Proofpoint Acquires Data Security Startup Dathena>
CIO Axis
Proofpoint has announced it has completed its acquisition of Dathena, an innovator in artificial intelligence-powered data protection. With this acquisition, Proofpoint strengthens its cloud-based people-centric security solutions by adding AI-based data classification to its Information & Cloud Security platform, helping organizations to better understand information risk and help to eliminate data loss in todayâs hybrid world.

Proofpointâs unique people-centric approach to data loss prevention (DLP) is trusted by organizations worldwideâwhether due to unintentional mistakes or malicious intent. With an automated common content classification that has been honed for nearly 15 years, Proofpointâs cloud-based solution provides data visibility and context across multiple channels from a single console. In todayâs hybrid world with increased digital file sharing, regulation, and privacy requirements, data discovery and classification is key to an effective DLP strategy. Dathenaâs cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies will complement Proofpointâs Information & Cloud Security platform, enabling organizations to automatically discover and classify data in real-time and better understand information risk with industry specific out-of-the-box and custom AI and Machine Learning (ML)-driven data classification models.
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