Company Overview

About Proofpoint

The Leader in SaaS Email Security, Data Loss Prevention and Email Archiving Solutions

Proofpoint secures and improves enterprise email infrastructure with solutions for email security, archiving, encryption and data loss prevention. Proofpoint solutions defend against spam and viruses, prevent leaks of confidential and private information, encrypt sensitive emails and archive messages for retention, e-discovery and easier mailbox management. Proofpoint solutions can be deployed on-demand (SaaS) on-premises (appliance), or in a hybrid architecture for maximum flexibility and scalability.

Proofpoint SaaS and On-premises Email Security and Compliance Solutions

Proofpoint ENTERPRISE™, Proofpoint’s flagship email security solution, simplifies today’s complex email environments by combining inbound anti-spam and anti-virus, outbound data loss prevention, email encryption and policy enforcement features into one affordable, easy-to-use and easy-to-manage platform for taking control of email. Proofpoint ENTERPRISE is available for SaaS or on-premises (appliance, virtual appliance of software) deployment with two solution suites that support the most common inbound threat protection and outbound data loss prevention requirements:

Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Protection Suite: Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Protection delivers all of Proofpoint’s best-in-class inbound email security and email management components. Features include: advanced connection management; Proofpoint MLX™-powered spam detection; signature-based and zero-hour virus protection; email firewall, deep content inspection and outbound filtering capabilities to enforce acceptable use policies for message content and attachments; advanced message tracing; and TLS encryption.
Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Privacy Suite: For enterprises with advanced regulatory compliance and data privacy requirements, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Privacy provides “defense in depth” for private information of all types. It protects private information in email, defends against leaks of confidential information and ensures compliance with common data protection regulations including HIPAA, GLBA and PCI standards. For maximum data loss prevention flexibility and control, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Privacy now includes the powerful encryption features of Proofpoint Encryption, which helps mitigate the risks associated with regulatory violations, data loss and corporate policy violations by automatically applying encryption based on your organization’s unique policies.

Proofpoint also offers email compliance and management solutions including a SaaS email archiving solution, Proofpoint ARCHIVE™—which makes it easy for organizations to securely archive email and solve the storage management, legal discovery and regulatory compliance challenges associated with email retention—and Proofpoint Secure File Transfer™ which lets email users send large files quickly, easily and securely, while minimizing the impact of large file attachments on email servers and other parts of the email infrastructure.

Company History

Eric Hahn, a pioneer in corporate messaging products and former CTO of Netscape, founded Proofpoint in June 2002.

Today, more than 10,000 global enterprises, universities, and government agencies rely on Proofpoint email security and compliance solutions for blocking spam and viruses, complying with email-related regulations, preventing confidential information from leaking via email and archiving email for legal discovery, regulatory compliance and improved email storage management.

Gartner, Inc. positions Proofpoint in the Leaders quadrant in the 2010 Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways.

Our customers include Kaiser Permanente, Hitachi Data Systems, Hospital Corporation of America, Burlington Coat Factory, U-Haul, Mary Kay Inc., Tyson Foods, Outback Steakhouse, and many more.

Learn about Proofpoint’s Email Security and Data Loss Prevention Solutions