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Overview

Overcome DLP Complexity with Proofpoint’s Modern Solution

Customers choose Proofpoint over Microsoft Purview because its human-centric approach delivers superior omnichannel data protection and immediate time to value. So whether you’re just starting your DLP journey and evaluating solutions or your Microsoft deployment has stalled, our comprehensive platform deploys quickly and accelerates incident resolution, saving you time and resources.

1%
of the Fortune 100 trust Proofpoint to protect their sensitive information
1M
users in more than 5,000 tenants safeguard their data with Proofpoint human-centric controls
1B
data loss events are detected and investigated by Proofpoint every month
Why Proofpoint

Why switch to Proofpoint?

DEPLOYS SEAMLESSLY
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Our lightweight modern DLP architecture scales automatically and assures fast time to value, even if you’ve been mired in a lengthy and unproductive Microsoft Purview deployment.
WORLD-CLASS GUIDANCE
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Maximize the success of your DLP program with Proofpoint professional and managed services that provide design, operational and optimization support.
COMPETITIVE PRICING
Take advantage of our single, economically attractive package and get your DLP program up and running immediately. Contact one of our experts to learn more.

Visibility and management

Microsoft’s data-centric alerts are spread across multiple, fragmented consoles. With inflexible reporting tools, the context of DLP alerts cannot be determined. Ultimately, Microsoft cannot provide the visibility you need. This approach makes investigating alerts burdensome, time-consuming and leads to missed violations that increase risk.

Proofpoint is the only solution that brings together the telemetry of content and user behavior across the most critical DLP channels—email, cloud applications, endpoint, and web. Our unified console includes all that administrators and analysts need to quickly resolve incidents and prevent data loss: policy management, workflows, alert management, classification sophistication, reporting. For the riskiest users, Proofpoint captures screenshots, providing irrefutable evidence to help inform decisions by HR, legal, privacy, and managers.

Mitigate Data Loss

Operational efficiency

Microsoft requires manual processes to define policy exceptions to circumvent product limitations and numerous prerequisites prior to installation. This makes system management inefficient, costly and error prone. In addition, changes to policies are frequently pushed after long delays.

Proofpoint delivers straightforward policy management that provides clear visibility into all data and events, supports granular privacy and role-based access controls, and streamlines day-to-day management with policies installed in near real time.

Implementation

Microsoft is time-consuming and difficult to implement, leading to increased costs. Deploying Purview requires installing multiple agents and plugins on the endpoint, yet it can only support limited file types. Organizations can’t use best-in-class endpoint protection because Microsoft restricts them from using solutions outside its portfolio. And Microsoft doesn’t have native professional or managed services for Information Protection.

Proofpoint is quickly implemented, employs a single user mode endpoint agent for DLP and Insider Threat Management, and supports many file types across all channels. Its endpoint protection is agnostic for greater flexibility. Our approach assures fast time to value and can accelerate deployment with its native professional and managed services offerings.

Proofpoint vs. Microsoft Purview at a glance:

Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Insider Risk

Deep user and file context

 
Partial

Screen capture for forensic evidence

 
Partial

Threat hunting for proactive detection/investigation

 
Partial
Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Data Risk

Single user mode agent for ITM and DLP

 
 

Rich DLP detections (Regex, OCR, IDM, EDM) and MIP classification

Partial
Partial

Monitor and detect file movements with data lineage

 
Partial

Integration with third-party proxy and redirect to Isolation

Partial
 
 
Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Cloud Risk

Account Threat Protection and third-party apps (PFPT Threat Intel)

 
Partial

Dynamic shadow IT (PFPT and Ecosystem)

Partial
Partial

API, forward and reverse proxy modalities 

 
Partial

Broad application connectors 

 
Partial
Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Email Risk

Prebuilt data identifiers and dictionaries

 
 

More than 300 file types scanned out of the box 

 
 

Fingerprinting of sensitive documents

 
 

Content matching: IDM, EDM and OCR

 
 
Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Platform

Unified Alert Management and DLP Configuration

 
 

Granular Data Privacy and Access Controls 

 
 

Security ecosystem integration (SIEM/SOAR/Teams)

Partial
Partial
Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Services

Managed Information Protection

 
 

Professional services for Information Protection

 
 
Features / Tools / Products
Proofpoint
Microsoft M365 E3
Microsoft M365 E5
Insider Risk

Deep user and file context

 
Partial

Screen capture for forensic evidence

 
Partial

Threat hunting for proactive detection/investigation

 
Partial
Data Risk

Single user mode agent for ITM and DLP

 
 

Rich DLP detections (Regex, OCR, IDM, EDM) and MIP classification

Partial
Partial

Monitor and detect file movements with data lineage

 
Partial

Integration with third-party proxy and redirect to Isolation

Partial
 
 
Cloud Risk

Account Threat Protection and third-party apps (PFPT Threat Intel)

 
Partial

Dynamic shadow IT (PFPT and Ecosystem)

Partial
Partial

API, forward and reverse proxy modalities 

 
Partial

Broad application connectors 

 
Partial
Email Risk

Prebuilt data identifiers and dictionaries

 
 

More than 300 file types scanned out of the box 

 
 

Fingerprinting of sensitive documents

 
 

Content matching: IDM, EDM and OCR

 
 
Platform

Unified Alert Management and DLP Configuration

 
 

Granular Data Privacy and Access Controls 

 
 

Security ecosystem integration (SIEM/SOAR/Teams)

Partial
Partial
Services

Managed Information Protection

 
 

Professional services for Information Protection

 
 
The Proof

"Proofpoint Information Protection is a mature and comprehensive DLP solution based on a cloud-native platform..."

-KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Data Loss Prevention

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Realize business value with Proofpoint DLP

DLP is not just a tool. It is a program. And a successful DLP program is like a three-legged stool that encompasses people, processes and technology. Only Proofpoint provides you with all three legs so you can reliably defend your organization’s data and realize true business value.

Return on Investment

Microsoft provides an incomplete set of disparate DLP tools that are minimally integrated, expensive to deploy and require a team of costly, highly-trained technologists to operate. It comes with only one leg of the stool that you need for a successful DLP program—technology.

Proofpoint provides you with the people, processes and technology needed for a successful DLP program. Proofpoint Security Awareness helps change the behavior of your people by providing best-in-class cybersecurity user training. Proofpoint Managed Information Protection provides you with highly skilled experts to co-manage the processes of your DLP program. And our adaptive, human-centric technology transforms information protection across email, cloud, endpoint and web. Our superior time-to-value, visibility into DLP events, and usability guarantees that you will realize ROI immediately and throughout your program’s life.

Resources

We’re recognized as an industry leader by leading analyst firms and customers alike.

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2024 Data Loss Landscape Report
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Transforming Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Gartner® Report: Demystifying Microsoft’s Data Security Capabilities and Licensing
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Gartner® Report: Demystifying Microsoft’s Data Security Capabilities and Licensing

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