Email Security Meets Web Security: Defending Against Blended Threats

Earlier this week, we announced a new joint customer with SaaS Web security vendor Purewire, a new Proofpoint go-to-market partner (you can read that press release here). The customer in question, Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), has deployed the Proofpoint ENTERPRISE SaaS email security solution to protect more than 10,000 end-user inboxes, along with Purewire Mobile for Blackberry and the Purewire Web Security Service to protect users when browsing the Web on campus, or on laptops and mobile devices.

Blended threats are becoming a more acute problem for enterprises in all industries, and TCSG went with the full SaaS approach that the combination of Proofpoint and Purewire offers. Steven Fergusen, security engineer for TCSG told us:

“Security threats are no longer confined to an email inbox or Web site, but take advantage of both attack vectors. By working with Proofpoint and Purewire, we’ve been able to easily secure the online activity at each campus across the state and keep our users safe from increasingly sophisticated blended threats.” 

In addition to the partnership with Purewire, Proofpoint also has a strategic partnership with Blue Coat Systems, who offer appliance-based Web security solutions that are well-integrated with Proofpoint's email security service and appliances.

If you'd like to learn more about how to protect your organization from blended threats, register for our upcoming CIO Magazine web seminar where Proofpoint's Rami Habal and Blue Coat's Ben Rice will explain how the combination of next-generation email and Web security solutions improves security while lowering costs. To register, click the link below:

Webinar: Defend Against Blended Threats: What You Need to Know
To be held September 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT.