Cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today announced a new strategic partnership with fellow cybersecurity company Fortra LLC to provide customers with comprehensive security coverage that protects data in the modern threat landscape.

The partnership sees Fortra introducing its new Digital Guardian Secure Service Edge solution, powered by the Lookout Cloud Security Platform. The Security Service Edge offering provides continuous monitoring of user and device risk posture, with dynamic and granular zero-trust access based on app and data sensitivity.

The company says the combined service brings together cloud access security broker, secure web gateway and zero-trust network access to allow organizations to safeguard their workers, devices, applications and data from unauthorized access and internet-based threats.

Lookout argues that with workforces increasingly decentralized, remote and hybrid work schedules have become standard and the demand for cloud and software-as-a-service applications has surged beyond pre-pandemic expectations. With the shift in working, security teams are challenged to ensure secure access and maintain control over sensitive data for all employee devices accessing public or private cloud apps. At the same time, security measures must not disrupt the workflow of employees, regardless of their location or the tools they use.

“As businesses migrate data and workloads to the cloud, the threat landscape has become broader and more complex. Threat actors are taking advantage of this complexity, exploiting gaps and relentlessly stepping up the volume of attacks,” said Chief Executive Jim Dolce. “The Lookout-powered Digital Guardian Secure Service Edge offers a full set of security technologies to protect sensitive data and applications as organizations adopt cloud.”

Fortra was known as HelpSystems until 2022. The company, founded in 1982, was acquired by HIG Capital in 2015 before being acquired in a $1.2 billion deal by private equity firm HGGC in 2021.

Lookout was previously in the news in October when it announced enhancements to its cloud security platform designed to assist organizations in better discovering, assessing, and protecting their data as it moves across any network.

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