers from the Getvisibility Acquisition: 

1- Deep Unstructured Data Intelligence
Getvisibility brings advanced capabilities to classify, tag, and track unstructured data across cloud, endpoints, and on-prem systems, an area where DSPM solutions often struggle. This enables Forcepoint to offer more precise discovery across the enterprise data fabric. 

2- AI-Powered Data Classification at Scale
The platform’s AI/ML-based classification engine, AI Mesh, can automatically label sensitive data using business context, improving accuracy and speed. This supports Forcepoint’s push toward automated, AI-aware DSPM that is critical for scaling visibility across large environments. 

3- Seamless Integration with Existing DLP & Policy Engines
Getvisibility’s lightweight architecture and open API approach allow its discovery insights to plug directly into Forcepoint’s real-time enforcement engines (Endpoints, Email, CASB), strengthening its “discover-to-defend” value chain. 

4- Governance-Grade Reporting & Audit Support
The platform supports data lineage, access risk scoring, and compliance mapping, helping CISOs and GRC teams prove governance and prepare for audits key in regulated sectors (e.g., finance, healthcare, critical infrastructure). 

5- Accelerated Time to Value via Agentless & Hybrid Deployments
Getvisibility supports fast deployment models agentless, hybrid, or full endpoint, enabling Forcepoint to deliver time-to-value in weeks, not months. This improves sales velocity and supports land-and-expand strategies.

Get a free assessment of your data risks today

Understanding your data risk is the first step toward building a resilient data security strategy. That is why we are offering a free 14-day Data Risk Assessment (DRA) powered by Forcepoint’s DSPM and DDR capabilities.

The DRA gives you instant visibility into your data security posture, helping you identify overexposed data, misconfigured access and potential compliance gaps. With actionable insights and prioritized recommendations, you can take immediate steps to reduce risk and strengthen your data protection strategy.

Sign up for your free DRA and take the first step toward smarter, more secure data management.