9 out of 10 Enterprises Choose Abnormal Over Proofpoint, Here's Why
Proofpoint’s manual approach increases operational complexity with constant rule tuning and model adjustments.
Abnormal’s AI-driven automation eliminates this burden, streamlining email security and reducing manual effort.
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Attacks Targeting Microsoft Are Everywhere
688
advanced attacks
missed per week*
Source: Verizon DBIR
5
full time analysts required to manage Proofpoint email security*
Source: Verizon DBIR
$131,354
in added risk weekly
from missed attacks*
Source: Verizon DBIR
*Source: Abnormal customer data for typical 10,000 employee enterprise
Proofpoint requires its users to manually manage multiple aspects of email security, including:
Manual Rule Adjustments & Tuning
AES uses behavioral AI but still requires policy refinement to adjust detection parameters and minimize false positives.
Threat Investigation & Remediation
Security teams must manually review and validate alerts, investigate false positives, and pull malicious emails from inboxes.
Abuse Mailbox Management
Analysts must manually assess user-reported emails and apply remediation actions like updating blocklists.
Threat Intelligence Integration
AES analyzes 250+ data points per email but may require admins to supplement detection with additional threat intelligence sources.
Why Customers Choose Abnormal Over Proofpoint
Deep Behavioral Understanding
Abnormal’s AI analyzes tens of thousands of behavioral signals per email, detecting hyper-personalized, advanced attacks without requiring manual rule creation.
Fully-Automated Threat Remediation
Abnormal automatically triages, investigates, and removes malicious emails—preventing user engagement without security team intervention.
AI-Driven Abuse Mailbox
Abnormal’s AI Security Mailbox automates user-reported phishing analysis and remediation—eliminating manual triage and blocklist updates.
Vendor Compromise Protection
VendorBase continuously monitors vendor email behavior, detects compromised accounts, and blocks vendor-based attacks before they reach inboxes.
F1000 Manufacturer Chose Abnormal Over Proofpoint
- Detected 1,278 attacks that Proofpoint missed during evaluation
- Saved 260 hours per month by automating the employee reported email workflow
- Automatically sorted 615,000 graymail messages per month from employee inboxes
- Saved $876,000 in redundant software licenses by removing Proofpoint
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No-Cost Migration From Proofpoint to Abnormal
Turnkey SEG Migration with White Glove Support
500+ Customers
have migrated from SEGs to Microsoft + Abnormal in the last twelve months
<18 Hours
on average for enterprise customers to migrate
450,000
mailboxes migrated in two days for a F50 retailer
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Fact vs Fiction
Separating Proofpoint’s Claims From Reality
Proofpoint Claim
Proofpoint Reality
Detection Efficacy
Proofpoint Claim
We catch more threats than competing solutions.
Proofpoint Reality
Proofpoint catches commodity threats–just like Microsoft and Google–while Abnormal offers in-depth defense with native M365 or GSuite controls.
Dwell Time
Proofpoint Claim
Our automated remediation of delivered malicious messages occurs in less than 10 seconds, on average. This can reduce a company’s time spent on remediating emails by more than 90%
Proofpoint Reality
Proofpoint’s TRAP can leave malicious emails in inboxes for hours before remediation.
Architecture
Proofpoint Claim
Inline architecture is the only way to stop advanced malicious email attacks.
Proofpoint Reality
Legacy SEG architecture has no internal email or multi-channel (e.g. chat) context to stop advanced attacks.
Platform
Proofpoint Claim
Single Email Protection platform that protects customers against every type of threat.
Proofpoint Reality
Complex UI and architecture can lead to misconfigurations and exploitation, and can’t expand to address new use cases.
AI
Proofpoint Claim
Post Tessian acquisition, our AI models are now trained with richer datasets.
Proofpoint Reality
On average, Tessian misses 532 attacks every month that Abnormal detects and remediates.
Growth
Proofpoint Claim
Added 500 new enterprise customers in Q2 2024.
Proofpoint Reality
According to MX record changes, Proofpoint has lost 1,300+ customers over the past year, while Abnormal continues to be the second fastest growing cybersecurity company ever.
DLP
Proofpoint Claim
Quickly detect and resolve data loss risk across email, cloud and endpoints.
Proofpoint Reality
Microsoft accomplishes the same data protection with native security controls while customers gain superior email protection with Abnormal.
Partnership
Proofpoint Claim
Exceptional customer satisfaction; self-learning detection system from in-product feedback; 18% of the F500; 97% renewal rate.
Proofpoint Reality
Customers feel unheard and unsupported, detection requests go into a black box.
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