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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cofense Vision

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Cofense Vision stores emails offline and provides threat hunting analytics. Cofense Vision allows the user to search and quarantine emails in minutes — across an entire organization, and is designed to provide threat hunting at speed.N/A

    Proofpoint Security Awareness Training

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AProofpoint Security Awareness Training (formerly ThreatSim from Wombat Security) is a cloud-based training platform that simulates threat scenarios (e.g. phishing) and also provides assessment testing developed by Wombat Technologies, which was acquired by Proofpoint in March 2018.N/A
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    Cofense VisionProofpoint Security Awareness Training
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Cofense Vision and Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Cofense Vision
    -
    Ratings
    Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Cofense Vision and Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
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    Cofense Vision
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    Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Training Content Library00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cofense VisionProofpoint Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    8.3
    (44 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cofense VisionProofpoint Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cofense
    It is well suited in environments where there is a high mail traffic to handle. [Cofense] Vision basically journals the exchange server and keeps a copy of the mail received in the environment. Really beneficial to revoke and quarantine the mail reported by one user, but footprint is there in other mailboxes as well. Less appropriate in the cases where there is no proper segregation of duties within the organization. As it is possible to see contents of the mail. Only authorized personnel should be able to use it.
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    Proofpoint
    Perfect for regular (monthly) training of staff versus a "one and done" annual assignment on Cyber Security. Allows for a greater number of topics to be covered and for creating a "culture" of security awareness among all Staff throughout the entire company. NOT a replacement for IT Security Certifications amongst your technical staff (CISSPs & GSLCs on staff are a must have). Your Proofpoint Account Rep does most of the heavy lifting, but the program still requires "care and feeding" (resources) within your organization - preparing monthly user lists for training assignments and preparing reports for leadership on participation & progress
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    Pros
    Cofense
    • AutoQuaratine prevents in advance and eliminates possible malicious emails from users' inboxes.
    • [Cofense Vision] optimizes protection against any phishing attack.
    • It is simple, friendly and easy to use.
    • [Cofense Vision provides] super detailed analysis reports.
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    Proofpoint
    • Proofpoint has a huge library of phishing emails to choose from. They add new examples every week.
    • The training modules are fun and interactive and keep the user engaged.
    • The posters, and downloadable materials are amazing and really give a great visual to support your security campaigns.
    • The product is easy to use, and Proofpoint Support Staff are always available to help with any issues you have.
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    Cons
    Cofense
    • Its cost can be somewhat high when it comes to a small business, so it is perfectly suited to medium or large companies.
    • It can throw problems when it comes to migrating said tool in the different versions of an email.
    • Its configuration is simple, but it is important to fully understand its operation to give adequate responses to possible threats.
    • It would be ideal if it could be integrated with your platform.
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    Proofpoint
    • The lack of a user rating on "cyber risk" is proving to be an immense difficulty. As we are looking at how to better hold our employees accountable as well as provide increased learning opportunities for those who need it most, it is becoming cumbersome--especially given the fact this is starting to become the standard for Security Awareness companies. The lack of this is resulting in a manual process vs being able to automate and moderate, thus taking up time and resources, which are always at a scarcity. It can also be cumbersome to look across the tools to see how a particular user is doing, vs being able to view all of their data in one space.
    • If you are a marketer, the editors for the Phishing Templates and Teachable Moments are quite frustrating. They feel out of date and clunky, as well as not featuring an auto-save, so you could lose the templates you are building. At this point, I have actually started to work in other email creation editors and learning HTML, to better customize and then moving all of the code into the editor. It has thus far proven to be less of a headache. I also do not believe the average user is working on branding their program, creating consistency for easy of navigation, and including additional resources in their teachable moments in the way we currently are. However, as more social science backgrounds continue to enter security awareness, I believe this will move towards the norm.
    • Some of the reporting numbers for Simulated Phishing could be better. For example, telling me how many people acknowledged the teachable moment out of the full email campaign is less meaningful than knowing how many people acknowledged it, from those who actually triggered/were shown the teachable moment.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cofense
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    Proofpoint
    • The product is great for what we use it for
    • We have a good relationship with our vendor/Proofpoint, which I believe is needed to be successful in Security Awareness and using tools like this
    • The package/service as a whole is incredibly helpful
    • The integrations with Proofpoint's Trap is one of the most valuable things we could do. It turns your entire email user base into members of IT security, to be on the look out to report cyber attacks, and have them pulled out of everyone's email if the email is condemed/found malicious.
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    Usability
    Cofense
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    Proofpoint
    Overall, PSAT is integral to what we do. PSAT is a helpful tool to help us improve our employees ability to recognize, report, and respond to phishing. It works for us to use a longterm partner, who is incredibly helpful/supportive, and also bringing Proofpoint's greater cybersecurity & attack intelligence into PSAT. Honestly, we are pretty happy and would make the choice to go with PSAT again (we evaluated the major players in the space via Gartner's Magic Quadrant). The team behind the products are excellent and the product of itself is both intuitive and expansive. This combination allows us to reach our 10k+ employees who are located in over 20 countries
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    Support Rating
    Cofense
    No answers on this topic
    Proofpoint
    Proofpoint support has always been above average. A lot of companies provide a customer service manager for your account but few have proved as connected as Proofpoint. The CSM was able to give us a good start with the product and checked in periodically. I found them always helpful with any questions and very knowledgeable about the platform.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cofense
    Apple of Discord is the pricing as we were looking for an email security tool in reasonable pricing and Barracuda was undoubtedly efficient in action and was compatible with our business but it was highly expensive and then we made up our mind for another tool and Cofense Vision was offering almost the same as Barracuda but cheaper.
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    Proofpoint
    All three products have the pros and cons. Since we use other Proofpoint products, TAP, TRAP, etc. the integration with PSAT is much better. The other products do not integrate with TRAP nearly as well as PSAT.
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    Return on Investment
    Cofense
    • Many Phishing attacks are identified and prevented in an instant.
    • Classification of activity helps analysts search and find which emails pose a larger threat.
    • User interface and learning is simple and easy to use.
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    Proofpoint
    • Positively made our staff more aware of current phishing threats.
    • Gives our staff a sense of accomplishment when they recognize a phishing email.
    • Helped reinforce our values in the mandatory Information Security training each employee takes (for example, they are already aware of the signs of a phishing email before they take the training).
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