Switch from Intel (McAfee Email Gateway, SecureMail, Ironmail)

For various reasons, many of the world's largest organizations have successfully switched from McAfee Email Gateway (formally known as SecureMail and Ironmail) to Proofpoint Enterprise (which includes Proofpoint Enterprise Protection and Privacy). Proofpoint works closely with customers to provide assistance during and after the transition, which ultimately is a quick, easy and seamless process with industry leading support available every step of the process.

What to Expect from Proofpoint when Switching from Intel

1. Increased commitment to client service and support:
   Proofpoint provides all of our customers with industry-leading service and support, including feedback on critical false positives and negatives. Our roots are in the enterprise, so our technical support staff are knowledgeable about Proofpoint's products as well as email and messaging infrastructure. In fact, a recent customer satisfaction survey ranked Proofpoint well above averages for satisfaction in every category measured.
   
   
2. Ongoing innovation against email-borne threats:
   Proofpoint is committed to, and invests heavily in, ongoing R&D in order to stay one step ahead of spammers and hackers, who have continued to improve their techniques as threats have become more targeted and sophisticated. We welcome inquiries and updates on both our roadmap and on security and compliance trends from our customers.
   
   
3. Flexible security and compliance platform:
   The Proofpoint security and compliance platform can be deployed as an on-premises appliance, on-premises virtual appliance, or SaaS. No matter which deployment the customer chooses, the administrative interface and product functionality remain the same. The benefit to customers is a full-featured email security and compliance solution that is aligned with your organization's strategic initiatives to save costs, whether that is through virtualization or SaaS.

What Concerns or Issues are You Having with your Current Intel Solution?

• Anti-Fraud/Anti-Phishing Detection
• Spam Effectiveness
• Virus Effectiveness
• Policies for Email Attachments
• Content Filtering of Email Attachments
• Data Loss Prevention/Compliance
• Message Encryption
• Reporting and Log Search
• End User Functionality
• Platform

Anti-Fraud/Anti-Phishing Detection Phishing Detection Comparison McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Granular and configurable policies for phishing messages Sender ID checks DKIM checks BATV checks Header analysis checks Machine learning technology for accurate content analysis   Separate quarantine for phishing messages Real-time notification and alerting of phishing messages   Automated delivery of reports for phishing messages Proofpoint uses advanced machine learning technology to detect phishing messages that pass through the techniques used by Intel's Email Gateway. Customers usually perform a threat assessment to compare phishing detection capabilities. While it depends on your mail volume, some customers have reported that Proofpoint was able to detect over 2,000 phishing messages that passed Intel's spam filters. Spam effectiveness Spam Detection Comparison McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Reputation-based spam detection Header analysis Configurable deny and drop lists Image spam classifier   Backscatter protection Email connection throttling and termination Email Zombie detection Bayesian technology   Machine learning technology   Outbound spam detection   Proofpoint uses advanced machine learning technology to granularly and more accurately detect spam (unsolicited bulk mail) and solicited bulk mail that pass through the techniques used by Intel's Email Gateway. Customers usually perform a threat assessment to compare spam detection capabilities. It depends on your mail volume, but some customers have reported that Proofpoint was able to detect over 600,000 spam messages that passed Intel’s spam filters. Virus effectiveness Virus Detection Comparison McAfee/Intel Proofpoint 100% Anti-virus SLA Zero-Hour Anti-virus detection for zero-day protection Anti-virus engine Authentium or McAfee F-secure or McAfee Customers usually perform a threat assessment to compare virus detection capabilities. Depending on your mail volume, some customers have reported that over a two-week period, Proofpoint was able to detect more than 50 viruses that Intel's Email Gateway let through. Policies for email attachments Policies for email attachments McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Size of attachments Binary file detection Password protected files Number of attachments While these features are generally not enabled very often on most email gateway solutions, both Intel/McAfee and Proofpoint have similar capabilities here. Content filtering of email attachments Comparison of Content Filtering Of Email Attachment Types McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Microsoft Office 2003 files Microsoft Office 2007 files Microsoft Office 2010 files Adobe PDF files These features are important for an accurate email data loss prevention solution, and both Intel/McAfee and Proofpoint have similar capabilities here. Data Loss Prevention/Compliance Data Loss Prevention comparison McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Policy-based encryption Pre-configured compliance policies for SSNs and all CCs Pre-configured compliance policies for HIPAA, GLBA, PCI Smart Identifiers – algorithmic checks of structured data   Managed Dictionaries – pre-defined and updated libraries   Advanced proximity and correlation analysis Content rules based on regular expressions Document training and fingerprinting for protecting digital assets Optimized message decryption for mobile devices End-user triggered encryption for sensitive data Per-message encryption keys DLP incident dashboard for administrative remediation These features are important for a complete email data loss prevention solution, as accuracy, advanced encryption, advanced workflow tools are important to ensure that end users are not impacted and compliance officers have tools to investigate data loss incidents. Message Encryption Message Encryption comparison McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Transparent encryption (TLS or SSL) Policy-based encryption Secure MIME Secure PGP Push Encryption   Pull Encryption Optimized message decryption for mobile devices   End-user triggered encryption for sensitive data Per-message encryption keys End-user revocation controls for encrypted messages   These features are important for a complete email data loss prevention solution, as accuracy, advanced encryption, advanced workflow tools are important to ensure that end-users are not impacted and compliance officers have tools to investigate data loss incidents. Reporting and Log Search Reporting and Log Search comparison McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Same day reporting Support for IPv6   Automated publishing, scheduling, and email delivery of reports DLP Dashboard – consolidated view of compliance activity   Log search delay Real-time Real-time Log search by sender, recipient, and subject Log search by attachment name   End User Functionality Comparison of Features Available To End Users McAfee/Intel Proofpoint Configurable end user quarantine pages End user quarantine release End user defined spam policies Configurable end user whitelist Per user regional and language settings Self-remediation of outbound spam and DLP incidents   Platform Comparison of Features McAfee/Intel Proofpoint On-premise appliance Virtual appliance   SaaS   Domain specific spam policies Domain specific email routing LDAP profiling/synchronization Consolidated management of multiple appliances   Consolidated reporting across multiple appliances   Consolidated log searching across multiple appliances