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Proofpoint Intelligent Compliance vs. Symantec Email Security.cloud

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    Proofpoint Intelligent Compliance

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ALaunched in August, 2022 and replacing Proofpoint Archiving and Compliance, Proofpoint's Intelligent Compliance Platform offers enterprises regulatory compliance safeguards while simplifying corporate legal protection practices. The platform offers AI-powered collection, classification, detection, prevention, search, eDiscovery, supervision, and predictive analytics, helping companies to meet complex compliance and information governance obligations.N/A

    Symantec Email Security.cloud

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Email Security.cloud filters unwanted messages and protects users from targeted attacks. The service has self- learning capabilities and Symantec intelligence to deliver highly effective and accurate email security. Encryption and data loss prevention help you control sensitive data. It supports Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, on premises or hosted Microsoft Exchange, and other mailbox services, delivering always-on, inbound and outbound messaging security. It is designed…N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Proofpoint Intelligent Compliance and Symantec Email Security.cloud
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    Ratings
    Symantec Email Security.cloud
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Proofpoint Intelligent ComplianceSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Proofpoint
    Proofpoint Intelligent Compliance is well suited for organizations with a large amount of employees, in my opinion, as they have a lot of options for grouping users in various ways to send specific learning content to them. For a smaller organization, the employees might utilize all of the built-in training videos, phishing simulations, and content more rapidly, which would not justify the pricey cost of the tool.
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    Broadcom
    If you don't want to have any spam or malware in your mailbox, Symantec Email Security.cloud is the solution to choose. Also, if you need to have some security features, like DLP, it has them embedded!
    We have also been using reporting a lot to see how many emails have been sent, where they delivered, and so on.
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    Pros
    Proofpoint
    • Email archiving. Being able to access, on the fly, your entire email archive. Being able to filter by date, sender, attachment, etc. It can get really granular and is able to pull up records fast.
    • Targeted Attack Protection for all incoming emails. Having the ability to automatically scan, quarantine, or re-write URLs within emails. Comparing incoming emails to potential phishing attempts already seen by other institutions.
    • Email encryption & automatic encryption are based on certain rules set up on the firewall. e.g. automatically encrypt outgoing email if it has an attachment or contains a string of numbers that may be personal information.
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    Broadcom
    • Advanced scanning of email and threats beyond simple Antispam services
    • Sandbox testing of attachments prior to delivery of email to test against malicious threats such as Ransomware
    • Spearphishing prevention to avoid impersonation attacks and potential wire transfer requests
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    Cons
    Proofpoint
    • The end-user interface is lacking in appeal/aesthetics and is not that intuitive. I have seen archive solutions that don't work very well have a better interface than this. I think the interface can be prettied up quite a bit.
    • The admin interface is lacking in features and is not intuitive. It has more capabilities than the previous archives I've used, but utilizing these features is a little complicated without demos or being walked through it.
    • We have had a lot of accounts not map properly. Apparently, there is a limit as to how many errors can be outstanding before you run into issues because all the emails tied to those issues are "queued" waiting for a home (and there is a storage limit for that). I have to set a reminder to check that periodically and resolve the issues manually.
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    Broadcom
    • Outbound encryption could be improved to allow for advanced connections to other organizations' PKI keyservers.
    • The user interface could be a little more friendly, finding advanced features sometimes takes a little more time with hunting and clicking to get to the correct page.
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    Support Rating
    Proofpoint
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    Broadcom
    In very tricky cases, it takes time to explain it to the support personnel as they don't get your problem from the first couple of emails.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Proofpoint
    We did a bake off and for our particular needs Proofpoint was the right product. We used a matrix with requirements and their product checked all the boxes. Making it a easy decision.
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    Broadcom
    Barracuda's ESS is the premier product, it boasts outbound email encryption as an included service as well as all of the security features of Symantec Email Security.cloud. Sophos is on the same level as SES.c but is not quite as feature rich.
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    Return on Investment
    Proofpoint
    • Strengthened our staff's Cybersecurity Skills.
    • Provided a variety of additional training content that is used throughout the year
    • Allowed us to track and monitor which of our users need additional training in regard to Cybersecurity
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    Broadcom
    • Our previous solution was very manual. The ROI has been in less manual intervention from the admins and freeing up their already busy schedules.
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