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Standards & References: Implementing Proofpoint Email Security Gateway

Industry Standards

  • NIST SP 800-177 Rev.1: Trustworthy Email - guidelines for email security deployment
  • RFC 7208: Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for authorizing use of domains in email
  • RFC 6376: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
  • RFC 7489: Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC)
  • CIS Controls v8 Control 9: Email and Web Browser Protections

MITRE ATT&CK References

  • T1566.001: Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment
  • T1566.002: Phishing: Spearphishing Link
  • T1566.003: Phishing: Spearphishing via Service
  • T1534: Internal Spearphishing
  • T1598: Phishing for Information
  • T1114.003: Email Collection: Email Forwarding Rule

Proofpoint-Specific References

  • Proofpoint Email Protection (PPS): On-premises protection platform
  • Proofpoint on Demand (PoD): Cloud-hosted email security service
  • Proofpoint TAP (Targeted Attack Protection): Advanced threat detection
  • Proofpoint TRAP (Threat Response Auto-Pull): Post-delivery remediation
  • Proofpoint Nexus Threat Graph: Cross-customer threat intelligence

Compliance Alignment

Framework Control Description
SOC 2 CC6.1 Logical and physical access controls
HIPAA 164.312(a)(1) Access control for ePHI
PCI DSS 4.0 5.2 Anti-malware solutions
NIST CSF 2.0 PR.DS-1 Data-at-rest and data-in-transit protection
ISO 27001 A.8.23 Web filtering

Email Security Gateway Market

  • Proofpoint processes 2.8+ billion messages daily (2024)
  • Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Email Security (2019-2024)
  • Over 50% of Fortune 100 companies use Proofpoint