Fortra employee, Ciaran Rafferty shares his thoughts on everything from cybersecurity trends to the future of email security in this interview with Intelligent CIO. Originally posted on Intelligent CIO . Excerpt: "Simplification is really what customers want and they want to know that they have a trusted advisor that can help them with that. I think what you'll see over the period of the next 2-3...

MINNEAPOLIS —April 8, 2022—Fortra announced today the acquisition of Terranova Security , a leader in global phishing simulation and security awareness training. Available in more than 40 languages, Terranova Security’s platform and content incorporates gamification techniques to increase engagement and knowledge retention. This approach enables all organizations to hone employee cyberattack...

Managed detection and response (MDR) forms new cornerstone of Fortra's cybersecurity portfolio MINNEAPOLIS March 9, 2022—Fortra announced today it has signed a merger agreement to acquire Alert Logic, a well-known leader in managed detection and response (MDR) services. Alert Logic works as a seamless extension of security teams, augmenting existing cybersecurity resources and technology to...

Channel Insiders looks at considerations for Email Security Solutions and assesses the best providers and services in 2022. Originally published in Channel Insiders Excerpt: “Fortra is an enterprise IT and channel force with a growing stack of technologies under its brand. With the acquisitions of veteran cybersecurity vendor Clearswift in 2019 and email security specialist Agari in May 2021, the...

What is a Secure Email Gateway and what key features do you need? Find out in this eSecurityPlanet article which also identifies Clearswift’s Secure Email Gateway as one of the top solutions for 2021. Originally posted in eSecurityPlanet Excerpt: eSecurity Planet editors reviewed a number of secure email gateway tools for a variety of use cases in arriving at this list. Here are our picks for the...

Originally published in Enterprise Times In this article, Mike Devine and John Grancarich talk about the acquisition of PhishLabs and Digital Guardian. Excerpt: Another challenge with a wide product portfolio is how do you present it to customers. Is it a set of individual solutions? Are they complementary to each other? Are they integrated closely into a platform? Grancarich sees the platform as...

‘In order for us to compete better, we needed to broaden our capabilities of what we could bring to our customers. We needed to be part of something bigger in order to develop what our customers want,’ says Digital Guardian’s Connie Stack. Read the full article >

Digital Guardian strengthens Fortra's data security portfolio with SaaS and managed service-enabled endpoint, network, and cloud data loss prevention. MINNEAPOLIS, October 27, 2021—Fortra announced today the acquisition of Digital Guardian , the industry’s only SaaS provider of data loss prevention (DLP) solutions for large and mid-sized organizations. Digital Guardian’s solutions give customers...

Digital Risk Protection platform delivers curated threat intelligence and complete threat mitigation across digital risk landscape MINNEAPOLIS, October 19, 2021—Fortra announced today the acquisition of PhishLabs , a leading cyber threat intelligence company that protects organizations from attacks on their brands, employees, and digital assets. PhishLabs sources intelligence across the internet...