Item: Proofpoint Email Protection
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proofpoint Email Protection is being used throughout the organization for email security and spam filtering. We rely on Proofpoint's expertise in email security and threat analysis to stop our users from receiving malicious attachments, excessive spam, and being phished. Proofpoint offers the "right" amount of customization to the platform, but works quite well "out of the box".

Pros and Cons

Recognizing spam and blocking it from coming into end user's email inboxes.
Threat analysis on new email threats and how to block it.
Customization to continually add/remove rules to strengthen our email security perimeter.

I think they could improve their administration GUI.
I think that they need/will continue to improve their threat analysis and database upkeep of "bad" IPs.
They need to add more functionality and the ability to "tie-in" to Office 365 GCC High.

Return on Investment

We saw an almost immediate return on investment after the purchase.

Alternatives Considered

Symantec Email Security.cloud

I thought that Proofpoint immediately showed improvements over these products and allowed us to become more "granular" than the mentioned products.

Other Software Used

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Splunk Enterprise

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Proofpoint is a great fit for almost any size company. I love the option to have Proofpoint host and manage the cluster for us, and we can just focus on adding/removing security features that we see our company in need of. I don't think Proofpoint is the correct fit for very small companies, but anyone that is looking to expand their email security should look into this product.

Proofpoint - Great at what it does

Overall Satisfaction with Proofpoint Email Protection