Proofpoint Threat Research Team

Additional Info

Job title of nominated professional (or team name)Proofpoint Threat Research Team
Company (where nominated professional or team is working)Proofpoint
Websitehttp://www.proofpoint.com
Company size (employees)1,000 to 4,999
CountryUnited States
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

Proofpoint’s threat research team is a global organization comprising threat researchers, reverse engineers, detection engineers, and threat analysts.

With access to one of the largest, most diverse data sets in all of cybersecurity, the team is responsible for tracking shifts in the cybersecurity landscape, identifying new attacks as they emerge, and monitoring how threat actor tactics, techniques and procedures change over time. The threats they detect and the signatures they write feed into our platforms and are keystones in a system that analyzes more than 2.6 billion emails, 49 billion URLs and 1.9 billion attachments every single day.

By studying what cyber criminals and state-aligned actors are doing now, our threat researchers are better able to anticipate what they’ll do next, and in turn keep our customers protected and the community informed.

Accomplishments

• The work of the Proofpoint threat research team keeps our customers and the wider community protected—not just from today’s attacks, but tomorrow’s threats as they evolve. They communicate their findings with industry stakeholders such as CISOs and CIOs, and the public through briefings, keynote presentations, media interviews, podcast recordings, social media posts, blogs and more. In 2023, the team published 25 podcast episodes, over 20 blogs and participated in over 100 industry speaking engagements.


• The team has consistently released timely blogs meant to inform the defensive community of the newest threats observed in their telemetry, including substantive changes from a variety of financially motivated threat actors along with reports exposing foreign cyber espionage efforts. Proofpoint’s threat research has been featured in top media outlets, including Voice of America, NPR, Forbes, BBC News and more. The information security community values research that can accurately identify the source and actors behind cyber threats, as this information is crucial for understanding and mitigating those threats effectively. Proofpoint’s published threat research has been praised for its rigorous attribution process and in-depth analysis, earning its researchers a trustworthy reputation.


• The Emerging Threats team within Proofpoint Threat Research has released open-source network detection rules to detect a variety of high-profile CVEs. The Detection team within Threat Research consistently defeats anti-analysis measures and ensures malware is accurately identified. All work produced and delivered by Proofpoint’s global threat research team supports Proofpoint’s mission to equip customers and the wider public with the knowledge they need to protect their people and defend their data.


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