TOKYO, Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proofpoint, Inc., a leading next-generation cybersecurity company, today announced its complete suite of information protection solutions support safeguards for Japan’s new national identification system, MyNumber. Japanese companies can now effectively store, encrypt and securely communicate MyNumber data while stopping targeted attacks aimed at stealing this critical information on employees and customers. Proofpoint Information Protection Suite works with Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP), a cloud-based sandbox solution that detects and thwarts advanced threats in email, social platforms and mobile applications to protect people and their information while ensuring compliance.
“MyNumber represents a marked change in how Japanese citizens are identified and cybercriminals will increasingly target this data for financial gain,” Lorne Fetzek, managing director for Proofpoint Japan. “Organizations need a way to ensure these numbers are protected. Proofpoint cybersecurity technology protects how Japanese citizens work across email, social media and mobile platforms—and our data loss prevention capabilities extend to MyNumber data as well.”
Proofpoint Information Protection Suite provides a full lifecycle approach to protecting information of all types. It protects sensitive and private information, defends against leaks of confidential information and ensures compliance with common international and industry data protection regulations. To swiftly start protecting information, organizations can use Proofpoint to easily analyze and classify confidential documents.
Once identified Proofpoint monitors for that information in the outbound message stream, thereby stopping data leaks and compliance violations before they happen. The solution stops unauthorized sensitive data, including MyNumber information, from leaving via the email channel and encrypts approved confidential content within messages for added security. Senders or compliance officers can confirm if content is approved for distribution and if it needs to be revoked once MyNumber data is detected.
For more information on Proofpoint protection for MyNumber, please visit www.proofpoint.co.jp
About Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT ) is a leading next-generation security and compliance company that provides cloud-based solutions for comprehensive threat protection, incident response, secure communications, social media security, compliance, archiving and governance. Organizations around the world depend on Proofpoint’s expertise, patented technologies and on-demand delivery system. Proofpoint protects against phishing, malware and spam, while safeguarding privacy, encrypting sensitive information, and archiving and governing messages and critical enterprise information. More information is available at www.proofpoint.com .
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