Fortra, also known as HelpSystems, is a privately owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2004, the company employs approximately 1,320 individuals and reported $90.8M in revenue as of 2024. Focusing on content supply chain solutions, the company specializes in providing cybersecurity and secure file transfer technology.
On April 27, 2026, Fortra’s Intelligence and Research Experts (FIRE) team reported tracking an active phishing campaign. This campaign distributes a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that abuses Datto’s remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform CentraStage as its command-and-control channel. This follows news from April 26, 2026, that Toshiba Digital Engineering, a long-time distributor for Fortra in Japan, launched the Fortra Data Loss Prevention (DLP) system. Toshiba Digital Engineering is selling Fortra DLP to help organizations address data leakage risks tied to generative AI prompts and prevent confidential and personal information from being shared.
Fortra's customers primarily consist of telecoms, entertainment Providers and executive Offices companies. Examples of Fortra's customers include FUJIFILM Group, Charter Communications and Warner Bros. Discovery. Fortra has commercial and technical partners like Conmebol, Quicklink and Dell EMC.