Proofpoint to the rescue
August 12, 2019

Proofpoint to the rescue

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Proofpoint Email Protection

We use Proofpoint Email Protection to relay both inbound and outbound email with email filtering, malware, and spam protection. This also adds visibility to the email traffic for the entire company.
  • Anti-spam filtering
  • Malware protection
  • Imposter rejection
  • Email firewall rules could be more straightforward.
  • The admin interface could use more polishing.
  • Positive: increases productivity by eliminating almost all spam and malware.
  • Protects the company IP by stopping malware.
  • Protects the company reputation and other companies' assets by stopping potentially bad email from being sent out.
We switched from Microsoft online protection (not sure what it is called now). We wanted more flexibility in configuring everything and that solution simply did not have it. For example, we needed that our on-premises email relays were accessed by theirs in a load-balanced fashion and they could not do that.
Cisco Firepower NGFW (formerly Sourcefire)
If a company uses a self-hosted email solution i.e. Exchange server on-premises, then making Proofpoint your MX is a perfect example of how one could benefit from using this technology. More self-contained or competing solutions like Microsoft online email solutions with their own email protection would be a stretch to implement. Well, maybe for inbound traffic, and even that would be redundant.

Proofpoint Email Protection Feature Ratings

Anti-malware
9
Customizability
8
Data Loss Protection
Not Rated
Threat Detection
9
Sandboxing
9
End-to-End Encryption
Not Rated
Management Tools
7