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Forcepoint

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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What is Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

Data protection does not have to get in the way of business productivity. Forcepoint’s focus on unified policies, user risk, and automation makes data security frictionless and intuitive.

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Awards & Recognition

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention won the following awards in the Data Loss Prevention category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

2 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

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94 Plan to Renew

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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

4% Negative

1% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Security Protects
Reliable
Unique Features
Client Friendly Policies

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Optical Character Recognition

Data Discovery (DLP)

Real Time Scanning

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Integration

Forensic Analysis Support

Centralized Reporting Engine

Email and IM Support

Environment Support

Endpoint Support

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention Reviews

Ose U.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Initial setup can be modified to make it simpler,

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention from other similar products?

Great data protection and policy setup that can be created to stop data loss.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Policy that spans across web, email can be utilised.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Initial Setup can be annoying

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it!!

Pros

Security Protects
Reliable
Trustworthy
Caring

Cons

Slower Product Innovation

YOGENDER T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2024

Good product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention from other similar products?

So it is very secure, we put password so any end user can not uninstall it and it helps to restore when any system..corrupts

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

End user cannot install it even if it is a member of admin group, it as secure

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing actually

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's totally worth it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Effective Service

Mohit G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Apparel
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention from other similar products?

Primarily Behavioral Analytics and Risk-Adaptive Protection

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Unified Data Protection Across Endpoints, Network, and Cloud

What do you dislike most about this product?

Running Forcepoint DLP can be resource-intensive,

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

you may consider forcepoint DLP if you looking for unified solution for Data protection with great reliability

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity

How We Deliver

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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Optical Character Recognition Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities to accurately extract sensitive data (e.g. SS numbers, credit card numbers) from images.

Data Discovery (DLP) Structured (content registration or data fingerprinting) and unstructured (keywords, lexicons, metadata tags, statistical analysis, etc.) data identification.

Real Time Scanning The solution scans content and context of files in real-time, 24/7.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Integration The solution supports integration with common SIEM providers.

Forensic Analysis Support Query capabilities with pre-built and custom drill down, pivot, and parsing; includes export functions and event session reconstruction.

Centralized Reporting Engine The solution provides a central reporting engine for policy creation and management with canned reports and RBAC.

Email and IM Support The solution scans inbound and outbound messages for security violations.

Environment Support Breadth of protocol support, cloud protection, peer to peer, Web 2.0, and virtualization environment support.

Endpoint Support Multiple operating system and device type support with offline protection, removable media, print screen, and copy and paste support.

Activity Monitoring Alerts User access patterns can be monitored with rule-based alerts for sensitive data access requests.

Multiple Enforcement Actions The solution provides options for violations such as block, move, quarantine, and delete.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention Reviews

Ose U.

Initial setup can be modified to make it simpler,

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

YOGENDER T.

Good product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mohit G.

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Optical Character Recognition

Data Discovery (DLP)

Real Time Scanning

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Integration

Forensic Analysis Support

Centralized Reporting Engine

Email and IM Support

Environment Support

Endpoint Support

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness