• Proofpoint launched Active Exploits Protection, aiming to reduce business exposure to AI-accelerated attacks by shifting focus from patch speed to active exploitation.
• Product positions Proofpoint against vulnerability-management rivals by using proprietary telemetry to steer remediation toward attacker-used flaws rather than severity scores.
• Claimed faster time-to-protection could lower breach risk and downtime, strengthening Proofpoint’s value proposition for large enterprises and managed security providers.
• Scale claims underpin competitive differentiation: visibility across 3 million organizations, 14,000 large enterprises, 2 billion daily emails, 5,000 sensors.
• Commercial rollout is global, delivered through the platform with API access, supporting integration into existing SOC workflows and automation pipelines.

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