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One of Netskope’s core cultural tenets is “Dream Big and Be Innovative.” This tenet has been part of the Netskope DNA since our founding in 2012, by engineers with deep security and networking experience and a true passion and respect for innovation. In everything we do, we strive to “do good” and “do right.”
Early on, we saw a future in which networks wouldn’t have traditional perimeters, and data, applications, and users would be everywhere. This required a vastly different technology architecture and approach—a modern one built for, and deployed in, the cloud.
We are proud that, as of today, our innovation has helped enable thousands of customers to transition to, and operate safely in, a cloud-first environment. This innovation has been recognized by top analyst firms and across the industry, from numerous industry awards to recently being named one of only three Leaders in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE). Alongside consistent Gartner, IDC, and various other reputable accolades for our CASB, secure web gateway (SWG), cloud data loss prevention (DLP), and many related capabilities, we stand behind the vision and execution that have made Netskope the highly regarded company we are.
Unfortunately, success at times breeds envy. Netskope has been threatened with baseless legal action on the grounds of patent infringement from Fortinet, a decades-old legacy network security appliance vendor. Fortinet has a history of buying innovation to stockpile patents for the purposes of litigation, and of using litigation to stifle and intimidate competitors and even partners that are showing momentum in market segments it covets.
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