Proofpoint Introduces Its Next-Generation Email Security and Privacy Platform With Enhanced Email Encryption, Available

SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Proofpoint, Inc. (http://www.proofpoint.com), the leading provider of
unified email security, archiving and data loss prevention solutions,
today introduced its next-generation SaaS and appliance email security
and data loss prevention platform, Proofpoint 6. Highlights of Proofpoint
6 include the availability of Proofpoint Encryption(TM) a new
easy-to-use, policy-based email encryption solution, data loss prevention
security and workflow enhancements, support for DomainKeys Identified
Mail (DKIM) email authentication, and a variety of innovative
administrative features.

"To fully protect private data in email, enterprises require not just the
means to accurately detect confidential information and prevent data
leaks, but also the ability to automatically encrypt sensitive content,"
said Peter Galvin, chief marketing officer for Proofpoint. "Proofpoint's
policy-based encryption features protect the security and integrity of
private data in email, ensure compliance with financial and healthcare
privacy regulations and help organizations avoid costly data breach
notification and remediation events."

Proofpoint 6 simplifies today's complex email environments by combining
inbound anti-spam and anti-virus, outbound data loss prevention, email
encryption and policy enforcement features into one affordable,
easy-to-use and easy-to-manage platform for taking control of email. Some
of the key features of the Proofpoint 6 platform are described in more
detail below.

Proofpoint Encryption: SaaS-powered, Policy-based Email Encryption

Proofpoint's next-generation email security platform delivers integrated
data loss prevention and email encryption features powered by the new
Proofpoint Encryption module and Proofpoint Hosted Key Service(TM). Now
included as part of the Proofpoint ENTERPRISE(TM) Privacy suite,
Proofpoint's policy-based email encryption solution can be deployed as
part of the Proofpoint on Demand(TM) SaaS offering or on-premises with
Proofpoint's appliance, virtual appliance and software versions.

"As an outsourced provider of human resources services, we need to be able
to exchange private information via email with our clients and a variety
of business partners and end-users," said Jeff Caracci, vice president of
information technology at Merit Resources. "We were searching for a
cost-efficient solution to enable our administrators and staff to conduct
business securely over email, without placing an undue burden on users.
Proofpoint Encryption fit our requirements perfectly, was easy to install
and makes it simple for users to send email in a secure and compliant way.
And our email administrators are thrilled that the system requires very
little ongoing maintenance."

Proofpoint Encryption enables easy-to-use, easy-to-manage email encryption
that's friendly to senders, recipients and administrators. Email
encryption policies are managed and enforced on an enterprise level from
a single location, using Proofpoint's administrative GUI. Once defined,
enterprise encryption policies are applied automatically at the gateway,
eliminating the risk of user error. Message encryption policies can be
extremely granular and encryption can be triggered by any combination of:

-- Structured data matches: Including the presence of private healthcare
or financial information such as HIPAA codes, ABA routing numbers, domestic
and international credit card numbers, US social security numbers, UK
National Identity Card numbers and other "smart identifiers" as detected by
the Proofpoint Regulatory Compliance(TM) module.
-- Unstructured data matches: Such as the presence of confidential
information as detected by the Proofpoint Digital Asset Security(TM)
module.
-- Keywords (and/or regular expression or weighted dictionary matches)
found in the subject line or content of messages.
-- Message origin or destination: Messages can be encrypted based on
their destination (e.g., a specific business partner or supplier), message
sender or other structural attributes.

Based on symmetric key cryptography (using highly secure AES-256
ciphers), Proofpoint Encryption solves the end-user and administrative
complexities commonly associated with encryption solutions. Management of
encryption keys is one of the biggest challenges in any encryption
solution. Proofpoint Encryption eliminates key management, backup and
administration burdens through the Proofpoint Hosted Key Service(TM),
which uses the Proofpoint on Demand(TM) SaaS infrastructure to provide
secure, cost-efficient, highly available and fully redundant key storage
facilities.

The combination of Proofpoint Encryption and the Proofpoint Hosted Key
Service enables extremely granular, per-message control over encrypted
messages. For example, an individual message to a specific recipient can
be revoked without affecting other users or other messages to the same
recipient.

Built-in reporting features give administrators complete visibility into
both overall and per-policy encrypted message trends.

Proofpoint Encryption ensures security and ease-of-use for email
recipients as well. It uses a push delivery architecture that sends the
actual encrypted message contents to recipients who can then decrypt
messages by following a link (included with the encrypted email) to the
Web-based Proofpoint Secure Reader(TM).

Whether Proofpoint Encryption is used with SaaS or on-premises Proofpoint
deployments, messages are decrypted using an isolated instance of
Proofpoint Secure Reader, hosted within the customer's own instance of the
Proofpoint on Demand service or on the customer's own Proofpoint Messaging
Security Gateway(TM) appliance.

"Email encryption has become a business and legal necessity for most
enterprises and government organizations today because of the growing
volume of sensitive data that is sent and stored in email, increasing
corporate governance requirements and the costly consequences of data
leaks," said Michael Osterman, principal of Osterman Research. "Proofpoint
Encryption delivers robust, policy-based email encryption that can help
these organizations protect confidential information and comply with
regulatory requirements."

Data Loss Prevention Workflow and Security Enhancements

Building on the robust DLP incident management, remediation and workflow
features introduced in Proofpoint 5.5, Proofpoint 6 enhances security for
messages held in quarantine.

When messages are quarantined for further review, the sensitivity of
different policy violations may require that only specific administrators,
compliance officers or other business users be allowed to review certain
types of content. New folder-level access control features allow more
granular control over which users can see, review, comment upon and track
outbound policy violations.

Enhanced Support for Email Authentication Standards

Proofpoint 6 adds DKIM signing of outgoing messages to help defend against
email address spoofing (i.e., forged email headers, as commonly used in
phishing attacks). DKIM email authentication allows organizations to
digitally sign outgoing messages so that recipients whose mail servers
support DKIM validation can be confident that messages are truly from that
organization and not a phishing attempt.

As in previous versions, Proofpoint 6 also supports the SPF (Sender Policy
Framework) sender authentication standard. SPF records can be checked for
all incoming email messages and policies can be configured to take action
on the success or failure of SPF record checks.

Policy Engine and Administration Enhancements

New domain-based administration features in Proofpoint 6 make it easy for
organizations that manage a large number of domains to configure and
enforce messaging policies based on a user's domain. Domain groups can be
created either manually or automatically and unique policies can be
applied to messages that come to, or originate from, those specific
domains.

Proofpoint 6 simplifies the process of customizing the look and feel of
all end-user interfaces, including the email digest, the end-user Web
interface and the Proofpoint Secure Reader. Proofpoint's administrative
GUI now lets email administrators customize these interfaces with point
and click ease.

Proofpoint 6 also allows for more granular handling of inbound messages
that include multiple recipients. The new "envelope splitting" feature
allows messages destined for multiple recipients to be processed via
different policies on a per-recipient basis, allowing for better control
over message dispositions.

Proofpoint continues its tradition of delivering "worry free" email
security solutions with minimal administration and maintenance overhead.
New features in Proofpoint 6 make updates and upgrades easier than ever,
with improved feedback and reduced downtime during upgrade processes.

SaaS and Appliance Solution Suites Simplify Email Security

The new features of Proofpoint 6 will be available simultaneously for
Proofpoint's SaaS (Proofpoint on Demand(TM)) and appliance (Proofpoint
Messaging Security Gateway(TM)) deployments. With the introduction of
Proofpoint 6, Proofpoint's flagship email security solution, Proofpoint
ENTERPRISE(TM) is available both on-demand and on-premises with two new
solution suites that support the most common inbound threat protection and
outbound data loss prevention requirements:

-- Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Protection Suite: Proofpoint ENTERPRISE
Protection delivers all of Proofpoint's best-in-class inbound email
security and email management components. Features include: advanced
connection management; Proofpoint MLX(TM)-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.

-- Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Privacy Suite: For enterprises with advanced
regulatory compliance and data privacy requirements, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE
Privacy provides "defense in depth" for private information of all types.
It protects private information in email, defends against leaks of
confidential information and ensures compliance with common data protection
regulations including HIPAA, GLBA and PCI standards. For maximum data loss
prevention flexibility and control, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Privacy now
includes the powerful encryption features of Proofpoint Encryption, which
helps mitigate the risks associated with regulatory violations, data loss
and corporate policy violations by automatically applying encryption based
on your organization's unique policies.

Features include: advanced, highly accurate detection of private or
confidential information in unstructured and structured data; pre-
configured data protection policies; an easy-to-use administration console;
integrated policy-based email encryption and robust incident management.

Pricing and Availability

The Proofpoint 6 platform, Proofpoint Encryption module, Proofpoint
ENTERPRISE Protection and Proofpoint ENTERPRISE Privacy suites will be
generally available in November 2009. Pricing for the Proofpoint
ENTERPRISE Privacy bundle (including Proofpoint Encryption) is less than
$17 per user, per year for organizations with 5,000 to 10,000 inboxes.
Contact Proofpoint for a detailed quote.

Current Proofpoint customers on maintenance can upgrade to the Proofpoint
6 platform free of charge. Contact support@proofpoint.com for details.

Learn More about Email Encryption in Today's Enterprise

Learn more about Proofpoint's easy-to-deploy and easy-to-use policy-based
email encryption solution and why email encryption is a critical component
of today's email security solutions. Register to download two new
whitepapers -- Proofpoint's "Protecting Enterprise Data with Proofpoint
Encryption" and Osterman Research's "The Critical Need for Encrypted Email
and File Transfer Solutions" -- by visiting:

http://www.proofpoint.com/emailencryption

To watch a video of product marketing manager Ken Liao explaining
Proofpoint Encryption, visit:

http://www.proofpoint.com/email-encryption-video

About Proofpoint, Inc.

Proofpoint secures and improves enterprise email infrastructure with
solutions for email security, archiving, encryption and data loss
prevention. Proofpoint solutions defend against spam and viruses, prevent
leaks of confidential and private information, encrypt sensitive emails
and archive messages for retention, e-discovery and easier mailbox
management. Proofpoint solutions can be deployed on-demand (SaaS),
on-premises (appliance) or in a hybrid architecture for maximum
flexibility and scalability. For more information, please visit
http://www.proofpoint.com.

Proofpoint is a registered trademark of Proofpoint, Inc. Proofpoint on
Demand, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE, Proofpoint Encryption, Proofpoint MLX and
Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway are trademarks of Proofpoint, Inc.
All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective
owners.

Proofpoint Press Contacts:
Kate Sowell
LEWIS PR
408-573-3664
Email Contact

Marty Tacktill
Proofpoint
408-850-4110
Email Contact

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