Proofpoint - Something proves its security points very well
November 06, 2019
Proofpoint - Something proves its security points very well
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Proofpoint Email Protection
We use Proofpoint in our Cyber Defense team not across all the organisation. As it is used to protect the unwanted traffic from being communicated to our organisation's users. We use Proofpoint to block communication based on the domain, the content of the mail, malicious site, or link present in the mail. For example if I learned that some malicious content (for example a malicious phishing site) in being spread using the mail in our organisation we reach out to Proofpoint to block the content of the mail being communicated to our users with the help of Proofpoint (in cases that it's the same in all the mail). We also use the domain being used to send the mail to our users (we used to attach a sample mail for better understanding of content). According to the priority of the case they take desired action. So ultimately it helps to stop any malicious phishing content from being spread across our organisation and protect all the users being targeted of such unwanted content from the web. Once a site is being blocked by Proofpoint it will not be accessible to the organisational user if if they clicked on it accidentally.
- When a bulk of unwanted mail start triggering against your organisation and removing them from web in an instant node is not possible, Proofpoint help as an instant measure to stop such flow.
- In case, when something malicious being spread in your organisation and you want user to remain uninfected even after clicking on the malicious link, Proofpoint proves as a major solution as it prevent blocked domains to be open by any user.
- It also act as an AD-HOC measure when you have to know in advance about some threat and you have the IOC of the threat you can add that in advance in block lost in Proofpoint. That helps to prevent any future harm to the organisation.
- UI can be improved for better and easy understanding of all features.
- They should have a chat-bot type assistant for better understanding of all its features and easy understanding while raising or working on any issue by the user.
- AI might help to improve threat hunting and make it more useful for a security organisation, Where using AI Proofpoint suggest a number of existing threat list to organisation. Help in pro-active steps to stop being targeted by any malicious content over the web.
- As per my understanding as a Proofpoint user till now, ROI is great and would suggest to others to try safeguards for your organisation.
- Improvements are needed but nothing negative can be found by myself till now.
- We have had very positive impact in our organisation while using Proofpoint as it help us in number of ways to protect from a number of Cyber threats.
Haven't use any other such application in my organisation