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Proofpoint Positioned in the “Leaders” Quadrant in 2011 Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways
September 2011 by Marc Jacob
Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of cloud-based
security and compliance solutions for enterprise messaging and collaboration, announced it has been positioned by
Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the 2011 “Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways.”1
“We believe Proofpoint’s positioning by Gartner in the leaders quadrant is a great confirmation of our continued success in
helping large, global enterprises control a wide variety compliance and security risks associated with email,” said Gary
Steele, CEO of Proofpoint. “Proofpoint continues to lead the market with a focus on security, innovation and customer
satisfaction, delivering solutions for email security, encryption, data loss prevention and email archiving that help
organizations reduce costs while making email safe, secure, compliant and easier to manage. We continue to see some of
the largest and most security conscious organizations worldwide switching from legacy email security solutions to
Proofpoint.”
Writing in the “Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways,” Gartner analysts Peter Firstbrook and Eric Ouellet note that,
“The secure email gateway market is a mature market. Buyers must look at advanced functionality, service delivery, vertical
integration of related email products and strategic vendor relationships to differentiate solutions.”
Gartner also says that, “Policy-based encryption is an increasingly important capability and a significant differentiator of
leading products.” Explaining further that, “The adoption of DLP drives the adoption of encryption. Companies that search
for sensitive or private information in email often find it. However, exchanging this content with third parties is often a
business imperative, and blocking it outright is rarely an option. Encryption becomes an enabling tool to send sensitive
content safely and in compliance with regulations.”
Of vendors positioned as Leaders, Gartner says, “Leaders are performing well, have a clear vision of market direction and
are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership positions in the market. Companies in this quadrant offer a
comprehensive and proficient range of email security functionality, and show evidence of superior vision and execution for
current and anticipated customer requirements. Leaders typically have a relatively high market share and/or strong revenue
growth, own a good portion of their threat or content-filtering capabilities, and demonstrate positive customer feedback for
anti-spam efficacy and related service and support.”
Proofpoint SaaS and On-premises Email Security Solutions
Proofpoint delivers a variety of cloud-enabled solutions for security and compliance used by leading enterprises worldwide
to protect against spam and viruses, safeguard privacy, encrypt sensitive information and archive messages for easier
management and electronic discovery:
The Proofpoint Enterprise Protection™ suite delivers all of Proofpoint’s best-in-class email security and email
management components. Features include: advanced connection management; Proofpoint MLX™-powered spam
detection; signature-based and zero-hour virus protection; email firewall, deep content inspection and outbound filtering
capabilities to enforce acceptable use policies for message content and attachments; advanced message tracing; and
TLS encryption.
The Proofpoint Enterprise Privacy™ suite provides “defense in depth” data loss prevention for private information of all
types. It protects private information in email, defends against leaks of confidential information and ensures compliance
with common international, industry and US data protection regulations—such as HIPAA, GLBA, state
privacy/encryption regulations and PCI-DSS. Proofpoint Enterprise Privacy includes the policy-based email encryption
capabilities of Proofpoint Encryption™ which helps to mitigate the risks associated with regulatory violations, data loss
and corporate policy violations by automatically applying encryption based on an organization’s unique policies.
Proofpoint also offers email archiving, eDiscovery and email management solutions including a SaaS email archiving
solution, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive™—which makes it easy for organizations to securely archive email and solve the
storage management, legal discovery, supervisory and regulatory compliance challenges associated with email
retention—and Proofpoint Secure File Transfer™ which lets email users send large files quickly, easily and securely, while
minimizing the impact of large file attachments on email servers and other parts of the email infrastructure.
Proofpoint recently introduced the industry’s first cloud-based compliance solution for Microsoft Office 365, which delivers
enhanced regulatory compliance, archiving, encryption and data loss prevention capabilities for Microsoft’s next-generation
hosted business application suite.
(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways,” by Peter Firstbrook and Eric Ouellet, 10 August 2011
