Case Study: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan secures 40M client documents and improves threat response with Proofpoint

Law Firm Turns to ‘Threat Response’ to Protect Clients

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, a 140‑year‑old New York law firm representing financial and investment clients, faced the challenge of protecting roughly 40 million sensitive documents—financial statements, contracts, affidavits and regulatory filings—most of which move via email. The firm needed to secure attachments and links, meet industry compliance requirements, reduce the risk posed by highly targeted people (VAPs), and address the persistent human factor in phishing and credential theft.

Stroock deployed Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection, Threat Response and Security Awareness Training to detect and automate responses to malicious email attachments, remove threats from inboxes, and train staff to recognize attacks. The solution gave the firm greater visibility and transparency into threats, protected its document estate, streamlined secure client communications, and empowered employees to better defend against targeted attacks.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

Gil Danieli

Director of Information Security