Proofpoint Information Protection vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention

Best suited for organizations that are dealing with high volumes of protected/personsal or financial information that must be kept secure

Incentivized

Email, web browser, and data storage areas will fulfill the security of mobile devices very well. It provides multiple methods of data filtering and classification to ensure important data can be well protected. Unfortunately, it does not support you to make regex-based definitions. for this reason, you need to work on the rules a lot. Another disadvantage is that it cannot monitor Linux systems.

Incentivized

• Email encryption - ease of use for both sender and receiver
• Capturing junk mail - easy to review "quarantined" emails each day and reduces junk in inbox
• Notification that email has been delivered secure

Incentivized

• It can monitor email, storage space, web browser activities very easily.
• It provides full protection and security against data loss caused by human error.

Incentivized

• Proofpoint is actively adding features and functionalities but this does take time.
• Unable to whitelist domains with wildcards.
• Detection is not always 100% but no vendor can claim that.

Incentivized

• Policy tweaking and customizations can be very complex and take a lot of effort and time.
• API integration is difficult and requires specialized support. Finding an experienced professional can be difficult.

Incentivized

Symantec DLP works good for our very simple and low complexity use cases and I would highly recommend it for them. However, I can't speak to highly complex or advanced use cases that might arise in certain industries like finance. I would recommend that if you are seeking an Enterprise DLP solution that you absolutely must explore this product as one of the leaders in the space - not doing so would be negligent in my opinion.

Incentivized

I haven't compared this product directly with others but I have seen and used the Microsoft Office 365 Compliance app(s); and there seems to be a good parity generally between the products in most capability areas for DLP.

Incentivized

• Stronger security posture.
• Able to quickly respond to SPAM/Phishing campaigns.
• Business is more adaptive and agile in the security space.

Incentivized

• Found data that should have been protected or moved to a different location
• Helped us understand what type of data is leaving the environment