Austin-Based Forcepoint Signs Pact With FBI

NORTH AUSTIN, TEXAS — Austin-based Forcepoint, a cybersecurity firm, has signed a $23.5 million deal with the FBI.

The description of the 5-year contract in the company's website is as mysterious and abstract as the work done in the cybersecurity industry: “The BPA [blanket purchase agreement] between the FBI and Forcepoint will foster even greater collaboration between the government and industry,” said Sean Berg, senior vice president and general manager for Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure at Forcepoint. “This collaboration will greatly increase delivery and deployment timelines to ensure the high-security posture of the FBI.”

Huh? Well, it is the FBI, after all. We suspect they need to keep their cards close to their vests.

The pact will "...will greatly streamline acquisition and delivery of new Cybersecurity and Cross Domain Solutions capabilities," officials described. "The contract establishes a base, plus four option year agreement with an estimated purchase volume of $23.5 million. Forcepoint’s full portfolio of integrated, behavioral-based cybersecurity and cross domain solutions (software, hardware and professional services) is available through the agreement."

The Forcepoint portfolio, officials added, supports FBI Enterprise and Mission objectives to include: increased infrastructure efficiency, examination of emerging cyber technologies, adoption of cloud-based cybersecurity, cross domain technologies, and the ability to plan multi-year cyber sequencing plans.

Forcepoint, 10900-A Stonelake Blvd., describes itself as a global human-centric cybersecurity company "... transforming the digital enterprise by continuously adapting security response to the dynamic risk posed by individual users and machines." The Forcepoint Human Point system delivers Risk-Adaptive Protection to continuously ensure trusted use of data and systems. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint protects the human point for thousands of enterprise and government customers in more than 150 countries, officials said.

Read more about the company at www.forcepoint.com.

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