Case Study: Fives achieves 95% protection against phishing and malware in Office 365 with Proofpoint

Industrial Engineering Leader Aims to Protect Data

Fives, a Paris‑headquartered industrial engineering group serving sectors like steel, aeronautics and automotive with nearly 8,400 employees worldwide, needed to better protect its industrial and intellectual property as phishing, ransomware and malicious URLs surged. The company found its legacy email protections inadequate and set out to strengthen Office 365 security, control access and sharing across environments, and train employees in security best practices.

Fives implemented a people‑centric Proofpoint suite—Email Protection, TAP, TRAP, IMD, CASB and Security Awareness Training—using CASB for visibility and federating its intranet with Office 365 into a secure Digital Workplace in under five months. The program boosted employee reporting and awareness, blocked about 95% of phishing and malware in Office 365 within a year, delivered faster detection and neutralization of compromises (to minutes), improved analytics and alerts, and helped control costs.

Fives

Kélig Dugué

director of cybersecurity