Proofpoint Protection Server

  The Most Powerful Software for Messaging Security

The Proofpoint Protection Server® is the industry's most powerful and complete software solution for enterprise messaging security. Proofpoint Protection Server defends organizations against all types of inbound and outbound message-born threats at the enterprise gateway.
  • Secures your network against spam, known and emerging viruses, connection-level attacks and hackers - right at the gateway.
  • Proofpoint MLX machine learning technology provides unrivalled anti-spam effectiveness and content filtering accuracy.
  • Protects your enterprise from liability created by incompliant or offensive emails.
  • Protects the privacy and security of customer and employee data.
  • Protects valuable intellectual property and trade secrets.
  • Supports encrypted email via the optional Proofpoint Secure Messaging module or popular third-party secure messaging systems.
  • Easily scales to filter millions of messages per day and unlimited numbers of end users.
  • Proofpoint's extensible platform provides a flexible interface for developing custom messaging applications and integrating with external systems.
  • Comprehensive end-user controls and group policy support meet the unique needs of every end user.

  • Automatic updates and centralized administration keep total cost of ownership low.
  • Integrates with enterprise identity management systems such as Active Directory, Domino Directory and other LDAP sources.
  • Intelligent perimeter security features such as MLX Dynamic Reputation™ and SMTP rate control protect against malicious connections including Denial-of-Service and Directory Harvest Attacks.
  • A true "zero administration" solution with unified policy management and robust reporting features.
The powerful features of Proofpoint Protection Server are also available in a hardened and easy-to-deploy appliance - the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway - with additional security features.



Modular Defenses for All-in-One Messaging Security
Why purchase yet another point solution? Proofpoint's messaging security platform provides comprehensive defense against both inbound and outbound messaging threats - and Proofpoint's modular architecture lets you easily deploy new defenses as your needs change. Modular defenses include:

  • Proofpoint Spam Detection offers complete defense against spam, adult content and phishing attacks. Proofpoint MLX machine learning technology delivers unrivalled accuracy with the lowest rate of false positives.
  • Proofpoint Virus Protection defends your enterprise from email-born viruses, worms and trojans, powered by the world's leading anti-virus engines.
  • Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus protects against emerging viruses in the earliest stages of their proliferation on the internet - hours before competing solutions even begin to react.
  • Proofpoint Content Compliance allows you to define and enforce acceptable use policies for message content and attachments across your entire enterprise.
  • Proofpoint Digital Asset Security keeps your company's valuable assets and confidential information from leaking outside the organization via email.
  • Proofpoint Regulatory Compliance protects your organization from liabilities associated with privacy regulations such as HIPAA and GLBA.
  • Proofpoint Secure Messaging adds powerful, policy-based encryption capabilities to your Proofpoint deployment, making ad hoc, secure communication just as easy as traditional, non-encrypted messaging.

    Complete Perimeter Security - Proofpoint Email Firewall
    The integrated Proofpoint Email Firewall provides the SMTP-level, perimeter security features demanded by today's enterprise, creating an impenetrable shield around your messaging systems.
    • Defend: Defends your enterprise against Denial of Service, Dictionary Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks and other intrusions, protecting your network and users.

    • Detect: Proofpoint's MLX Dynamic Reputation™ technology constantly monitors connections and identifies all types of malicious activity.

    • Control: SMTP traffic control features work together with MLX Dynamic Reputation to take corrective action, blocking or throttlilng harmful connections.
      Read more about the Proofpoint Email Firewall

    Secure Messaging Support
    The Proofpoint Secure Messaging module adds powerful, content-aware encryption capabilities to your Proofpoint deployment, automatically encrypting messages based on your organization's policies. Sensitive information can easily be encrypted for specific domains or business partners, or in response to regulatory compliance and data privacy concerns.

    Engineered for Enterprises
    Proofpoint Protection Server was designed to meet the unique needs of large enterprises, universities and government organizations. It offers all of the flexibility, scalability, customization and end-user control features needed in large-scale deployments.
    • Proofpoint Protection Server stops threats at the front door of your enterprise and delivers the lowest total cost of ownership by easily integrating with any IT infrastructure, no matter how distributed.
    • A GUI-based LDAP command console and Microsoft Active Directory® support make directory server integration easy.
    • Proofpoing Protection Server is also compatible with and minimizes the burden on over-taxed email server solutions such as Microsoft Exchange® and Lotus Notes®.
    • No desktop software or agents are required, minimizing the time and resources required for installation and ongoing support.

    Flexible Deployment, Optimal Scalability
    Proofpoint Protection Server scales indefinitely to support many millions of messages per day. Proofpoint servers can be easily deployed in industry-standard cluster configurations to support complex or geographically-distributed data centers. Proofpoint's optimal scalability architecture lets you manage all agent servers from a single master console. Automatic configuration propagation, a centralized message quarantine and centralized reporting simplify maintenance and reduce total cost of ownership.

    Centralized Administration, Complete End-user Control
    The Proofpoint Messaging Security Console provides a convenient, 100% web-based interface for defining messaging policies, monitoring and controlling your messaging infrastructure.
    • Define and enforce policies for any module: The same interface handles both inbound (spam and virus) and outbound (digital asset security, content compliance, regulatory compliance) messaging policies.

    • Graphical reports: More than 45 real-time, graphical reports and alerts give complete visibility.

    • End-user controls: Give each user personalized control over spam policies with end-user digests, personalized quarantines and personal safe- and block-lists.

    • Group support:: Define messaging policies at the global, group or individual level to support the unique requirements of different groups of end users.
      Read more about the Proofpoint Messaging Security Console

    Always Up-to-date Protection with Zero Administration
    The Proofpoint Dynamic Update Service ensures that your network always has the highest level of protection from message-born threats by providing continuous updates for every component of the Proofpoint Protection Server.

      Read more about the Dynamic Update Service

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        Overview
        Proofpoint Protection Server
        Messaging Security Gateway
        Virtual Appliance for VMware


        Spam Detection
        Virus Protection
        Zero-Hour Anti-Virus
        Content Compliance
        Digital Asset Security
        Regulatory Compliance
        Secure Messaging


        MLX Technology
        Email Firewall
        Messaging Security Console
        Dynamic Update Service
        Secure Messaging


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      Modular Defenses
      Complete Perimeter Security
      Engineered for Enterprises


        Proofpoint Protection Server
        Messaging Security Gateway
        Virtual Edition Appliance


        Spam Trends Report
        Top Virus Types Report
        End-user Digest
        End-user Safe/Block List
        Summary Dashboard


      Proofpoint Protection server is compatible with any email server. This software is available for both Sun and Linux hardware platforms and administration, configuration and reporting is handled through a 100% browser-based interface.

    Sun platforms: Solaris™ 8 or 9.

    Linux platforms: Red Hat® Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 or 4.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0.

    Supported browsers: Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 1.2 or higher, Netscape® 7.0 or higher.


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