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Adaptive Email DLP

byProofpoint
in Data Loss Prevention
4.6
2025

Overview

Product Information on Adaptive Email DLP

Updated 23rd January 2026

What is Adaptive Email DLP?

Adaptive Email DLP is designed to automatically detect and prevent misdirected emails and exfiltration of sensitive data to personal accounts by augmenting rules-based DLP with behavioral AI. The software installs in minutes and begins a historical analysis to map normal communication patterns, topics and relationships, creating a benchmark for each user. By analyzing 12+ months of email data and learning employees’ normal email sending behaviors, relationships, and handling of sensitive data, Adaptive Email DLP detects when anomalous email behavior occurs. When an anomaly suggests a misdirected email, mismatched file or data exfiltration event is occurring, the user is shown a contextual warning message in-the-moment, allowing them to remediate, preventing the data loss incident in real-time with no administrator input required.

Adaptive Email DLP Pricing

Adaptive Email DLP software from Proofpoint uses a tiered subscription-based pricing model where charges vary according to the number of users and selected features. Pricing depends on deployment preferences such as cloud or on-premises options, and additional modules are available for enhanced data loss prevention capabilities. Custom quotes are provided based on organizational requirements and scale.

Overall experience with Adaptive Email DLP

It Specialist
50M - 250M USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“The Best Email Protection Solution For Business ”

5.0
Feb 5, 2026
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CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST
50M - 250M USD, Manufacturing
CRITICAL

“Email Intelligence Product without Intelligence. ”

2.0
Jun 26, 2023
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2025
For Market:
Data Loss Prevention

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

The company focuses on providing cybersecurity and compliance solutions. It primarily aims to offer protection across various digital channels such as email, web, cloud, and social media.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2002
Head office location
Sunnyvale, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
https://www.proofpoint.com

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Adaptive Email DLP Likes & Dislikes

Like

I like the fast anomaly detection -AI makes it possible. It supports real-time user coaching to enhance email security. Swiftly encrypts email data and blocks malicious emails and other threats.

Like

I like the fast anomaly detection -AI makes it possible. It supports real-time user coaching to enhance email security. Swiftly encrypts email data and blocks malicious emails and other threats.

Like

I like the fast anomaly detection -AI makes it possible. It supports real-time user coaching to enhance email security. Swiftly encrypts email data and blocks malicious emails and other threats.

Dislike

No Sand Boxing in the Attachment. Missing a lot of emails. poor analysis methods

Dislike

No Sand Boxing in the Attachment. Missing a lot of emails. poor analysis methods

Dislike

No Sand Boxing in the Attachment. Missing a lot of emails. poor analysis methods

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Peer Discussions

Adaptive Email DLP Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(151 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
65%
4 Star
32%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • It Specialist
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    The Best Email Protection Solution For Business

    5.0
    Feb 5, 2026
    It offers robust security, including behavioral analytics to detect abnormal behavior and effortlessly detects anomalies such as malicious links and/or sending sensitive data to the wrong address. Once Adaptive Email DLP detects threats, it automatically encrypts email data and blocks threats that would otherwise result in data loss or data leaks, thus ensuring data compliance.
  • It Specialist
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    The Best Email Protection Solution For Business

    5.0
    Feb 5, 2026
    It offers robust security, including behavioral analytics to detect abnormal behavior and effortlessly detects anomalies such as malicious links and/or sending sensitive data to the wrong address. Once Adaptive Email DLP detects threats, it automatically encrypts email data and blocks threats that would otherwise result in data loss or data leaks, thus ensuring data compliance.
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