Spam and virus filtering
Proofpoint Email Protection privacy rating
Secure email gateway for organizations that filters inbound and outbound mail for spam, phishing, malware and impersonation. It runs as a cloud service or on premises in front of Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or other mail servers.
Summary
Proofpoint Email Protection scores 41 out of 100 (grade D) on the spam and virus filtering criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report and security headers. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 41 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website uses third-party analytics and a DoubleClick advertising tag, and the privacy policy describes behavioral retargeting by an ad partner.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Paid business service with no ads, but a third-party partner uses website cookies to retarget visitors with Proofpoint ads on other sites.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Proofpoint holds ISO 27001 certification for in-scope products, but no audit report is public.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
A law enforcement statement describes legal review of each request and challenges to overbroad ones, but no request counts are published.
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Yes
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
Proofpoint promises to promptly notify affected customers of requests whenever permitted by law.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.