Item: Proofpoint Email Protection
Rating: 7
Author: Jorge Golvano

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it across the whole organization nationwide.

Pros and Cons

Spam detection
Phishing prevention
Virus detection

Management interface
False positive reporting
System performance

Return on Investment

Protected critical business information.
Expensive for what it is (need to pay for extra functionality).
Helped with user education about cyber-security.

Alternatives Considered

Mimecast Secure Email Gateway and McAfee Email Gateway (Discontinued)

It's definitely better and more robust and reliable than our previous solution (McAfee Email Gateway), but when compared to Mimecast they are pretty much on par. Both solutions offer a very good solution to email security.

Other Software Used

Mimecast Cloud Archive, Microsoft Office 365, Crossware Mail Signature

Likelihood to Recommend

It's a very good filtering solution but not without its problems and issues, especially their so-called cloud implementation which is nothing more than an appliance with storage and performance limitations.

The configuration is very detailed, but at the same time it's not very intuitive and some things are very hard to set up.

Proofpoint Email Protection Review

Overall Satisfaction with Proofpoint Email Protection