California DMV Secures Data with Proofpoint DLP

Name: California DMV Secures Data with Proofpoint DLP
Uploaded: 2026-08-24T07:19:22-04:00
Duration: 32 s
Description: The California DMV serves millions of Californians every day and processes billions of dollars in transactions. To keep customer and employee data secure, the agency partnered with Proofpoint for email defense and data loss prevention. The DMV needed a...

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08/24/2026

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The California DMV deployed Proofpoint to protect sensitive citizen data including driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, and credit card information across all field offices.
Proofpoint's DLP dashboard gives DMV security teams clear, real-time visibility into what sensitive data is being shared and what should be prevented from leaving the organization.
In a single month, Proofpoint blocked 1.8 million malicious messages and neutralized over 380,000 advanced phishing, BEC, and malware threats before they reached inboxes.

Summary

The California DMV, which serves millions of residents and processes billions of dollars in transactions annually, partnered with Proofpoint to address growing data security challenges across its statewide operations. In this brief customer testimonial, a DMV representative highlights how Proofpoint's Data Loss Prevention platform provides immediate, actionable visibility into sensitive data exposure risks. The DLP dashboard surfaces exactly which information — including driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, and credit card data — is being shared across the agency's environment, and flags what should be blocked before it leaves the organization. According to the description, Proofpoint blocked 1.8 million unwanted and malicious messages in a single month, neutralizing more than 380,000 advanced phishing, BEC, and malware threats before they reached employee inboxes. The DMV's use of the Data Security Workbench alongside the DLP dashboard gives security teams a consolidated view of exfiltration risk — a critical capability for a public agency handling the personal data of millions of Californians. The testimonial positions Proofpoint as both an email defense and data protection solution capable of meeting the scale and compliance demands of large government entities.

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0:00 - DLP Dashboard Overview
0:17 - Sensitive Data Visibility
0:30 - Call to Action

Key Quotes

0:00 "Proofpoint is very helpful from a data loss prevention perspective in that we can see in a very good dashboard view how much information is meeting certain criteria as far as having driver's license number or social security number or credit card."
0:17 "The DLP component as well as far as sensitive data, what is being shared and what should potentially be prevented from being shared is very easy for us to see in Proofpoint."

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What types of sensitive data does Proofpoint's DLP dashboard help the California DMV monitor?

The DMV uses Proofpoint's DLP dashboard to monitor data matching criteria for driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, and credit card information — identifying what is being shared and what should be blocked.

How does Proofpoint help the California DMV with email threats?

According to the video description, Proofpoint blocked 1.8 million unwanted and malicious messages in a single month, including more than 380,000 advanced phishing, BEC, and malware threats stopped before reaching employee inboxes.

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