Proofpoint Enterprise DLP

Activity Monitoring Alerts

User access patterns can be monitored with rule-based alerts for sensitive data access requests.

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Centralized reporting engine with out-of-the-box policy support and custom policy creation with bi-directional workflow integration.

Real Time Scanning

The solution scans content and context of files in real-time, 24/7.

Email and IM Support

The solution scans inbound and outbound messages for security violations.

Data Discovery (DLP)

Structured (content registration or data fingerprinting) and unstructured (keywords, lexicons, metadata tags, statistical analysis, etc.) data identification.

Endpoint Support

Multiple operating system and device type support with offline protection, removable media, print screen, and copy and paste support.

Centralized Reporting Engine

The solution provides a central reporting engine for policy creation and management with canned reports and RBAC.

Multiple Enforcement Actions

The solution provides options for violations such as block, move, quarantine, and delete.

Forensic Analysis Support

Query capabilities with pre-built and custom drill down, pivot, and parsing; includes export functions and event session reconstruction.

Optical Character Recognition

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities to accurately extract sensitive data (e.g. SS numbers, credit card numbers) from images.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.