Case Study: ACCO Brands achieves strategic email security and blocks 20M+ threats with Proofpoint

ACCO Brands Makes Email Security a Strategic Priority With Proofpoint Technology and Training

ACCO Brands, a global designer and manufacturer of consumer products, processes roughly 120 million emails a year across 6,000 users and faced a major phishing incident that spread to about 3,000 recipients. Leadership made cybersecurity a strategic priority to protect users, preserve partner and supplier trust, and reduce email-based business risks.

ACCO deployed a suite of Proofpoint solutions—Email Protection, Targeted Attack Protection (TAP), Threat Response Auto‑Pull (TRAP), and Security Awareness—using sandboxing, closed‑loop reporting, and automated remediation. The platform screened ~28 million inbound emails in one quarter, blocked more than 20 million threats before delivery, detonated thousands of targeted attacks, reduced business email compromise, improved user vigilance through training, and benefited from responsive technical support.

ACCO Brands

Sam Monasteri

Vice President, Global Cybersecurity