Core Email Protection
Get continuous email protection powered by multi-model AI. Deploy via API or inline.
OVERVIEW
Protect Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace against phishing, BEC and other evasive attacks with industry-leading email security that detects 27% more novel threats than leading competitive solutions.
Detect new threats faster
Identify new and evasive attacks with behavioural AI informed by thousands of threat campaigns and trillions of emails, URLs and attachments.
Achieve total visibility
See where threats come from, what they hit and what stays safe with interactive maps powered by deep threat intelligence.
Deploy via API in 48 hours
Integrate with Microsoft Graph API for rapid deployment, with automated learning, to protect your environment in just days.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Proofpoint Core Email Protection blocks 99.999% of advanced email threats, including phishing attacks, BEC, ransomware and beyond. Powered by AI, it enhances Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace with real‑time threat intelligence, machine learning and behavioural analysis.
Features
Multi-Model Behavioural AI Detection
Detect 27% more novel threats than with other email security solutions, with the industry's lowest false positive rate.
Continuous Protection Architecture
Leverage API and SEG deployment options for inline, in-mailbox, post-delivery and click-time protection.
Unified Visibility and Response
Unify protection across inbound and internal email, messaging, ATO, supplier and credential compromise with Threat Protection Workbench.
Instant Risk and Business Value Insights
Gain on-demand visibility into campaigns, objectives, efficacy and same-industry benchmarking.
Deliver real-time user coaching with dynamic warning banners for suspicious mail and behavioural learning for spam and graymail.
Automate repeatable security work for thousands of user-reported emails via Satori Abuse Mailbox Agent.
SIMPLIFIED OPERATIONS
Unify protection for inline, API and Microsoft 365 deployments
Get coordinated visibility and shared detection intelligence across the email threat lifecycle with a streamlined investigation experience purpose-built for SOC teams.
‘Proofpoint offers a broader set of email security and infrastructure tools than its competitors and strong detection capabilities.’ — Gartner
SEE WHY ORGANISATIONS CHOOSE PROOFPOINT
| Capability | What to look for | Proofpoint Core Email Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioural threat analysis | Behavioural context that detects malicious intent beyond known threat indicators | Uses multi-model behavioural AI to detect novel threats, BEC and account compromise |
| Continuous protection | Coverage that continues before, during and after email delivery | Protects inline, in-mailbox, post-delivery and at click time across API and SEG deployments |
| Threat investigation | Shared threat visibility that reduces fragmented investigations | Unifies inbound, internal, account and supplier threats in one investigation experience |
| Microsoft 365 integration | Detection and response integrated into existing Microsoft 365 workflows | Adds API-based protection with detections visible in the Microsoft 365 console |
| Domain fraud protection | Protection against impersonation beyond the email environment | Combines email protection with domain fraud detection and takedown |
| Outbound protection | Controls that address inbound attacks and outbound data risk | Extends email security to outbound threats and sensitive data |
THE PROOFPOINT ADVANTAGE
CUSTOMER STORIES
"Proofpoint gives us automated, continually updated threat intelligence [and] granular insight into different types of BEC threats."
Global Threat Leader
Fortune 100 Manufacturer
"Because it’s so accurate and does such a good job at stopping stuff that’s bad, we don’t have to assign resources to ... individual investigations all of the time."
Matt Walker
Managing Dir., IT Security & Compliance, Goosehead Insurance
"Proofpoint is our first line of defense for global inbound email and communications."
Paul Dumbleton
CISSP and Manager, Perrigo
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See Core Email Protection in Action
See how Core Email Protection stops phishing, BEC and AI-generated attacks that bypass Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace's built-in defences.
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Built-in protections like Microsoft Exchange Online Protection cover baseline authentication, spam filtering and mail routing, but they weren’t built to catch novel, AI-generated phishing, business email compromise or account takeover attempts that don’t match known threat patterns. Core Email Protection adds a behavioural AI detection layer to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace—sandboxing attachments and URLs, flagging unusual sender behaviour and applying contextual warnings—without replacing existing infrastructure or requiring a separate mail routing setup.
API-based email security connects directly to cloud email platforms such as Microsoft 365. A secure email gateway (SEG) inspects messages inline as they enter or leave an organisation.
API-based security can provide fast deployment, in-mailbox visibility, post-delivery threat detection and automated remediation without MX record changes. SEGs provide inline protection and policy enforcement before delivery.
Organisations can strengthen Microsoft 365 email security with additional protection against advanced phishing, account takeover, malicious URLs and attachments and other threats. API-based email security can integrate directly with Microsoft 365 to protect inbound, internal and outbound messages.
Additional layers can detect threats that bypass initial filtering, identify compromised accounts, remove malicious emails after delivery and provide greater visibility into threats and response.
AI-powered email security detects advanced phishing and BEC by analysing sender behaviour, communication patterns, message intent, URLs, attachments and other threat signals. This helps identify malicious emails even when they contain no known malware or known malicious URLs.
Proofpoint uses multi-model behavioural AI and threat intelligence to detect impersonation, compromised accounts and novel attacks that rules or signature-based detection may miss.
Organisations can reduce the risk of business email compromise by combining behavioural threat detection, account protection, email authentication and security awareness. Because BEC often relies on impersonation and social engineering, effective protection must identify unusual behaviour and suspicious requests.
Key defences include detecting spoofed senders and domains, identifying compromised accounts, analysing message intent, blocking credential phishing and using email authentication such as DMARC.
AI-generated phishing can be hard to detect because attackers can quickly create personalised messages without known malicious content or common phishing patterns. Effective email security thus needs to analyse behaviour, intent, context and known threat indicators.
Behavioural AI can analyse sender patterns, relationships, account activity, URLs, attachments and message intent to detect new and evolving phishing attacks, including messages that have never been seen before.
