Item: Proofpoint Email Protection
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proofpoint Email Protection filters all inbound emails for our entire corporation. It filters our 98% of inbound emails due to spam, virus, or other malicious content, and bulk mailings. It helps protect our employees from unwanted and nefarious emails.

Pros and Cons

Recipient verification
Email filtering
Data loss protection
Email encryption
SPF, DKIM, & DMARC email authentication

Bug: Server config corruption if you click off admin web GUI while it is saving a network change
Provide more robust DR fail-over
Provide a way to determine a message rate baseline in order to establish better SMTP rate controls.

Return on Investment

98% reduction in unwanted or malicious email
Automation reducing support and response to email concerns/alerts
Clients are able to allow, block, or release emails on-demand, reducing calls for support.

Key Insights

Do you think Proofpoint Email Protection delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Proofpoint Email Protection's feature set?

Yes

Did Proofpoint Email Protection live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Proofpoint Email Protection go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Proofpoint Email Protection again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Proofpoint Email Data Loss Prevention, Proofpoint Email Encryption, Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection for Email, Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull, Microsoft Exchange

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need a robust, dynamic, flexible way to verify, filter, encrypt, and protect from data loss, Proofpoint Email Protection is a great product, and their sales, professional services for setup, and support staff are very responsive and provide excellent efficient service. In regards to email protection, they have proven themselves over and over again, and I don't see a scenario where they would not fit.

Proofpoint Email Protection provides 98% reduction in unwanted inbound emails

Overall Satisfaction with Proofpoint Email Protection