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Proofpoint, Inc. is a leading cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions that mitigate their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. More information is available at www.proofpoint.com.

600 Million+

email threats blocked daily

100 Billion+

data points analyzed daily

200 Million+

social media accounts protected

7 Million

mobile apps protected

Analyst Report- How to Prepare for #Ransomware Attacks.

Gartner explains the critical phases of the ransomware defense lifecycle and what you should do before, during and after a ransomware attack. https://t.co/71EIjH0PwA https://t.co/CVeYPf2UgO

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Don’t overlook insider risks — they’re real & can cause significant financial and reputational damage.

Join our speaker, Joseph Blankenship of Forrester research, to learn how to take proactive measures to stop the next insider threat. https://t.co/QCnAIggYIj #InsiderThreats https://t.co/T0zVYiiLVv

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Microsoft Misses Business Email Compromise (Email Fraud) Attacks. https://t.co/6fk5L9qMsm #BEC https://t.co/fMVrPeFtW4

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September 23, 2021

85% of UK’s top 20 Universities putting staff, students and suppliers at risk of email fraud

17 of the top 20 UK unversities fail to actively block fraudulent emails from reaching recipients

August 31, 2021

Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Proofpoint

Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, and Proofpoint, Inc. (“Proofpoint), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced the completion of Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Proofpoint for approximately $12.3 billion in cash.

August 24, 2021

U.S. Federal Jury Unanimously Finds Vade Secure Wilfully Misappropriated Proofpoint Trade Secrets and Infringed Proofpoint Copyrights

SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 24, 2021 – A U.S. federal jury unanimously found Friday that Vade Secure (Vade) wilfully and maliciously misappropriated over a dozen trade secrets and infringed copyrights belonging to Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT) and its subsidiary Cloudmark LLC, awarding Proofpoint approximately $13.5 million in compensatory damages for Vade’s unjust enrichment to date.

August 04, 2021

Proofpoint’s Annual Human Factor Report Reveals How 2020 Transformed Today’s Threat Landscape

Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today unveiled its annual Human Factor report, which provides a comprehensive examination of the three main facets of user risk—vulnerability, attacks, and privilege—and how the extraordinary events of 2020 transformed the current threat landscape. Human Factor 2021 draws on data and insight from a year’s worth of research, covering threats detected, mitigated, and resolved across one of the largest datasets in cybersecurity.

June 08, 2021

Proofpoint Launches Industry’s First Cloud Native Information Protection and Cloud Security Platform

Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced several people-centric innovations across its three flagship platforms: Threat Protection, Compliance, and the new Information Protection and Cloud Security.

June 03, 2021

Proofpoint Delivers Advanced Data Loss Prevention for Microsoft Teams

Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker (Proofpoint CASB) is now a certified data loss prevention (DLP) partner for Microsoft Teams. Available as part of Proofpoint’s Information Protection platform, organisations worldwide can now ensure real-time data security and compliance while millions of users collaborate in Teams.

May 12, 2021

Proofpoint’s Voice of the CISO 2021 Report Reveals more than Two-Thirds of UK CISOs Feel Unprepared to Cope with a Cyberattack

Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today released its inaugural 2021 Voice of the CISO report which explores key challenges facing chief information security officers (CISOs) after an unprecedented twelve months. Sixty-six percent of CISOs globally feel their organisation is unprepared to handle a cyberattack and 58% consider human error to be their biggest cyber vulnerability, proving that the work-from-home model necessitated by the pandemic has tested CISOs like never before.

April 19, 2021

Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT) a leading cyber security and compliance company, today released research identifying that only 12 percent of the most popular hotel brands among UK consumers have implemented the recommended and strictest level of DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) protection, which prevents cybercriminals from spoofing their identity and reduces the risk of email fraud. Worryingly, this leaves the UK public open to email fraud from 88 percent of the most popular hotel brands.

February 08, 2021

Proofpoint’s State of the Phish Report Reveals Ransomware and Phishing Attack Trends; Underscores Need for Tailored Security Awareness Training, Particularly for Remote Workers

Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today released its seventh annual State of the Phish report, which explores enterprise phishing experiences and provides an in-depth look at user awareness, vulnerability, and resilience.

January 20, 2021

Almost Two Thirds of Cybersecurity Leaders in the UK and Ireland Believe their Organisation is at Risk of a Cyber Attack in 2021

Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT) a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today unveiled the findings of its survey of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and Chief Security Officers (CSOs) based in the UK and Ireland, assessing their level of cyber preparedness.

2012 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™

2013 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™

2014 SC Magazine Awards - Best Email Security Solution

2014 SC Magazine Awards Europe - Best Email Security Solution

2014 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™

2015 SC Magazine Awards - Best Customer Service

2015 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™

CRN’s 2016 Security 100: 20 Coolest Web, Email And Application Security Vendors

2016 SC Magazine Awards - Best Email Security Solution

2016 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™

2017 SC Magazine Awards Europe - Best SME Solution

2017 SC Magazine Awards Europe - Best Fraud Prevention Solution

2017 SC Media Awards - Best Regulatory Compliance Solution

2017 SC Media Awards - Best Email Security Solution

2017 Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™

CRN’s 2017 Mobility 100: 30 Coolest Mobile Security And Device Management Vendors

CRN’s 2017 Security 100: 20 Coolest Web, Email And Application Security Vendors

CRN’s Top 20 Coolest Cloud Vendors

CRN’s 2018 Security 100: 20 Coolest Web, Email And Application Security Vendors

2018 SC Magazine Awards Europe - Best SME Solution

2018 Best Threat Intelligence Solution - Platinum Winner

2018 Best Email Security / Loss Management Solution - Platinum Winner

Most Important Cybersecurity Companies of the Last 30 Years

2019 Threat Detection, Intelligence and Response (Proofpoint Threat Response)

2019 Email Security (Proofpoint Email Protection)

2019 Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) (Proofpoint Information Protection)

2019 Cloud Security (Proofpoint Cloud App Security)

2019 Best Cybersecurity Company (between 1,000 to 4,999 employees)

2019 Social Media Security (Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection)

2019 Information Archiving (Proofpoint Enterprise Archive)

2019 Incident Response (Proofpoint Threat Response)

2019 eDiscovery (Proofpoint E-discovery Analytics)

2019 Data-centric Security (Proofpoint Information Protection)

2019 Data Governance (Proofpoint Information Protection, Archive, and Compliance)

2019 Compliance Solution (Proofpoint Information Protection, Archive, and Compliance)

2019 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company (between 1,000 to 4,999 employees)

2019 Best Cybersecurity Education Provider (between 1,000 to 4,999 employees)

2019 Proofpoint Security Awareness Training

2019 Proofpoint Essentials

2019 SC Awards Europe

2019 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award

2020 Threat Detection, Intelligence and Response (Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection and Threat Response)

2020 Email Security (Proofpoint Email Security)

2020 Compliance Solution (Proofpoint Information Protection, Archive, and Compliance)

2020 Cloud Security (Proofpoint Cloud App Security)

2020 eDiscovery (Proofpoint e-Discovery Analytics)

2020 Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) (Proofpoint Information Protection)

2020 Data Governance (Proofpoint Information Protection, Archive, and Compliance)

2020 Fraud Prevention (Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection)

2020 Social Media Security (Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection)

2020 Ransomware Protection (Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection)

2020 Security Education Platform (Proofpoint Security Education Platform)

2020 Security Education (Proofpoint Security Awareness Training)

2020 Incident Response (Proofpoint Threat Response)

2020 Insider Threat Solution (ObserveIT, a Proofpoint Company)

2020 Information Archiving (Proofpoint Enterprise Archive)

2020 Data-centric Security (Proofpoint Information Protection)

2020 Best Cybersecurity Education Provider

2020 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company

One of CRN's 20 Coolest Web, Email and Application Security Vendors of 2020

One of CRN's 20 Coolest Cloud Security Companies of 2020

Best Email Security Solution (Proofpoint Email Protection)

Best Cloud Computing Security Solution (Proofpoint Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Best Enterprise Security Solution (Proofpoint Advanced Email Protection)

One of The Software Report's "Top 100 Software Companies of 2020"

2020 Espresa Award for Culture Benefits® Innovation and Excellence

2020 Best Overall Enterprise Email Security Solution Provider of the Year

CISO Choice Awards Names Proofpoint the Premier Security Company

Pittsburgh Business Times: Best Places to Work

2020 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award

Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company

Best Cybersecurity Education Provider

Cyber Threat Intelligence (Proofpoint Nexus Threat Graph)

Anti-Phishing (Proofpoint Email Security)

Browser Isolation (Proofpoint Browser Isolation)

Fraud Prevention (Proofpoint Fraud Defense)

Phishing Detection and Response (Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP))

Security Awareness Program (Proofpoint Security Awareness Training)

Security Education (Proofpoint Security Awareness Training)

Security Education Platform (Proofpoint Security Awareness Training)

AWS Cloud Security (Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker (CASB))

Azure Cloud Security (Proofpoint CASB)

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) (Proofpoint CASB)

Endpoint Security (Proofpoint Insider Threat Management)

Forensics (Proofpoint Insider Threat Management)

Google Cloud Security (Proofpoint CASB)

Hybrid Cloud Security (Proofpoint CASB, SaaS Isolation, and Meta)

Insider Threat Solution (Proofpoint Insider Threat Management)

Security Investigation (Proofpoint Insider Threat Management)

Security Monitoring (Proofpoint Insider Threat Management)

User and Entity Behavior Analytics (Proofpoint Insider Threat Management)

Zero Trust Security (Proofpoint Meta)

Compliance Solution (Proofpoint Compliance Solutions)

Data Governance (Proofpoint Information Protection, Archive, and Compliance)

eDiscovery (Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, E-Discovery Analytics)

Information Archiving (Proofpoint Enterprise Archive)

Social Media Security (Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection)

SC Awards 2021: Best Email Security Solution

Proofpoint Information Protection Best Data Leak Prevention (DLP) Solution

Best Cloud Automation Solution

Best Overall Enterprise Email Security Solution Provider of the Year

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