Proofpoint

Proofpoint Inc. is a cybersecurity and compliance company specializing in cloud-based solutions aimed at protecting organizations from various digital threats. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Proofpoint offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes email archiving, inbound and outbound email security, and privacy protection to safeguard sensitive information. Its solutions help organizations manage compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, GLBA, and PCI-DSS, while also providing capabilities for threat protection, incident response, and secure communication across multiple channels, including email, social media, and mobile applications. Proofpoint serves over 3,000 enterprise clients, including global corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies, facilitating secure and compliant operations in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Satya Jena

Senior Vice President of Digital Platforms

Rémi Thomas

CFO

21 past transactions

InteliSecure

Acquisition in 2021
InteliSecure is the first and only Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) to challenge the status quo in cybersecurity by delivering a hybrid application of expert human intelligence with a proven Critical Asset Protection Program™ methodology. These innovative Managed services are supported by Consulting, Technical, Incident Response and Security Assessment services that prevent data loss, protect privacy and safeguard critical assets.

The Defence Works

Acquisition in 2020
The Defence Works Limited, based in Manchester, United Kingdom, specializes in online security awareness training and phishing simulation. Founded in 2016 and formerly known as Whittingham Limited until its name change in January 2019, the company aims to foster a positive security culture by focusing on employee engagement. The Defence Works provides interactive and immersive training experiences, delivering new content monthly that reflects real-world cyber and data security scenarios. This approach moves away from traditional, tedious training methods, ensuring that employees receive relevant and engaging instruction. Additionally, the company offers services related to policy management and GDPR training, operating as a subsidiary of Proofpoint, Inc. since May 2020.

ObserveIT

Acquisition in 2019
ObserveIT Ltd. specializes in insider threat management software solutions aimed at helping organizations identify and eliminate potential risks posed by internal actors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London and Tel Aviv, the company serves over 1,600 global customers across various industries, including financial services, technology, and manufacturing. Its product offerings encompass insider threat detection, user activity monitoring, incident response, and compliance solutions, all designed to secure remote work environments and prevent data loss. The platform significantly reduces investigation times and provides detailed playback of security incidents, thereby enhancing response efforts and simplifying compliance processes. ObserveIT operates as a subsidiary of Proofpoint, Inc.

Meta Networks

Acquisition in 2019
Meta Networks Ltd., founded in 2016 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in developing cloud-native networking and security solutions for enterprises. As a subsidiary of Proofpoint, Inc., the company addresses the challenges posed by the fragmentation and vulnerability of traditional LAN/WAN architectures in an evolving digital landscape. Meta Networks offers a secure, zero-trust network that enables organizations to connect employees, private clouds, data centers, and SaaS applications seamlessly. Their innovative platform replaces conventional site-centric Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) with a flexible, always-on security model, significantly reducing the risk of security breaches while enhancing user experience. By focusing on the needs of forward-thinking IT organizations, Meta Networks aims to simplify and secure enterprise-wide connectivity in the cloud age.

Wombat Security Technologies

Acquisition in 2018
Wombat Security provides information security awareness and training software to help organizations teach their employees to secure behavior. Its Security Education Platform includes integrated knowledge assessments, a library of simulated attacks, and interactive training modules, which have been proven to reduce successful phishing attacks and malware infections by up to 90%.

Wombat Security Technologies

Acquisition in 2018
Wombat Security provides information security awareness and training software to help organizations teach their employees to secure behavior. Its Security Education Platform includes integrated knowledge assessments, a library of simulated attacks, and interactive training modules, which have been proven to reduce successful phishing attacks and malware infections by up to 90%.

Cloudmark

Acquisition in 2017
Cloudmark Inc. is a leader in messaging security, offering a range of software solutions to protect communications service provider networks and their subscribers from various messaging threats, including spam, phishing, and malware. The company's flagship Cloudmark Security Platform delivers comprehensive security across multiple messaging environments, ensuring a safe user experience while helping service providers safeguard their revenue and brand. Key offerings include solutions for email and mobile messaging that control and filter message streams, protect against DNS-based threats, and provide real-time protection against spear phishing attacks. Additionally, Cloudmark's global threat network utilizes intelligence from subscribers to enhance defense mechanisms against data theft and security breaches. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, Cloudmark has expanded its presence internationally with offices in the UK, Paris, and Tokyo. As of 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Proofpoint, Inc.

FireLayers

Acquisition in 2016
FireLayers, Inc. is a provider of enterprise security software focused on enhancing the safety and compliance of cloud applications. The company offers a policy-based platform that allows IT departments to establish rule-based protections for cloud application usage. This platform enables proactive monitoring and safeguards the entire process from user identification to data retrieval and request fulfillment. By identifying users, applications, and actions, FireLayers ensures that organizations maintain necessary security and compliance levels across their cloud environments. As of October 2016, FireLayers operates as a subsidiary of Proofpoint, Inc.

Socialware

Acquisition in 2015
Socialware, Inc. provides a SaaS based platform that allows users to manage social media across the enterprise. Socialware, Inc. mission to transform the way that companies and their employees engage, communicate and collaborate with clients, partners and one another. Public social technologies such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have reshaped the way we communicate in our personal lives and are now entering the enterprise. These new platforms are changing the economics of software.

Emerging Threats

Acquisition in 2015
Emerging Threats is a cyber security research organization focused on advancing detection and protection capabilities against emerging threats. The company develops rulesets for network intrusion detection systems, specifically for Suricata and Snort. Additionally, Emerging Threats offers IP reputation data feeds to enhance threat intelligence. By combining innovative research with practical solutions, the organization aims to deliver comprehensive and rapid protection for its users against various cyber threats.

Nexgate

Acquisition in 2014
We are group of highly experienced technology, market, and business professionals who believe the Social Web is a critical evolution of the Web as a communication and interaction channel for businesses. We bring multiple decades of expertise in delivering enterprise class solutions in digital media, Web infrastructure, SaaS, and security. We are funded and committed to delivering Enterprise Social Brand Protection and Compliance solutions. Our intent is to allow organizations to more safely utilize their new Social Web infrastructure to capture the opportunity and avoid the risks it presents. Nexgate delivers an intuitive way to find and understand your organization's social presence while matching and valuing it against its actual network of contacts, stakeholders, and influencers. This includes a complete security and compliance system, key aspects of content management and publishing, social account management, actionable and meaningful metrics, and the ability to leverage other key investments and enterprise infrastructure. Beyond these key capabilities, Nexgate allows your organization to mobilize your actual network on the Social Web and convert them into a mobilized and productive network of social advocates and topline business drivers.

NetCitadel

Acquisition in 2014
NetCitadel is a privately held company based in Mountain View, California, specializing in next-generation security solutions. It offers the ThreatOptics Threat Management Platform, which enhances existing security alerts with contextual data and threat analytics, enabling organizations to analyze, prioritize, and respond to threats without the need for coding. By integrating information from cloud and virtualization environments, NetCitadel's solutions help organizations reduce security risks while improving operational efficiency and response times. The platform is designed for data-driven organizations, facilitating a unified view of security events that allows security teams to address issues swiftly and effectively.

Sendmail

Acquisition in 2013
Sendmail simplifies business email complexity and reduces IT infrastructure costs for large enterprises. The company’s solutions ensure global email connectivity, routing, and message delivery between people, systems, and applications located on-premises, in-cloud or on mobile devices. The Sentrion Email Infrastructure Platform performs intelligent email policy and message inspection ensuring all critical communications and content are integrated with business policies, applications and processes.

Armorize Technologies

Acquisition in 2013
Armorize Technologies specializes in providing comprehensive security solutions designed to protect enterprises from cyber threats targeting vulnerable web applications. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with a research and development center in Taipei, Taiwan, the company has developed a cloud-based anti-malware suite that addresses various forms of attacks, including Advanced Persistent Threats, targeted email attacks, and web malware. The Armorize Appsec Suite builds on previous research initiatives, which have been recognized at major conferences and have received significant citations from notable organizations. The company has also been acknowledged for its innovative technology and business practices through awards such as the Red Herring Asia Top 100 and the Red Herring Global Top 10 Innovators.

Abaca Technology

Acquisition in 2013
Abaca Technology Corporation is a developer and marketer of an email protection and messaging security solutions for enterprise and government customers, as well as small to medium-sized businesses.

eDynamics LLC

Acquisition in 2013
Acquired in July 2013 eDynamics provides SaaS solutions that help organizations in regulated industry verticals to meet the regulatory requirements. Our solutions, Archive for Chatter and Archive for Yammer, enable regulated organizations to leverage Salesforce.com Chatter and Microsoft Yammer while maintaining regulatory compliance. Chatter and Yammer content is integrated with the existing archiving and retention solution that regulated organizations already have in place; thereby eliminating the need for an addition archive.

MailDistiller

Acquisition in 2013
MailDistiller offers a hosted service focused on comprehensive email security, primarily aimed at protecting organizations from viruses and spam. By implementing managed email filtering services, the company effectively blocks harmful content before it can reach an organization's network, thereby enhancing overall cybersecurity. MailDistiller's solutions help businesses reduce the risks associated with malicious emails and eliminate time-wasting messages, allowing for a more efficient email management experience.

NextPage

Acquisition in 2012
NextPage, a leading innovator in Compliance and Information Risk Solutions, delivers the only Information Tracking Platform that mitigates enterprise risk, increases document policy compliance and reduces the cost of eDiscovery by tracking and managing documents no matter where they are located – hard drives, USBs, servers, or email attachments. With patent pending technology, NextPage Digital Thread™ software, NextPage proactively tackles the risk by tracking, classifying, executing policy, and reporting on the compliance of all documents across the enterprise.

Everyone.net

Acquisition in 2009
Everyone.net specializes in providing hosted email and collaboration solutions for small businesses and service providers. Founded in 1998, the company focuses on enhancing communication and data security through its reliable and customizable email services. It offers advanced features such as IMAP and push email for mobile devices, backed by robust security measures, including anti-spam and virus protection. With a significant presence in the market, Everyone.net manages over 6 billion message connections monthly and supports more than 300,000 domains globally. The company's commitment to innovation and simplicity positions it as a leader in the Software as a Service (SaaS) email and messaging sector.

Secure Data in Motion

Acquisition in 2008
Secure Data In Motion, Inc., operating as Sigaba, specializes in security infrastructure solutions that facilitate the secure exchange of information for various sectors, including government and industry. The company's product offerings include Sigaba Secure Email for safe information sharing via existing email systems, Sigaba Secure IM for enterprise instant messaging, Sigaba Secure Paging for critical communications in emergency services, and Sigaba Secure Messaging for Mobile Devices, which ensures end-to-end security for protected information sharing. Additionally, Sigaba provides services such as authentication, installation, custom configuration, and system development. Established in 1999 and based in San Mateo, California, the company serves a diverse clientele across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and telecommunications. As of August 2008, it operates as a subsidiary of Proofpoint, Inc.

Fortiva

Acquisition in 2008
Fortiva provides an on-demand email archiving solution that addresses three key challenges – email storage management, legal discovery and regulatory compliance – without the headaches of managing an archive in-house. As a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, the Fortiva Archiving Suite™ can be up and running in days, with minimal upfront capital costs and planning requirements.
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