Proofpoint Inc. announced integration with Microsoft Defender to provide organizations with advanced threat protection across email and endpoints. Announced during Microsoft's 2022 Ignite conference, Proofpoint's Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) will share intelligence on email threats between Proofpoint and Microsoft Defender to enhance device security and thwart attackers. Integration is expected to be available early 2023.

As security teams have grappled with enabling remote and hybrid workforces while combatting skyrocketing advanced threats, more than half of global CISOs indicate they have experienced an increase in targeted attacks over the past 12 months. Proofpoint's annual Voice of the CISO report, which surveys 1,400 global CISOs, also revealed that 50% confess their organization is not ready to detect, deter and recover from a cyber attack, with many admitting that they lack visibility into the kinds of threats they face. The new integrations can be deployed in a matter of minutes via cloud-to-cloud APIs, ensuring mutual customers can utilize their detection engines in concert to stop attacks.

Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) will receive visibility on email threats via Microsoft Defender API. In addition, the integration will add unique new hashes to the customer's Microsoft Defender custom intelligence. Once the Proofpoint IOC details are added to Microsoft Defender, an alert will then be created by Microsoft Defender if related malicious content tries to execute on the device.

Joint customers look to Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection's threat intelligence to help security teams stay ahead of attackers by detecting, analyzing, and blocking advanced threats. This includes advanced email threats delivered through malicious attachments and URLs, zero-day threats, polymorphic malware, fileless malware, weaponized documents, and phishing attacks. These capabilities complement Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, which delivers preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response.