Proofpoint attained the top position in Four out of Five Use Instances in the 2025 Gartner® Critical Capabilities™ Report for Email Security Platforms
Acquisition accompanied by Proofpoint’s recent distinction as a Trailblazer in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security Platforms
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2025 – Proofpoint Inc, a top-tier cybersecurity and compliance enterprise, disclosed today that it has secured the number one spot in four out of five Use Instances in the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities Report for Email Security Platforms. These rankings emerged shortly after Proofpoint’s recent recognition as a Pioneer in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms premised on its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
The 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities report appraised 14 email security platform providers, offering in-depth technical scrutiny and use case diagrams, augmenting the Magic Quadrant evaluation. The report furnishes enterprises with a thorough comprehension of diverse email security platforms, aiding them in pinpointing the optimal platform for their business requisites grounded on distinct use instance classifications. Serving as an indispensable accompaniment to the Gartner Magic Quadrant, this methodology furnishes in-depth insight into vendors’ product and service propositions by elongating the Magic Quadrant analysis, empowering entities to delve further into product and service ratings based on pivotal, distinguishing use instances.
For the 2025 Report, each vendor underwent evaluation for five Use Instances, with Proofpoint achieving the highest score in four of the Use Instances: core email protection, outbound protection, security platform integration, and power user capabilities.1
“We perceive this acknowledgment from Gartner as a testament to our dedication to dispensing cutting-edge solutions and broadening our proficiency in human-centric security,” articulated Darren Lee, executive vice president and general manager, Security Products and Services Group. “Distinguished from fragmented solutions from multiple vendors, which are both intricate and expensive to maintain, Proofpoint offers the efficiency and breadth of safeguarding our customers necessitate. Our email security platform furnishes unparalleled protection against burgeoning sophisticated threats targeting users across mediums, applications, and cloud amenities, satisfying global customer prerequisites for sovereignty, simplicity, and efficacy.”
Claim a complimentary copy of the 2025 Critical Capabilities report here: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/analyst-reports/gartner-critical-capabilities-for-email-security-platforms
1 Securing ratings of 3.57, 3.74, 3.98, and 3.97 respectively.
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*Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Email Security Platforms, Nikul Patel, Franz Hinner, Deepak Mishra, Max Taggett, January 15, 2025.
*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms, Max Taggett, Nikul Patel, Franz Hinner, Deepak Mishra, December 16, 2024.
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About Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint, Inc. is a leading cybersecurity and compliance establishment that shields organizations’ paramount assets and most pronounced perils: their personnel. Boasting an amalgamated assortment of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint aids firms globally in halting specified threats, safeguarding their data, and bolstering their users against cyber onslaughts. Prominent organizations of all scopes, encompassing 85% of the Fortune 100, depend on Proofpoint for human-centric security and compliance solutions that alleviate their most pivotal hazards across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. Additional data can be procured at www.proofpoint.com.
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