Proofpoint

Proofpoint is a cybersecurity company that offers solutions to protect workers and their data from threats targeting email, mobile, social, cloud, and other digital channels.

Asset Types Fetched

• Users, Application Settings

Before You Begin

APIs

Axonius uses the Proofpoint Essentials Rest API.

Permissions

The value supplied as User Name must be part of the Proofpoint Organization Admin role or above to access the fetched data.

Connecting the Adapter in Axonius

Required Parameters

1. Host Name or IP Address - The Base URL of the stack of the domain you are working with.

   • Example for US1: https://us1.proofpointessentials.com
   • Example for US5: https://us5.proofpointessentials.com

2. User Name and Password - The credentials for a user account that has the required permissions to fetch assets.

3. Organization Domain - Specify the domain the data will be fetched for. For example: mycompany.com

Optional Parameters

1. Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

2. HTTPS Proxy - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

3. HTTPS Proxy User Name - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.

4. HTTPS Proxy Password - The password to use when connecting to the server using the HTTPS Proxy.

To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Advanced Settings

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Note

Advanced settings can either apply to all connections for this adapter, or to a specific connection. Refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

1. Fetch inactive users - Select to fetch inactive users.
2. Fetch settings - Select to fetch application settings.

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Note

To learn more about Adapter Configuration tab advanced settings, see Adapter Advanced Settings.