Case Study: Lincoln Memorial University achieves near-zero phishing and 60% faster incident response with Proofpoint

University Stops Email Threats Before They Arrive on Campus

Lincoln Memorial University, a private four‑year college with nearly 4,000 students, was beset by persistent phishing attacks that bypassed its previous Barracuda filter. Impostor emails tricked users into surrendering credentials, which attackers used to send spam, land the university on blacklists, and force time‑consuming account resets, machine remediation, and delisting efforts.

The university replaced its filtering with Proofpoint Email Protection, Targeted Attack Protection (with URL Defense), Email DLP, and Email Encryption. As a result, advanced threats are blocked before inboxes are impacted, phishing and mass mailings have dropped to nearly zero, outbound data is automatically secured with centralized policies and reporting, and incident response is up to 60% faster—saving hours and days of IT time and preventing communications from being blocked.

Lincoln Memorial University

Clandis Smith

Network Administrator