Proofpoint announced it has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways was last published in 2015, wherein Proofpoint was recognized as a Leader for seven consecutive times.
Gartner evaluated 14 vendors for its 2024 report and recognized Proofpoint as a Leader for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
“We believe the Gartner evaluation further validates our strategy of delivering industry-first, advanced threat detection capabilities to protect against every type of human-centric threat in every way a user might encounter it,” said Darren Lee, executive vice president and general manager, Security Products and Services Group. “We feel this recognition is reinforced by our investment in rapid innovation, helping to solve the real email security challenges of today while leveraging customer insights and market trends to uncover the challenges of tomorrow.”
Email remains the leading vector used by threat actors to target employees and infiltrate an organization. What makes cyber attacks like business email compromise (BEC), credential phishing and account takeover so successful is how effectively they target people using a personalized, multi-pronged approach. To stop these modern attacks, organizations require a defense-in-depth approach as opposed to siloed-based email security tools.
Proofpoint’s Threat Protection aims to set the standard for how organizations address human risk, leveraging two key proprietary platform elements: Proofpoint Nexus, a multi-layered AI, behavioral, and threat detection ensemble that identifies and prevents advanced email-borne threats; and Proofpoint Zen, a set of control point technologies that deliver comprehensive protection across email, collaboration apps, and the cloud. Together, they provide a cohesive experience that brings human-centric protection to end users and security professionals alike, stopping 99.99% of all email threats before they are delivered to inboxes.
As of December 16, 2024, Proofpoint has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 in the Email Security Platform market based on 1,162 reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.
