A survey of CISOs across 1,400 organizations supplemented with interviews of 100 individuals.

This report examines which employees, departments, and industries are the most vulnerable in 2019. It analyzes which ones receive the most targeted threats, and how their privilege might be abused. (more available)

A survey-driven report of over 200 IT and security professionals on the practices and the objectives in their use of cloud access security broker (CASB) technologies. (more available)

An annual report derived from the Proofpoint customer base and the emails processed by the Proofpoint email security platform. Focuses on the “human factor” of organizational cyber security. (more available)

This survey of 3500 people (conducted by a 3rd party survey research company) examines attitudes and knowledge of various security concepts. (more available)

Our sixth annual State of the Phish report again brings you critical, actionable insights into the current state of the phishing threat. (more available)

This report seeks to explore user knowledge of a broad range of best practices for cyber hygiene, security and compliance.

This report presents data gathered between October–December 2018, along with previously collected data for historical comparisons. We examine which employees and organizational departments receive the most highly targeted email threats. (more available)

On April 20, Proofpoint observed a targeted campaign focused on financial analysts working at top global financial firms operating in Russia and neighboring countries. (more available)

This guide offers help for surviving ransomware attacks.

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the third Quarter of 2016. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the second Quarter of 2016. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the first Quarter of 2016. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

This quarterly report offers key takeaways from the fourth quarter of 2017. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the third Quarter of 2017. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

A review of the threat trends from the second quarter of 2018 as seen via ProofPoint’s detection network.

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the second Quarter of 2017. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the first Quarter of 2018. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research. (more available)

The Proofpoint Quarterly Threat Report captures threats, trends and transformations we see within our customer base and in the wider security market. (more available)

The Proofpoint Threat Report explores threats, trends, and transformations that they see within their customer base and in the wider security marketplace. (more available)

The details in this report are compiled from Proofpoint’s specific research and experience from the events of 2017.