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Cybercriminals engaged in phishing campaigns have adopted a new technique to help disguise nefarious webpages. https://t.co/I4aIj0B9Rl via Siliconrepublic

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Sharyl Givens Vice President of Human Resources at Proofpoint shares 3 ways to thwart #email scams: https://t.co/lCufexzqbm via Forbes #EmailSecurity

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August 08, 2012

PROOFPOINT TO HOST LIVE WEBINAR: Focusing on Best Practices and Critical Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data from Security Breaches

SUNNYVALE, Calif., – August 8, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT) WHAT: Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading security-as-a-service provider, is set to host a live webinar focusing on Proofpoint's financial industry customers, and what they are using to apply the next generation of easy-to-use, policy-based encryption and email privacy solutions to ensure sensitive and private information is always secure – on user desktops and mobile devices. Register today to learn more about:

July 18, 2012

Proofpoint Reports Findings from Email and Information Security Trends Survey Conducted at Microsoft TechEd Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 18, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (PFPT) (http://www.proofpoint.com), a pioneering security-as-a-service provider, today announced findings from a survey of security IT enterprise decision makers, about email and information security trends.

June 13, 2012

Proofpoint Executive to Address Information Systems Security Association of Orange County

Andres Kohn to Discuss a Big Data Approach to Stopping Email Threats SUNNYVALE, Calif. – June 13, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT)

June 11, 2012

Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection™ Selected as Finalist for Microsoft Best of TechEd Awards

Targeted Attack Protection one of four finalists in Security category SUNNYVALE, Calif. – June 11, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT)

June 07, 2012

Proofpoint Announces Breakthrough, Cloud-based Defense against Spear Phishing and Other Targeted Attacks

Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection™ Stops Targeted Attacks that Evade Conventional Security Systems; Delivers Persistent Defense against Malicious URLs EDITOR'S NOTE: Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection™ is a finalist for the Microsoft Best of TechEd Award in the security category

June 06, 2012

Proofpoint Executive to Speak at Cloud Computing Symposium

Andres Kohn to Discuss Data privacy, Security issues at Industry Conference SUNNYVALE, Calif., – June 5, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT)

June 04, 2012

Proofpoint Executive to Speak at Security Leaders Summit West

David Knight to Discuss Spear Phishing, Malicious Attacks at Industry Conference SUNNYVALE, Calif., – June 4, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT) WHAT: Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading security-as-a-service provider, announced that David Knight, executive vice president of product management and marketing, will present at the Security Leaders Summit West. The presentation will discuss how organizations can prevent spear phishing and other malicious, targeted attacks through an array of advanced technologies.

May 22, 2012

Proofpoint Executive and Customer to Present at Forrester’s Security Forum 2012

Wade Chambers joins customer Patty Krivitzky of Alticor in Addressing "A Big Data Approach to Stopping Email Threats"

May 15, 2012

Proofpoint Wins 2012 CSO New Technology Demo Award

Proofpoint Enterprise Governance Named the Top Demonstration at CSO Security Confab Conference SUNNYVALE, Calif. – May 15, 2012 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading security-as-a-service provider, has won the CSO New Technology Demo award. The award, which was presented at CSO's Security Confab Conference in La Jolla, California in April, recognized Proofpoint Enterprise Governance solution demonstration as one of the best at the conference.

April 20, 2012

NASDAQ Welcomes Proofpoint, Inc. to the NASDAQ Global Market®

NEW YORK, April 20, 2012 – The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that Proofpoint Inc. (Nasdaq: PFPT) is trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market®.

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February 07, 2019 |

Business Email Compromise Attacks See Almost 500% Increase

February 28, 2017

Redmond police investigating major data breach

KTVZ, an Oregon NBC affiliate, interviews Proofpoint’s Ryan Kalember in an on-air segment about a recent BEC and W-2 scam targeting an Oregon school district. Ryan Kalember is interviewed.

February 22, 2017

Proofpoint CEO: Protecting Data

CNBC’s Mad Money interviews Proofpoint CEO, Gary Steele, on cyber-attack trends and the security landscape.

February 20, 2017

Proofpoint Launches Unified Fraud Solution

Mobile Marketing and Technology highlights Proofpoint’s Digital Risk Defense as a unified detection and protection solution for social, mobile, web and email fraud and phishing.

February 16, 2017

Mobile Devices: What Could Go Wrong?

Bank Info Security interviews David Jevans on Proofpoint’s Q4 Threat Summary and the cyber risks posed by mobile apps and public WiFi networks.

February 10, 2017

Survey Roundup: Slow Progress for Minorities, Women on Boards

The Wall Street Journal includes findings from Proofpoint’s Q4 Threat Summary regarding the increase in social media threats.

February 10, 2017

The Changing Nature of Cyber Threats: What CEOs Need to Know

Chief Executive features commentary from Proofpoint CEO, Gary Steele, on cybersecurity trends and the ways CEOs can protect themselves and their companies from increasing threats.

February 09, 2017

Social Media Phishing Soars, New Trend is Fake Customer Service

MediaPost discusses key findings from Proofpoint’s Q4 Threat Summary that reveal social media phishing is on the rise.

February 09, 2017

Humans are the Biggest Risk to Enterprise Security

SC Media dives deep into Proofpoint’s Q4 Threat Summary and provides insights from threat operations expert Patrick Wheeler on social engineering and ransomware trends. Patrick Wheeler is quoted.

February 06, 2017

Why CIOs and CISOs Need a Wartime Consigliere

Bloomberg BNA features an article authored by Proofpoint’s Devin Redmond on the importance of c-suite executives’ collaboration with legal counsels in order to combat security and privacy risks. Devin Redmond is the author.

February 03, 2017

Your 2017 IT Security Budget Should Start With A Blank Piece Of Paper

Information Security Buzz features an article by Proofpoint’s SVP of Cybersecurity Strategy on the importance of businesses reorganizing and reprioritizing security budgets for the new year. Ryan Kalember is the author.