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Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense

Score9.6 out of 10

9 Reviews and Ratings

What is Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense?

Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense authenticates email and prevents spam and phishing attempts from spoofed domains.

Categories & Use Cases

Product Demos

Top Performing Features

  • Threat Detection

    Threat protection defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Management Tools

    Management tools include administrator dashboards, reports, etc.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Customizability

    Customizing email security gateways can improve detection capabilities

    Category average: 7.8

Areas for Improvement

  • Sandboxing

    Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs providing an extra layer of security

    Category average: 7.6

Who Buys & Uses Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense

Helpful and insightful platform

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense platform helps us keep our email environment secure and clean. We use several domains and subdomains and Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense makes it extremely easy to protect the sites, set up hosted services like DMARC, and add and remove senders. It even has a feature where we can use seed domains and Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense will detect lookalikes and alert us to those for takedown or monitoring. Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense also offers quarterly health checks to ensure everything is as it should be, which is extremely helpful.

Pros

  • Manage sending and non-sending domains
  • Hosted services (DMARC, SPF, etc.)
  • Permit and disallow senders

Cons

  • Make UI easier to navigate
  • Consolidate menus

Return on Investment

  • Increased visibility
  • Great ROI

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Barracuda Application Protection

Other Software Used

Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Proofpoint Security Awareness Training, Proofpoint Archive