Proofpoint Security Awareness Training Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PSAT (Proofpoint Security Awareness Training) has been selected over another competitors, due to its large experience on phishing/e-mail protection. We rely on PSAT to recommend to our customers as so internal use.

Most of the environments are allowed to use it, due to its easy way to run. In our experience, We didn't find any problem at any size of company so far.

Likelihood to Recommend

PSAT is recommended in most part of the organizations. But in my point of view, the companies that already have governance processes implemented, could extract better results.

Our experience has shown that the maturity level is directly related to how users face the threats.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proofpoint Security Awareness Training is used for phishing simulations and end user education across the company. It's been the most effective way for teaching our users how to spot phishing attacks AND also easily report the phishing emails for response by our security operations team.

Likelihood to Recommend

Proofpoint acquisition of Wombat was simply brilliant foresight. The ability to combine user susceptibility, phish reporting capabilities and their targeted attack prevention module makes the overall solution very effective!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As part of our Cyber Security controls, we were required to do Security Awareness Training for our staff. In the first year, we did it as an in person session. However, the following year we came across the Proofpoint Solution. We now use it for Security Awareness Training for our staff across the whole organization, and also for phishing simulation exercises.

Likelihood to Recommend

Ideal for organizations who want to be to up their cybersecurity controls: user security awareness training, phishing simulations exercises, easy reporting button for users - works with Outlook web, mobile and desktop apps. Great reporting and dashboard features with executive summaries.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using Proofpoint for security awareness training courses and phishing simulations for the whole company.

Likelihood to Recommend

Based on the cons I listed and my experience with other training providers, I would not recommend Proofpoint.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Proofpoint's ThreatSim phishing simulator and training modules to educate our end-users about phishing and security awareness; PhishAlarm to allow our end-users to report suspicious email, and PhishAlarm Analyzer to help us with triaging suspicious emails that are reported. These solutions are used across our entire enterprise at WestCare.

Likelihood to Recommend

Proofpoint Security Awareness Training is a great solution that is competitively priced and meets the phishing and security awareness needs for organizations of varying size and industry. For users of Proofpoint's email security products, there are additional integration options. For larger organizations that do not have Active Directory or LDAP (which should be few), maintaining users within the system could become tedious.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are utilizing the Proofpoint Security Awareness Training across all lines of business at this time. This platform allows us to educate our employees about various IT Security related threats that they are likely to encounter. We also use it for metrics as it relates to education improvement as well as compliance (for Cyber Security Insurance purposes).

Likelihood to Recommend

The Proofpoint Security Awareness Training is an ideal solution for companies trying to improve user education related to IT Security related topics. The modules are pretty easy to understand; even non-technical people can follow along without much difficulty. Depending on how your Active Directory environment is laid out (specifically your OU structure), it can be difficult to get only specific users imported. I think this is an ideal solution for a first-time Security Awareness training platform implementation. Once your users get educated on the initial rounds, you may want to increase the Tier level or inquire about alternatives.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use a few of their modules. i.e. PhishAlarm, ThreatSim, and CyberStrength. We use PhishAlarm to let users notify IT when they get phishing emails. These notifications get sent to all of members of a distribution list where the team will review them. We use ThreatSim to send out phishing emails to test our users on their cybersecurity education through the CyberStrength module.

Likelihood to Recommend

Proofpoint Security Awareness Training is can be used in all companies no matter the size.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proofpoint Security was used by our organization for about a year. It was used to deliver security training to the entire organization. It addressed the need for training in the area of cybersecurity.

Likelihood to Recommend

Proofpoint Security is well suited for companies looking to upskill their employees in the area of cybersecurity. They really do a good job to make it fun, easy and a challenge.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The company needed to provide online security training as opposed to face-to-face training. Users across the whole company and its affiliates have started using the system, and the aim is to satisfy audit and compliance requirements while providing the employees with proper security awareness training and knowledge. Training is provided in a systematic manner without overloading the employees.

Likelihood to Recommend

In general, it is well suited for companies that require training and have to satisfy compliance requirements. The system is easy to use, and campaigns are prepared in a smooth UI. It is not easy to customize the training to suit the needs of the company especially when it comes to adding/removing material.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, Proofpoint Security Awareness Training is being used company-wide with a few of the courses (phishing). With the IT staff, more of the modules are being assigned. We are also assigning the Intro to Phishing to all of our third-party distributors globally. So far, we have been getting favorable reviews from the training. I've also had a few other departments assess and give feedback on a few of the modules.

Likelihood to Recommend

Phishing is a great course for us to be able to assign to our distribution partners. We have had a few phishing breaches and we recognize how important it is to educate our distributors in the field. Since we assigned the Intro to Phishing this year through Proofpoint Security Awareness, I would like to have the flexibility to assign the same course next year for new distributors as they onboard. With existing distributors, I don't feel 100% comfortable with assigned Phil and Phyllis. The cartoon fish is a bit cheesy.