Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, announced four groundbreaking innovations to safeguard the emerging agentic workspace an environment where people and AI agents collaborate seamlessly. These new advancements in collaboration and data security are designed to tackle four pressing challenges: defending AI assistants from targeted attacks, preventing data loss by both people and agents, governing the actions of AI systems, and deploying AI agents to strengthen security operations.
Much like the digital transformation ushered in the digital workspace, the rise of artificial intelligence is shaping the agentic workspace. As AI agents and assistants increasingly work alongside people automating tasks, analyzing data, and enabling new levels of productivity they also expand the attack surface at a rapid pace. Just like humans, AI agents can click, share, and act, which also means they can be deceived, manipulated, or exploited. This creates a new set of risks, from social engineering and prompt injection attacks to unauthorized data disclosure, all of which require an evolved layer of protection.
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“The agentic workspace is here and one of the most profound shifts in terms of how work gets done,” said Sumit Dhawan, CEO of Proofpoint. “Protecting the agentic workspace is the next evolution of human-centric security, extending beyond people to safeguard AI agents and the points where they collaborate and share data. Our mission is to ensure our customers can confidently embrace AI, knowing we will protect them and their data against emerging threats.”
To meet these challenges, Proofpoint has introduced four major innovations that secure the critical layer where people, agents, and data intersect:
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Detecting and Preventing AI Exploits Over Email
With attackers embedding malicious prompts in emails to manipulate AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, Proofpoint has enhanced its Prime Threat Protection solution to block such exploits before they reach users. These protections ensure people and AI agents can safely collaborate in the agentic workspace without falling victim to prompt injection attacks or malicious data exfiltration. -
Proofpoint Data Security Complete and AI Data Governance
Data is now the fastest-growing vector of security risk. Proofpoint Data Security Complete empowers organizations to discover, classify, and control access to sensitive data across endpoints, email, cloud, and web channels. Leveraging Autonomous Custom Classifiers, the solution delivers highly accurate and adaptive classification with minimal human input. It also provides a unified risk map, integrates DSPM, DLP, insider threat management, and data lineage, and offers one-click remediation. Complementing this, Proofpoint AI Data Governance allows enterprises to monitor sanctioned and unsanctioned AI use, enforce policies against data leakage, and automate governance workflows. -
Proofpoint Secure Agent Gateway
As organizations deploy their own AI agents, sensitive data is increasingly handled by machines. Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Proofpoint Secure Agent Gateway protects these agents by controlling how they access data, enforcing usage policies, monitoring activity, and blocking or redacting sensitive content before it can be exposed. When combined with Proofpoint Data Security Complete, it provides the industry’s first end-to-end solution for safeguarding both people and AI agents. -
Proofpoint Satori™ Agents and Satori™ MCP Access
Proofpoint Satori Agents work within Proofpoint solutions to automate key security functions, such as resolving user-reported email threats, managing phishing simulations, and handling DLP alerts reducing alert fatigue and streamlining workflows. Additionally, Proofpoint Satori MCP Access enables external agents like CrowdStrike Charlotte and Microsoft Copilot to interact with Proofpoint Satori Agents, allowing cross-platform collaboration, faster incident response, and improved security outcomes.
“The rise of the agentic workspace is reshaping cybersecurity at its core,” said Ryan Kalember, chief strategy officer at Proofpoint. “By uniting collaboration and data security, we are redefining how organizations secure work in the age of AI. Proofpoint is the first to deliver a solution that enables organizations to find where their data is, understand what it is, and protect what both people and agents do with it, giving them the confidence to innovate, collaborate, and scale safely with AI woven into their most critical workflows.”