Case Study: Global Wine Company controls BEC scams and cuts threat response from days to minutes with Proofpoint

Global Wine Company Controls Business Email Compromise Scams With Proofpoint

A global wine company with more than 3,000 employees and operations in 70+ countries faced rising email threats—business email compromise (BEC), ransomware and credential phishing—while managing a small, distributed security team and integrating acquired systems. Existing Microsoft 365 protections weren’t enough, and the company needed faster, more proactive incident response and a stronger security-aware culture.

The company deployed Proofpoint Email Protection, Targeted Attack Protection, Threat Response Auto‑Pull (TRAP) and Security Awareness Training to block and quarantine threats and educate employees. The solution automated detection and response, cutting threat response from days to minutes, blocked roughly 76% of inbound malicious messages, caught thousands of credential-phishing attempts and dozens of imposter threats, and freed the security team to focus on strategic work.