Proofpoint, a leading company in cybersecurity and compliance, has announced that once again it has been recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant 2025 Leader for email security, for the second consecutive year. It is worth recalling that before 2024, the latest edition of the Gartner Magic Quadrant dedicated to Secure Email Gateways was published in 2015, during which Proofpoint had already been highlighted as a leader for seven consecutive years.
In the 2025 edition, Gartner analyzed 14 vendors and again positioned Proofpoint in the Leaders quadrant for its outstanding ability to execute and the strength of its vision, granting it the highest position for execution within the report.
“It is a privilege for us to receive this recognition from Gartner once again in the field of email security,” says Tom Corn, Group Vice President and General Manager of Collaboration Security at Proofpoint. “We have transformed how email is protected in today’s organizations, combining advanced threat intelligence, dynamic controls, and a people-centric approach to stop attacks before they become problems. We believe this distinction highlights our dedication to protecting users, no matter where or how they work, and our commitment to delivering the most comprehensive and effective defense against today’s most complex threats.”
Although 67% of CISOs believe their cybersecurity culture is strong, 76% fear their organization could experience a serious attack in the next 12 months, according to Proofpoint’s Voice of the CISO 2025 report. It’s no surprise that email fraud (37%) remains at the top of growing concerns among these security leaders.
As email threats evolve, Proofpoint provides comprehensive, people-centric protection against the full spectrum of modern attacks, including email fraud, credential theft, QR code phishing, and emerging threats targeting AI assistants. Proofpoint extends protection far beyond the inbox, securing communication across platforms like Teams, Slack, SharePoint, and OneDrive, among others.
Trusted by over 2.7 million organizations worldwide, Proofpoint blocks 99.99% of email threats before they can cause harm. Its advanced threat protection seamlessly integrates with Microsoft and Google environments via API or gateway, enhancing native defenses and ensuring user productivity and security. With unmatched detection and analysis capabilities and a clear roadmap for ongoing innovation, Proofpoint continues to set the standard for modern email security in a rapidly changing threat landscape.
Over the past 12 months, Proofpoint has introduced several technical integrations that unify email security with broader workspace protection, such as:
- Proofpoint Core Email Protection API: Enables organizations to implement and manage capabilities with simplified deployment models that do not compromise detection efficacy. Customers value the ability to start with an API and have the option to layer protection before email delivery.
- Messaging and Collaboration Protection: Provides comprehensive protection against compromised and malicious URLs, regardless of how or where they are sent—be it as a link in a LinkedIn message, a Gmail tab, a Slack thread, or a QR code scanned by a mobile device. Proofpoint detects threats and blocks user access to malicious URLs. Unlike other solutions that rely on app-based integration, Proofpoint protects each click without requiring users to change how they work.
- Threat Protection Workbench: Unifies data and actions into a single console, streamlining investigation and response based on customer requests for greater operational efficiency. The AI-generated threat summaries automatically provide detailed threat information, reducing analysts’ manual reporting time. Native investigation features are enhanced with screenshots and access to message bodies to accelerate the management of user-reported emails.
Proofpoint has also strengthened ecosystem integrations with leading platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks, among others.