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About
Adaptive is the human security platform for the AI era.
AI has fundamentally changed the threat landscape. Deepfakes make social engineering more convincing, AI-powered phishing scales attacks 100x, and the rapid adoption of AI tools introduces new risks to every organization.
Adaptive unifies security awareness training, agentic email security, and AI governance to secure every attack surface where work happens. Adaptive’s platform trains employees against emerging threats, stops sophisticated email attacks, and secures rogue AI usage. The Company’s platform can be deployed in the browser, on device, and in email inboxes.
More than 2,000 leading organizations trust Adaptive, including major global brands like PayPal, MLB, and Bose. The Company has raised over $140M from leading AI investors including OpenAI and NVIDIA, and most recently closed an $81M funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
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About
Proofpoint Essentials delivers a cost-effective and easy-to-manage cybersecurity solution specifically designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Essentials protects your organization from a comprehensive range of advanced security threats by including additional benefits, such as security awareness training, data loss prevention, email continuity, archiving and social media protection.
Our simple and intuitive interface reduces your administrative workload and integrates seamlessly with your existing Microsoft 365 environment.
Proofpoint Essentials uses the same AI-powered detection technology that secures more than 75% of Fortune 100 businesses to protect your greatest security risk: your people.
Essentials enterprise-class protection stops the threats targeting SMBs. These include spam, phishing, business email compromise (BEC) and imposter emails, ransomware and malware.
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Why Adaptive Security is Better than Proofpoint EssentialsAdaptive Security is better than Proofpoint Essentials for organizations seeking a security-awareness platform purpose-built for sophisticated AI-era social engineering. Proofpoint Essentials Security Awareness targets SMBs with phishing simulations, training, reporting, and behavioral risk reduction. Adaptive provides simulations across email, SMS, voice, and deepfake video, including OSINT-powered personalized attacks, plus role-based AI threat training, AI phishing and BEC detection, automated remediation, and Shadow AI governance. Its broader focus on emerging AI threats helps teams prepare employees for attacks that extend beyond traditional email phishing. See more |
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Audience
Organizations in need of a tool to bolster their cybersecurity defenses against AI-driven social engineering attacks
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Small to medium-sized businesses interested in a powerful cybersecurity solution
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PricingOur pricing varies based on your unique environment and security needs.
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Company InformationAdaptive Security
Founded: 2024
United States
www.adaptivesecurity.com
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Company InformationProofpoint
Founded: 2002
United States
www.proofpoint.com/us/products/email-protection/essentials
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Microsoft 365
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ADP Workforce Now
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BambooHR
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CyberArk Customer Identity
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Deel
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Drata
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Google Workspace
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Gusto
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