Forcepoint Email Security vs. Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

I have been working for years with Forcepoint--they have the ultimate package in terms of integration of DLP and mail security

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Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business is well suited for users up to 500, for Office 365 (Microsoft’s cloud-based email and collaboration platform).

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• Ease of GUI
• Rule creating very intuitive

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• Proofpoint catches all the junk emails (spam, phishing, etc.).
• Light-weight solution, easy to deploy, configure and manage.
• Fast and easy tracking of inbound and outbound emails.
• Quarantine Digest emails - makes reviewing of junk emails to be very simple process
• Analysis of URLs and attachments makes email system to be more safe.

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• Speed is not the best but its email not instant chat

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• It will be great to have a TAP Dashboard in Essentials
• Export data to the SIEM
• Customized Policy

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The support could be better, but the good thing is rarely having to call them.

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While the Cisco Email was a close second, the customization of the Forcepoint Email Security policies and reports is what won us over.

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As already wrote, Proofpoint is perfect solution to be deployed quickly without requiring any additional resources or services. Good email tracking logs, excellent reporting features. Great filtering mechanism. Cost effective pricing.

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• Even though Forcepoint solution is targeted high in terms of price, the added value it provides to an organization by securing their system in web and mail is tremendous

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• It has helped capture malicious emails trying to get company logins and info
• It has helped stop viruses that were sent to emails
• I am not a financial type but I think it has been worth the price

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