Fortra's Digital Guardian

byFortra
in
4.5
Market Presence: Data Loss PreventionMobile Data Protection Solutions (Transitioning to Endpoint Protection Platforms)

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Product Information on Fortra's Digital Guardian

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Fortra's Digital Guardian?

Fortra's Digital Guardian is a software designed to provide data loss prevention and endpoint protection for organizations managing sensitive information. The software monitors, controls, and encrypts data movement across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. It enables visibility and control over the use and sharing of intellectual property and regulated data, assisting businesses in mitigating risks associated with internal and external threats. The software features policy enforcement, content inspection, and reporting capabilities to address compliance requirements and safeguard data integrity within diverse IT infrastructures.

Overall experience with Fortra's Digital Guardian

Informattion Technology Manager
50M - 250M USD, Manufacturing
FAVORABLE

Digital Guardian Enhances Security, Ensures Compliance, and Reduces Data Breaches

5.0
Jul 9, 2025
Fortra's Digital Guardian has been an excellent tool for our company in ensuring data loss protection. It helps us monitor data usage to minimize data attacks and breaches on our devices as well as on our cloud data to ensure compliance. This promotes productivity as we rarely experience downtime and our employees and customers maintain confidence which makes them more productive.
MANAGING CONSULTANT
30B + USD, Banking
CRITICAL

Digital Guardian is good, but you can find better alternatives in the market

2.0
Sep 16, 2022
Using it made the systems painfully slow to an extent that I eventually had to move to an alternative.

About Company

Company Description

HelpSystems, now rebranded as Fortra, focuses on addressing the increasing complexity of data protection in an era of escalating cyber threats. In an environment where the only certainty is change, the company acknowledges the necessity of adaptability for sustainable growth. Guided by feedback, Fortra takes on problem-solving and delivers tailored solutions to help organizations deal with their cybersecurity challenges effectively. Specializing in areas such as data security, infrastructure protection, managed services, and threat research and intelligence, the company strives to enhance security maturity and simultaneously reduce the operational challenges associated with it. The fundamental belief driving Fortra is the conviction that no problem is insurmountable. The company is committed to forging a secure future in cybersecurity.

Company Details

Company type
Private
Year Founded
1982
Head office location
Eden Prairie, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000

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4.5

(79 Ratings)

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2 Star
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  • Informattion Technology Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
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    Digital Guardian Enhances Security, Ensures Compliance, and Reduces Data Breaches

    5.0
    Jul 9, 2025
    Fortra's Digital Guardian has been an excellent tool for our company in ensuring data loss protection. It helps us monitor data usage to minimize data attacks and breaches on our devices as well as on our cloud data to ensure compliance. This promotes productivity as we rarely experience downtime and our employees and customers maintain confidence which makes them more productive.
  • IT Security Admin
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Real-Time Scanning Impressive, But Users note Difficulties During Policy Deployment

    4.0
    Jul 4, 2025
    Perfect data visibility across network, endpoint & cloud. Real-time data scanning over Windows, Linux, MacOS.
  • IT Security & Risk Management Associate
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Challenges and Solutions in DLP Training and Support

    5.0
    May 29, 2024
    It's one of the best DLPs in the market. it supports both on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Engineering Manager
    <50M USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Seamless Data Security with Digital Guardian DLP

    5.0
    Apr 6, 2024
    Digital Guardian DLP is the best tool for data security over the network level and endpoint level. We protect our data from unintentional sharing with external sides such as conversion and online storage backup websites.
  • Leading InfoSec Specialist
    50M-1B USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Good tool for protect and govern data

    5.0
    Feb 25, 2024
    Forta's DLP solution is a main part of our cybersecurity systems because this tool detects and prevents customer data leakage. We use endpoint and network dlp combined, which means we protect our data everywhere. Also, we notify the administrator when a high or critical event occurs. In that case, we are satisfied to use this tool.
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