Case Study: Global Biotech Company secures employee privacy and corporate IP with Proofpoint Personal Webmail Defense

Global Biotech Company Secures Employee Privacy and Corporate IP

A global biotechnology company with employees and partnerships around the world faced a growing security challenge: employees routinely used personal webmail and internet services on corporate devices, exposing intellectual property and sensitive data while the company needed to comply with dozens of global privacy regulations. Existing web-filtering and inspection tools were tactical, intrusive, and created frequent exception requests, so the IT team needed a systemic solution that balanced security, privacy and employee productivity.

The company deployed Proofpoint TAP Isolation Personal Webmail Defense, which uses web isolation and targeted-attack protection to stop malicious attachments and URLs before they reach the corporate environment while preserving personal webmail privacy. As a result, threats are blocked outside the network, employees can browse freely and stay productive, IT can monitor activity without collecting personal data, and global compliance and policy management are greatly simplified.