Case Study: a major U.S. airline achieves GDPR compliance and stronger data protection with Forcepoint DLP

Major U.S. Airline achieves GDPR compliance and empowers 80,000 staff with Forcepoint

The customer, a major U.S. airline, faced significant challenges in protecting sensitive passenger and proprietary data while racing to meet GDPR compliance deadlines. Their security team was overwhelmed by false positives from disconnected point products and a reliance on junior analysts due to a global talent shortage. To address these issues, the airline partnered with Forcepoint to implement a holistic data protection program.

Forcepoint deployed its DLP Suite, which provided predefined policies for rapid GDPR compliance and a quick move to block mode. The solution’s built-in analytics and automated risk ranking drastically reduced false positives and empowered all staff to identify and respond to threats with confidence and speed. This resulted in a holistic view of data across the enterprise and a measurable improvement of hundreds of percent in the team's efficiency.