Insights: News Proofpoint Adds Former State IT Official and Kilpatrick Lobbying Team to Cybersecurity Influence Roster in Raleigh
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Proofpoint, Inc. has hired three Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton lobbyists, including a former senior official of the department overseeing North Carolina's new cybersecurity investments, as the state commits $60 million to government security systems and prepares to review technology contracts across its executive agencies. The company, a major provider of email protection and data security software, enters the Raleigh lobbying market with a documented connection to public-sector purchasing: Central Piedmont Community College has sought bids for Proofpoint software and support, including protections for thousands of institutional email accounts.
Trafton Dinwiddie, Dylan Reel, and Dylan Frick now represent the California-based company through Kilpatrick's Raleigh government-relations practice. The appointments bring Proofpoint into a lobbying portfolio that already includes Cloudflare, Optiv, Kyndryl, Socure, and other technology businesses operating in markets affected by state cybersecurity requirements, digital identity policy, and government purchasing decisions.
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