Autonomous system
AS44444 FORCEPOINT-CLOUD-AS
Hosting RIPE NSP
Summary
Forcepoint
security cloud business email
The AS handle FORCEPOINT-CLOUD-AS is held by Forcepoint UK Limited.
What it's used for
- The address space carries cloud-based security services, evidenced by netnames such as
Forcepoint-International,UK-FORCEPOINT-20070223, andFORCEPOINT-CLOUD-US1, alongside reverse DNS entries pointing tofrcpt.netandmailcontrol.com. - The AS announces 50432 IPv4 addresses across 37 prefixes and 2 IPv6 prefixes, maintaining 147 observed neighbours, a ratio that indicates a transit or service provider role rather than a simple access network.
- Traffic from this AS consists of web and API endpoints for email security, web filtering, and cloud security services, supporting the company's business of providing hosted security solutions.
Notable
- Registrants align with the announcer, including
Forcepoint Network Operations,Forcepoint UK Limited, andForcepoint LLC, with netnames reflecting both international and regional deployments. - The operator was formed in January 2016 when Websense, Stonesoft, and Sidewinder were merged and rebranded as Forcepoint, incorporating Raytheon's Cyber Products business.
- The inventory includes a mix of large blocks like
157.167.64.0/18and smaller subdivisions, with some prefixes registered toForcepoint LLCindicating US-based cloud infrastructure.
This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.
Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
Recorded at 35 exchanges in 16 countries, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| IX.br (PTT.br) São Paulo | São Paulo, Brazil | 187.16.217.101 |
| DE-CIX Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 80.81.196.178 |
| LINX LON1 | London, United Kingdom | 195.66.224.170 |
| AMS-IX Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 80.249.211.69 |
| Neutral Internet Exchange | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 193.239.117.64 |
| NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.8.150 |
| France-IX Paris | Paris, France | 37.49.236.119 |
| Equinix Internet Exchange Singapore | Singapore, Singapore | 27.111.228.144 |
Transit providers
39 upstream, 1 downstream and 53 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-27, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 36 prefixes · 50.69K addresses IPv6 2 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| GB | United Kingdom | 38 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS44444- Registry name
- Forcepoint-Cloud-AS
- Registrant
- BST-NOC
- Abuse contact
- noc@forcepoint.com
- Registered
- 2008-01-22
- Last changed
- 2025-11-13
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Forcepoint Cloud
- Also known as
- Blackspider, MailControl, WebDefence, Surfcontrol, Websense Cloud
- Network type
- NSP
- Scope
- Global
- Traffic ratio
- Balanced
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
RADB::AS-FORCEPOINT-CLOUD- Present at
- 18 exchanges
- Facilities
- 21 facilities
- Website
- http://www.forcepoint.com
PeeringDB records are maintained by the network operator and are not independently verified. Treat them as a statement of intent rather than of fact. For the observed and recorded view, see peering, which lists the exchanges Packet Clearing House has a port on file for.
Routing security
RPKI and IRR
- RPKI
- 86% valid · 171 valid, 29 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 172 authorising AS44444
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 99.5% registered · 199 of 200 announcements 1 other origin
- Route objects
- 408 naming AS44444
Reputation
Classification and threat
Hosting Datacenter or cloud provider. Addresses are servers, not people.
Spamhaus DROP
Not on ASN-DROP The network as a whole is not listed.
No DROP prefixes None of its announced space is on the DROP prefix list.
Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 446 networks and 1,852 prefixes, as published 2026-10-27. A short, high-confidence list, so a match is worth taking seriously, and absence from it says little on its own.
FBI IC3
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
IC3 threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere