Proofpoint Inc. has launched an email analysis tool to help firms stop malicious messages.
CLEAR (Closed-Loop Email Analysis and Response) offers analytical and remediation capabilities
that reduce a firm’s threat triage time to minutes, the firm claims.
This is the first joint product offered since Proofpoint’s acquisition of Wombat Security.
It is
designed to be the “ last line of defense against targeted phishing attempts when attackers get past the perimeter,,” states Joe Ferrara, general manager of the Wombat Security product
division of Proofpoint.
The tool contains a PhishAlarm reporting button that allows employees to avoid having to manually forward potentially malicious messages -- a process that can result in
missing information and typos.
Ferrara notes that "email fraud and phishing have cost organizations billions of dollars.”