Forcepoint Network Security Platform

Next-generation firewall available as physical appliances, virtual appliances and AWS/Azure images; its engine software is branded Network Security Platform from version 7.3. Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall delivers industry-leading network security at scale. Next-Generation Firewalls: Next-Generation Firewalls combine traditional firewall technology with additional functionality, such as encrypted traffic inspection, intrusion prevention systems, anti-virus and more. A firewall is a network security device that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic and permits or blocks data packets based on a set of security rules. It is available as a cloud instance, a hardware appliance and a virtual appliance.

Current Version

7.5.1

Product Page

forcepoint.com/…/ngfw-next-genera…

Market

EnterpriseGovernment

Licence

Paid

Price

Quote

Record Created

2026-09-19

Last Updated

2026-10-28

Forcepoint's history is a chain of acquisitions. It began as Websense, a web filtering company; Raytheon bought it and combined it with its own cyber products and with Stonesoft, the Finnish firewall business McAfee had acquired and sold on; the combined company took the Forcepoint name in 2016. Francisco Partners bought it from Raytheon in 2021, and its US government business was later separated and sold again. Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall, the product listed here, is the Stonesoft lineage — a firewall known particularly for managing large numbers of distributed sites from one console and for its clustering. Around it sit Forcepoint ONE, its cloud security platform, and the data loss prevention products that are now the company's centre of gravity. Its strongest position is in data protection and government, and it is judged there rather than in the consumer malware laboratories. Vendor page →

Website

forcepoint.com

Country

🇺🇸United States

Headquarters

🇺🇸Austin, United States

Year Established

1994

Customers

12K organisations

Users

—Not known

Revenue

$450.0M (2026)