We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Email Protection and SecurityIQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about KnowBe4, Proofpoint, Sophos and others in Security Awareness Training."The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the central location dashboard for viewing all the related information for risk."
"Its anti-phishing functionality is the most valuable. Certainly, the biggest problem I have is phishing."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The setup was easy."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to remove bad messages that were delivered, prior to being classified as unwanted."
"There is no downtime."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It's detection of true positives are great, as it's cloud based it's very scalable and stable."
"They have a a a knowledge base and a program. They have a very robust training system for the new for different levels of of professionals. That is their most valuable feature."
"Pricing for the platform could still be cheaper."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by reducing the price."
"Proofpoint Email Protection has a new approach to email security with its API feature. Currently, it only works with Office 365. In the future, it would be beneficial if it also works with Gmail, as Check Point is currently the only brand that has API email security for Gmail. It would be beneficial if Proofpoint Email Protection could add this integration, they would be more competitive with other vendors."
"The product's deployment is complex and requires technical knowledge."
"The flexibility of the solution can be improved."
"Proofpoint should have better integration with complex environments that need more than one instance of Proofpoint, as there are issues with nested instances."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by allowing more customization of the reports, such as exceptions and black-and-white lists."
"I want Security Awareness Training in there as a package deal. A lot of companies are starting to value email security a little bit more and take it a little bit more seriously, and the great product that we link together with a lot of these sales is a training product called Security Awareness Training. It is an upsell that we do with Proofpoint, and it is definitely something that I recommend everybody with email security to look into. It would be great if Security Awareness Training is included with the email security."
"The training should be improved in regards to the needs of the customers. It has to be understood what kind of training should be provided and also provide assessments."
Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 2nd in Security Awareness Training with 44 reviews while SecurityIQ is ranked 6th in Security Awareness Training with 1 review. Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4, while SecurityIQ is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Proofpoint Email Protection writes "A reasonably priced product that offers protection to emails, along with spam filters". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SecurityIQ writes "An Automatic Solution for providing Tailored Training To Employees ". Proofpoint Email Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Cisco Secure Email and Fortinet FortiMail, whereas SecurityIQ is most compared with .
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