Pros and Cons of Proofpoint Email Protection 2025

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Cisco Cloud Email Security , Symantec Encryption , and Mimecast Advanced Email Security are common alternatives for Proofpoint Email Protection.

Overview

What is Proofpoint Email Protection?

Proofpoint Email Protection is available as an on-premise or cloud based solution and blocks unwanted, malicious and impostor emails with granular search capabilities and visibility into all messages. Outbound controls include encryption and data loss prevention, while continuity capabilities ensure…

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Proofpoint Email Protection the Good Solutions

Rating: 10 out of 10

December 27, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

I use Proofpoint Email Protection, I had the several problems of SPAM, Phishing, Malware and same thing like that. Proofpoint Email Protection resolved more than 90% of issues...

Verified user

Manager

2 years of experience

Helps a lot at time of incident. A true friend

Rating: 10 out of 10

September 15, 2023

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

It's used as a whole. It helps in identifying mails delivered to the user. You can block senders & whitelist any sender with PP. You have the option to search mails with a...

Verified user

Retiree

3 years of experience

A Simple and Effective Email Protection tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

August 29, 2023

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We currently use Proofpoint Email Protection across our entire organization. After having this product for about 2 years and seeing how many threats it stops, I cannot see us ...

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Analyst

2 years of experience

Proofpoint Email Protection is a high performance worker and reliable system.

Rating: 10 out of 10

July 19, 2021

IncentivizedVetted Review

Proofpoint Email Protection is provided by us as a shared service for our clients who do not want to operate a dedicated email gateway.

Frank Haarmann

Administrator - Information Technology

Senior Consultant

CGI Deutschland B.V.&Co.KG

5 years of experience

Like the Tidy Bowl Man, works so you don't have to.

Rating: 10 out of 10

December 10, 2020

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

Proofpoint is our email gateway protecting all inbound and outbound email users. We use it for spam, imposter, and threat remediation.

Rod Payton

Director - Information Technology

Director of Information Technology

Command Security Corporation

3 years of experience

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What is Proofpoint Email Protection?

Proofpoint Email Protection is available as an on-premise or cloud based solution and blocks unwanted, malicious and impostor emails with granular search capabilities and visibility into all messages. Outbound controls include encryption and data loss prevention, while continuity capabilities…

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Features

Secure Email Gateway

Secure email gateway software prevents the transmission of emails that contravene company policy or contain malware, phishing attacks, spam or other unwanted emails

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Anti-malware
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Customizability
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Threat Detection
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Sandboxing
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Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs providing an extra layer of security
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What is Proofpoint Email Protection?

Proofpoint Email Protection is available as an on-premise or cloud based solution and blocks unwanted, malicious and impostor emails with granular search capabilities and visibility into all messages. Outbound controls include encryption and data loss prevention, while continuity capabilities ensure business communications can continue as normal in the event of an email outage.
With Proofpoint's Email Protection, you can protect your people, data, and brand from today’s threats with:

The ability to detect BEC or malware-free threats using our machine learning impostor classifier (Stateful Composite Scoring Service)

Nearly unlimited email routing capabilities utilizing our advanced email firewall.

Robust reporting and email tracking/tracing using Smart Search.

TAP, DLP and Encryption built into the same console providing a single pain of glass for management purposes.

Unwanted email management that allows users to decide which emails they would like to see in their inbox.

Proofpoint Email Protection Features

Supported: Ability to detect BEC or malware-free threats using our machine learning impostor classifier (Stateful Composite Scoring Service)
Supported: Nearly unlimited email routing capabilities utilizing our advanced email firewall.
Supported: Robust reporting and email tracking/tracing using Smart Search.
Supported: TAP, DLP and Encryption are built into the same console providing a single pain of glass for management purposes.
Supported: Unwanted email management allows users to decide which emails they would like to see in their inbox.

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Proofpoint Email Protection Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Windows, Linux, Mac
Mobile Application	No
Supported Countries	United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Japan
Supported Languages	Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian (Bahasa), Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cisco Cloud Email Security, Symantec Encryption, and Mimecast Advanced Email Security are common alternatives for Proofpoint Email Protection.

Reviewers rate Anti-malware and End-to-End Encryption highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Proofpoint Email Protection are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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Proofpoint Email Protection the Good Solutions

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 27, 2024

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Pros

Good detection
Many features
Enterprise solutions

Cons

The e-mails rules could work as firewall, for example, after the e-mail match in the first rule, the e-mail not pass to more rules.
More Flexibility to edit the SPAM engine/detection.

Helps a lot at time of incident. A true friend

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 15, 2023

Verified User

Retiree in Information Technology

Investment Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

Pros

Searching capability is good. Can search with domains.
Quarantined mails can be downloaded & investigated for additional IOCs.
You can block senders & whitelist any sender with PP.

Cons

Refresh time should be increased in domain-based login.

A Simple and Effective Email Protection tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 29, 2023

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Pros

Offers very granular rule creation for SPAM detection.
Email Firewall rules allow you to outright stop emails before the even get to a mailbox.
Ability to implement DMARC, DKIM, and SPF is great.

Cons

Would prefer a few more color choices for the dashboard (like a color picker rather than just preset colors).
Want ability to resize columns in Email Protection and System tabs.
Want additional fields available to filter by for the Firewall rules (such as Message headers).

Proofpoint Email Protection is a high performance worker and reliable system.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 19, 2021

FH

Frank Haarmann

Senior Consultant

CGI Deutschland B.V.&Co.KG (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

5 years of experience

Pros

System runs fast and stable.
The upgrade process is running very good without major issues.

Cons

The reporting system is very simple and needs improvement for business cases and investigation of incidents.
The log viewer section needs improvement regarding handling.

Like the Tidy Bowl Man, works so you don't have to.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 10, 2020

RP

Rod Payton

Director of Information Technology

Command Security Corporation (Security and Investigations, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

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Pros

Implementation was the best I have ever encountered. They reviewed every switch, setting, and their implication during a half dozen sessions. This allowed me to almost achieve a set it and forget it installation which has lasted years.
Their periodic reviews are helpful as well as this is a deep product and you need to stay current.
And of course why we bought it, Proofpoint has contributed to stopping malware infections. We have not had an infection since it was installed!

Cons

I have a few issues with their support. First, it is an external site so you must go there and login to request assistance. This is inconvenient, especially with 2 sets of credentials. Second, no phone support until/unless you put in the ticket. I get the point, but sometimes time is of the essence. Third, as with many companies, sometimes you get into a ping pong 'battle of the SysAdmin wits'. I think their personality is that they like toying with you. In other words, multiple question and answers back and forth unless/until you call. I would expect they pick up the phone and call after the first question, so I do.
Getting to know the product is challenging, but this is only if you don't use it daily and because it is so deep of a product. Not a negative, just a fact.

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