LinkedIn and Proofpoint Deepen Partnership
June 2016 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Proofpoint, Inc., announced it has expanded its relationship with LinkedIn, for Compliance and Security.
Building on the previously announced venture
between LinkedIn and Proofpointand two companies that Proofpoint acquired,
Nexgate and Socialware, the deepened relationship will include expanded
collaboration aroundsocial media security and compliance.
Businesses and professionals are increasingly leveraging LinkedIn
to create and capture as much value as
possible. Unique industry, region and even company-specific requirements
for compliance and security often come with increased usage of LinkedIn.
As a pre-existing LinkedIn Certified Compliance Partner, Proofpoint
continues to demonstrate success in leveraging LinkedIn’s platform
capabilities to protect and ensure compliance of LinkedIn activities for
companies and their employees.
The expanded relationship includes continued use of LinkedIn’s platform
for existing and new capabilities, increased collaboration between the
companies on existing and new business opportunities, and closer
alignment between their enterprise customer-facing teams.