What Next DLP does

Next DLP was a UK-based, privately held cybersecurity company founded in 2020 that specialized in cloud-native endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) and insider risk management for enterprise customers. The company built a unified platform combining four functional modules: Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, SaaS Data Security, and Risk-Informed User Education. Underlying technology consisted of a lightweight endpoint agent paired with machine learning algorithms that performed localized real-time content and context inspection across all data egress points on managed and unmanaged devices, alongside user behavior analytics for detecting, sequencing, and scoring insider risk activity chains (mapped to the MITRE Engenuity Insider Threat TTP Knowledge Base) and a GenAI-powered assistant for incident summarization and Shadow AI policy controls covering tools such as OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Gemini.

The company's go-to-market was enterprise-focused and horizontal, targeting large organizations with regulatory compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CCPA) and needs to protect intellectual property and sensitive data across hybrid environments. Revenue was generated through subscription-based recurring software licensing with quote-based enterprise pricing; no public pricing benchmarks or named customer logos were disclosed.

In August 2024, Next DLP was acquired by Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) and its technology was rebranded as FortiDLP within Fortinet's Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offering. Post-acquisition, distribution shifted to Fortinet's global direct enterprise field sales force and worldwide channel partner network, and the platform was bundled with the broader Fortinet security portfolio. At the time of acquisition the company had 51–100 employees; pre-acquisition revenue and funding details were not publicly disclosed.

Name

Next DLP

Legal name

Next DLP

Website

https://nextdlp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Next DLP (now FortiDLP) is a UK-based cybersecurity company that provides cloud-native endpoint data loss prevention and insider risk management for large enterprise customers. Following its August 2024 acquisition by Fortinet, the technology is sold as FortiDLP within Fortinet's Unified SASE platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Loss Prevention Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Endpoint Data Protection (Device DLP/Encryption) (HDADAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (HDADAFAA), Data Security & Privacy for Cloud (DLP, DSPM, Tokenization) (HDABAHAK), Cloud Data Security (DSPM, Cloud DLP) (HDADADAJ)

Keywords

• Data loss prevention
• Insider risk management
• Endpoint security software
• SaaS data security
• Cloud-native cybersecurity

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise DLP Software: Next DLP generated revenue through sale of its cloud-native endpoint data loss prevention and insider risk management solutions to enterprise customers. Following acquisition by Fortinet in August 2024, the revenue stream is now integrated into Fortinet's product portfolio.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Next DLP developed FortiDLP, a cloud-native endpoint data protection platform combining data loss prevention, insider risk management, SaaS data security, and risk-informed user education in a single lightweight-agent solution. The platform uses machine learning and content inspection to detect, sequence, and block high-risk insider activity across managed and unmanaged devices, endpoints, cloud drives, and SaaS applications. Following Fortinet's August 2024 acquisition, the technology is now sold as FortiDLP within Fortinet's enterprise security portfolio.

Product overview

FortiDLP (formerly Next DLP) is a unified cloud-native endpoint data protection platform acquired by Fortinet in August 2024. The platform integrates four core modules: Data Loss Prevention (machine learning-powered content inspection and egress controls), Insider Risk Management (user behavior analytics with MITRE Engenuity mapping), SaaS Data Security (cloud data visibility and risk scoring), and Risk-Informed User Education (prompt-based training and policy reinforcement). The product combines AI-enhanced functionality with a lightweight agent architecture to deliver comprehensive data protection across managed and unmanaged devices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FortiDLP Next-generation cloud-native endpoint data protection solution that unifies data loss prevention, insider risk management, SaaS data security, and risk-informed user education for enterprise customers. Distributed as part of Fortinet's security portfolio following the August 2024 acquisition of Next DLP.
• FortiDLP Data Loss Prevention Endpoint DLP offering that combines machine learning algorithms with localized real-time context and content inspection to deliver data protection across all data egress points on managed and unmanaged devices, marketed to enterprise security teams.
• FortiDLP Insider Risk Management Insider risk management offering that tracks and traces sensitive information flows and user interactions, identifying and mitigating insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics with automatic blocking of suspicious activities, marketed to enterprise security teams.
• FortiDLP SaaS Data Security SaaS data security offering providing comprehensive visibility into user interactions with data in the cloud, maintaining protection as data moves out of the cloud with risk-scored inventory of SaaS applications, marketed to enterprise security teams.
• FortiDLP Risk-Informed User Education User education offering that delivers customized prompts and nudge notifications to reinforce security policy awareness, train employees on proper cyber hygiene, and direct users to acceptable alternatives when unauthorized apps are detected, marketed to enterprise security teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Integrated into Fortinet's Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offering

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Purview: Microsoft Purview includes a DLP module that ships with Microsoft 365 E5 plans and is widely deployed across enterprises. It is the most pervasive incumbent bundling endpoint, email, and cloud DLP into a productivity-suite license, competing head-to-head with FortiDLP on horizontal DLP coverage.
• Palo Alto Networks Enterprise DLP: Palo Alto Networks offers Enterprise DLP integrated with its Strata network platform and Prisma SASE. It is a broad incumbent competing on consolidated SASE plus DLP, directly paralleling Fortinet's positioning of FortiDLP within its Unified SASE offering.
• CrowdStrike Falcon Data Protection: CrowdStrike has expanded its Falcon platform into DLP and data protection, leveraging its installed EDR base to deliver endpoint DLP alongside XDR. It is a broad incumbent that competes with FortiDLP at the endpoint-data-layer within a larger next-gen endpoint suite.

Direct peers

• Netskope DLP: Netskope provides cloud-native DLP tightly integrated with its SSE/SASE platform and inline CASB, addressing SaaS, web, and cloud data egress. It is a direct peer for cloud-first DLP buyers and competes with FortiDLP's SaaS Data Security module.
• Forcepoint DLP: Forcepoint offers enterprise DLP with strong behavioral analytics and risk-adaptive protection, closely paralleling Next DLP's combined DLP and insider risk positioning. It is a direct peer for mid-market and enterprise buyers evaluating unified content inspection and user-behavior-driven controls.
• Broadcom Symantec DLP: Broadcom's Symantec DLP is a long-standing enterprise DLP suite covering endpoint, network, and cloud. It is the closest direct competitor to FortiDLP for large organizations with hybrid environments and regulatory-heavy workloads, and is the legacy leader Next DLP explicitly positioned against.
• Code42 Incydr: Code42's Incydr product is a leading specialist in insider risk and data exfiltration detection for source code and IP, with vector-based scoring of file movements. It competes directly with FortiDLP's insider risk module for technology and IP-centric use cases.
• Proofpoint Insider Threat Management: Proofpoint (which acquired ObserveIT and DLP vendor Teramind) sells an insider threat management platform with user behavior analytics, content inspection, and investigation workflow — overlapping substantially with FortiDLP's Insider Risk Management module.
• Trellix DLP: Trellix (formed from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye) offers a DLP suite covering endpoint, network, and discovery, targeting mid-to-large enterprises. It is a direct functional peer to FortiDLP for organizations standardizing on a single-vendor data protection stack.

Emerging players

• Cyberhaven: Cyberhaven is an emerging data detection and response (DDR) vendor focused on data lineage and insider risk with an inline data tracing approach. It is an emerging competitor with partial overlap to FortiDLP's data flow tracking and insider risk scoring capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nextdlp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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