Human-centric cybersecurity platform that protects people and data against email threats, data loss, and compliance risk.
Proofpoint is a cybersecurity company that takes a human-centric approach to protecting organizations. Its platform defends against email-based threats, prevents data loss, and helps manage compliance and communications governance.
Founded in 2002, Proofpoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company was acquired by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2021 in a transaction valued at about $12.3 billion. Sumit Dhawan serves as chief executive officer.
Proofpoint's products include Core Email Protection, Email Fraud Defense, Secure Email Relay, account takeover protection, Enterprise and Adaptive Email data loss prevention, insider threat management, security awareness training through ZenGuide, and digital communications governance.
MSPs and internal IT teams use Proofpoint for Core Email Protection, Email Fraud Defense, Secure Email Relay.
Best for: organizations that need to block phishing, business email compromise, and spam beyond native email security.
Proofpoint pricing depends on your organization's size, the modules you enable, and your contract term. Tools in this category are usually licensed by subscription, billed per mailbox, per month, and scale with the users, endpoints, or sites you cover.
Public rate cards are not always available, and many vendors set final pricing through a quote or their MSP and reseller channel. To get an accurate Proofpoint price for your environment, request a quote from Proofpoint directly, or ask a managed IT provider that supports Proofpoint to bundle licensing, deployment, and management into one predictable monthly cost.
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Proofpoint is a human-centric cybersecurity company. Its platform protects people and data against email threats, data loss, and compliance risk, spanning email security, data loss prevention, security awareness training, and communications governance.
Proofpoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Proofpoint offers Core Email Protection, Email Fraud Defense, Secure Email Relay, account takeover protection, Enterprise and Adaptive Email data loss prevention, insider threat management, ZenGuide security awareness training, and digital communications governance.
Sumit Dhawan is the chief executive officer of Proofpoint. The company is owned by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo, which acquired it in 2021.