Case Study: The City College of New York achieves stronger email security and up to 40% IT cost savings with Proofpoint

The City College of New York - Customer Case Study

The City College of New York (CCNY) needed to dramatically improve email security and reduce the heavy IT overhead caused by an appliance-based solution that slowed inbound mail and required constant maintenance. The college sought a virtual, easy-to-administer system to proactively stop phishing, spam, viruses and other threats for its roughly 3,700 student and staff mailboxes.

CCNY deployed Proofpoint Enterprise Protection in a virtual environment after a test pilot, using MLX-powered phishing detection, anti-spam filtering, quarantines with self-service digests, and centralized reporting. The move cut annual IT costs by an estimated 30–40%, reduced administrative effort, kept inboxes free of unwanted messages, and provided stronger, more scalable protection along with encryption and archiving capabilities.

The City College of New York

Praveen Panchal

Vice President of IT