Proofpoint Email Protection Overview
Proofpoint Email Protection is a comprehensive email security solution designed to safeguard organizations against a wide range of email-borne threats, ensuring the security, compliance, and continuity of email communications.
What it Does
Proofpoint Email Protection is engineered to secure and control both inbound and outbound email traffic, utilizing advanced technologies to identify and block malicious emails. It is particularly effective in addressing the most common threat vector, with 96% of suspicious social actions originating from email. The solution protects against phishing attacks, malware, business email compromise (BEC), spam, bulk mail, and other email threats, making it an essential tool for maintaining email security and compliance.
Key Features and Functionality
Multilayered Detection
Proofpoint Email Protection employs multilayered detection techniques, including machine learning, reputation analysis, and content analysis, to dynamically classify and block various types of malicious emails. This approach ensures that both known and unknown threats are identified and mitigated.
Advanced Threat Protection
The solution includes advanced protection against malicious URLs and attachments through dynamic sandboxing. It also features intelligent BEC detection, which identifies non-payload threats such as supplier fraud and account compromise.
Email Encryption and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Administrators can create filters to encrypt emails based on specific conditions, such as embedded trigger terms or the presence of sensitive data. The DLP capabilities help detect outbound data exfiltration, automate compliance, and remediate data loss incidents. Users can compose and respond to encrypted emails directly from their inbox, and the system includes pre-built dictionaries and SmartSearch identifiers for sensitive information like PII, PHI, and GDPR terms.
User Empowerment and Reporting
Proofpoint Email Protection empowers users by automatically tagging suspicious emails with warning tags. Users can report these emails directly from the tag, enhancing their ability to identify and report potential threats, thereby reducing the risk of compromise.
Granular Control and Custom Policies
The solution offers complete flexibility with custom security policies and mail routing rules. Administrators can manage encrypted messages, low-priority emails like bulk mail, review quarantined messages, and take actions directly from the Outlook task pane. This granular control ensures that email security is tailored to the specific needs of the organization.
Business Continuity and Compliance
Proofpoint Email Protection ensures business continuity by providing features like Instant Replay, which allows messages to be re-sent to the original recipient even after they have been processed. The solution also supports compliance requirements by preventing data leakage or loss via email and providing robust email archiving capabilities for up to 10 years.
Integration and Deployment
The solution is available as both an on-premise and cloud-based deployment, offering flexibility to meet the needs of various organizations. It integrates seamlessly with other Proofpoint solutions such as Targeted Attack Protection, Email Fraud Defense, and Email Data Loss Prevention, all managed through a single console.
Additional Features
- Disclaimers and Outbound Relaying: Allows the addition of company-wide, group-specific, or individual disclaimers to outbound messages and processes outbound emails.
- URL Defense and Attachment Defense: Protects users from accessing malicious URLs and blocks messages containing known malicious attachments.
- Security Awareness Training: Simulates phishing attacks and provides training content to help users identify, resist, and report threats, enhancing the overall cybersecurity posture of the organization.
In summary, Proofpoint Email Protection is a robust and versatile solution that combines advanced detection techniques, granular control, and user empowerment to secure email communications, ensuring compliance and continuity for organizations of all sizes.