Proofpoint TAP - Critical for Email Security
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) is very helpful in detecting threats that come through mail. It keeps track of URL accessed …
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What is Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)?
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) helps organizations efficiently detect, mitigate and respond to known and unknown advanced threats that target people and VIPs through email. TAP provides unparalleled effectiveness in stopping targeted attacks that use polymorphic malware, weaponized documents and…
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What is Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)?
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) helps organizations efficiently detect, mitigate and respond to known and unknown advanced threats that target people and VIPs through email. TAP provides unparalleled effectiveness in stopping targeted attacks that use polymorphic malware, weaponized…
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What is Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)?
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) helps organizations efficiently detect, mitigate and respond to known and unknown advanced threats that target people and VIPs through email. TAP provides unparalleled effectiveness in stopping targeted attacks that use polymorphic malware, weaponized documents and credential-stealing phishing techniques to obtain sensitive information. TAP seamlessly integrates with the Proofpoint secure email gateway (Proofpoint Email Protection) to deliver best-in-class email security in a way that is cost effective and easy to use. TAP leverages the cloud to scale deployment, adapt analysis and protect people on any network or device.
With Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP), you can:
- Provide sophisticated analysis to prevent threats from getting to a user's inbox.
- Detect known and unknown threats using adaptable analysis capabilities.
- Provide security teams detailed analysis and visibility about threats and threat campaigns.
- Provide visibility into threats targeting the Very Attacked People (VAP) in an organization.
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Features
- Supported: Provide sophisticated analysis to prevent threats from getting to users inbox.
- Supported: Detect known and unknown threats using adaptable analysis capabilities.
- Supported: Provide security teams detailed analysis and visibility about threats and threat campaigns.
- Supported: Provide visibility into threats targeting the Very Attacked People (VAP’s) in an organization
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Effective URL Blocking: Several users have praised Proofpoint TAP for its effective URL Blocking feature, which has prevented malicious URLs from infiltrating their systems. This feature not only alerts users about potential compromises but also provides concise threat context, enabling them to understand the nature of the threats they face.
Integration with Proofpoint TRAP: Many reviewers have valued the seamless integration between TAP and Proofpoint TRAP. By combining these two solutions, users are able to streamline their workflow and enhance security measures. The integration detects spam and phishing emails, providing an added layer of protection against cyber threats.
Accurate Attachment Detonation: Users have expressed high satisfaction with TAP's sandbox attachment detonation feature. This functionality effectively vets attachments for threats, allowing users to confidently analyze email attachments without risking system compromise. The ability to detect malicious attachments and boast a false positive rate of less than 0.001% over three years has been particularly impressive to reviewers.
Cumbersome Admin Web GUI: Users have mentioned that the admin web GUI is difficult to navigate and understand, leading to a steep learning curve. Several reviewers expressed frustration with the unclear interface and the need to constantly stay updated on new features.
Lack of Communication on New Features: Users have expressed frustration with Proofpoint's lack of communication when new features are added to their toolbox. Some users felt left in the dark about updates and wished for better transparency from the company.
Difficulty in Automating Custom Report Emails: Several users mentioned the inability to automate custom report emails like with Proofpoint Secure email. This inconvenience makes it time-consuming for administrators who rely on automated reports for efficient management.
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January 16, 2024
Proofpoint TAP - Critical for Email Security
- Provide sophisticated analysis to prevent threats from getting to users inbox.
- Isolation browser
- They should focus on preventing FPs which sometimes blocks legit mails
- Should introduce more feature for threat hunting
November 20, 2021
TAP in my own perspective as a user
Score 9 out of 10
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- Our Security team can sleep at night knowing that we are protected
- Users awareness
- Incident alert to containment - faster
November 11, 2021
Great product!
- Campaign tracking
- Whaling
- Department targeting
September 05, 2021
Spam/Phishing emails reduced significantly
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- Fewer credential compromises SOC analysts need to remediate
April 01, 2021
Proofpoint TAP a product that just works!
- Proofpoint has been our organizations anti-spam solution for many years with great results
November 21, 2020
TAP away those threats!
- The URL rewrite feature saves incident responders from digging into other tools to find if they are at risk. Easily saves 15-20 minutes of time per incident.
January 23, 2020
Proofpoint TAP is powerful but expensive
- It is very expensive and it is hard to sell to clients.
November 29, 2019
Email threat protection for loosely connected devices
- The mean time to detect is less than 5 minutes.
- TAP provide sub 1 minutes response time.
- Executives and leadership seldom see the impact of an email threat because of the automation and detection from TAP. This is a huge win from IT because of the high visibility email has on today's organizations.
November 29, 2019
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Review
- We do not expect our security solutions to provide ROI.
- While we have not experienced a breach of our enterprise, there has been a somewhat negative impact on our overall business objectives given the number of emails with credential-stealing URLs Proofpoint TAP has allowed into our environment.
November 21, 2019
Proofpoint is AWESOME!
- It keeps us safe.
- Sandboxing - Great tool, has helped stop quite a few attacks
- URL rewrite has saved our users a few times already
- VIP users - puts a watch on specific users, really important for us
- Stats, and information is beautiful and really helpful for upper management.
November 12, 2019
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection - TAP'in out email threats
- Threat identification
- VIP-targeted threats
- Most frequently attacked individuals
November 06, 2019
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection - it works pretty well!
- Once we get a Targeted Attack Protection notification that malicious content was delivered to an end user's mailbox, our service desk will scan that user's pc to ensure that nothing was maliciously run or installed.
- Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is a great value.
- Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection provides seamless sandboxing of email attachments without the need of on-premises hardware.
October 29, 2019
Proofpoint is at next level
- This hard to tell in terms of numbers but we have been saved from many fraudulent situations based on our users reports of financial related spoofed emails.
- It is hard for any solution to identify and to give 100% assurance, but when compared with different products PP it's working great and we are happy now.
- Proofpoint has made our job easy in terms of administration and the user level quarantine is a new feature.
- Further protecting our users from targeted attacks.
October 22, 2019
Proofpoint just works
- Proopoint has allowed my department to spend a lot less time mitigating the after-effects of all kinds of malicious emails, so that's a big time and money savings
September 11, 2019
TAP has saved us multiple times against post malware threats.
- I feel that TAP has saved us tremendous amounts money guarding us against phishing attacks.
- TAP's spoof intelligence has also protected our end users.
September 10, 2019
Ahead of its time!
- I was not on the team at the time of purchase, however, it seems to be a good ROI.
- My concern is as Proofpoint grows and gains more clientele, that their prices will also go up.
- Great product!
August 30, 2019
Proofpoint TAP will solve your phishing crisis
- TAP has significantly reduced the number of machines rebuilt due to malware, saving time and improving productivity.
- TAP has improved employee productivity as they are not sifting through tons of phishing emails.
August 29, 2019
TAP for Protection
- Proofpoint is on top of the most current threats out there to protect from today's and tomorrow's threats.
- Our customer data is secure.
- Decreased investigation time for an incident.
- Better visibility into our threat landscape.
August 26, 2019
Couldn't survive without it!
- While an extra cost on top of standard email protection, it has proven to be extremely effective in keeping our business email safe.
- During any large attack wave, this tool is worthy of keeping the environment informed of any specific activities.
- It is difficult to say the financial impact of an email compromise, but without a doubt, TAP is there to prevent those headaches.
- Proofpoint TAP has helped us pass our annual pen-test, while also working in tandem with TRAP.
- In the last month, we have seen 99% of all potentially malicious attachments blocked and 85% of URL threats blocked.
- We have identified several VAP (very attacked people) who we now have rules created for and keep an eye on for potential threats.
August 15, 2019
Peace of mind at a reasonable price
- Price is competitive to other products in this space. Users we have onboarded have noticed a significant improvement in message quality from external sources.
August 14, 2019
TAP Review
- Positive ROI. TAP has saved us a good amount of overhead and potential malware spreads from malicious emails.