The Challenge
- Complex global operations required securing employee workflows, application use, sensitive data and third-party access.
- Insider threat risk—from unintentional policy violations to potential data misuse—lacked centralized visibility.
- Inefficient investigations relied on multiple disconnected tools, slowing response times and complicating compliance.
The Solution
- Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
- Proofpoint Enterprise Data Loss Prevention
The Results
- Accelerated investigations, reducing the time to identify, understand, and resolve incidents.
- Enhanced compliance readiness with clear, documented incident timelines and supporting evidence.
- Improved operational efficiency by replacing multiple investigative tools with one consolidated platform.
SoftBank Investment Advisors, a global financial services firm, handles sensitive data and complex partner ecosystems. To manage the growing threat of insider misuse, often accidental, the security team needed a comprehensive system to monitor, analyze and respond to user behavior while meeting regulatory expectations.
By implementing Proofpoint Insider Threat Management as their core data protection platform, SoftBank achieved full visibility into user activity and data movement. The platform’s integrated investigative tools and automated workflows significantly improved response times, compliance readiness, and operational efficiency, all while reinforcing a culture of monitored, secure behavior.
“Instead of using four or five tools to figure out what happened, now we pivot from one platform. The Proofpoint Insider Threat tool has become the core of our investigations, and it’s matured to the point where it drives the rest of our security conversations.”
— Gary Heaslip, Global Chief Information Security Officer, SoftBank Investment Advisors
