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Forcepoint Exec Sees Commercial Growth Opportunities Outpacing Government Business

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 15th, 2016

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Forcepoint Exec Sees Commercial Growth Opportunities Outpacing Government Business

Opportunities for cyber security business in commercial markets will outpace opportunities in government markets now and in the coming years, although both will continue to grow rapidly, an executive with Raytheon’s [RTN] newly renamed Forcepoint joint venture said on Friday.“The need for cyber defense is becoming more aboard to [corporate] boards across the world,” Ed Hammersla, chief strategy officer and president of the Federal Division of Forcepoint, told Defense Daily in a telephone interview. “Four years ago cyber security was…

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