Data loss prevention (DLP) in Microsoft 365 can help you achieve your compliance goals. In this article, you will learn how to effectively use DLP to safeguard your data in Exchange Online (email). You will be introduced to the basics of creating DLP policies and best practices. You can read the post on the following…
Understanding mail flow reports available in the Microsoft 365 Exchange Admin Center is essential for troubleshooting mail flow issues, reviewing email traffic, and formulating your security policies for mail flow; these are everyday tasks for Exchange admins. Mail flow reports can not only help you in these tasks but also give you early indications of…
The new Microsoft 365 Defender portal includes some email-related reports that have been moved from the old Security Center. In this article, you will learn about the reports available in the new and the old portal. This will help you manage your tenant in an organized manner. In this post, I explain the details of…
I have started a series on Zero Trust Security model in Microsoft 365. This is being published on Petri. You can read it here. Zero Trust is a security model that can be applied to Microsoft 365. It focuses on improving security by verifying and testing both the identity and device before granting access to…
Reply All storms have been a nuisance that was left unchecked for a long time. Microsoft has finally decided to crack down on this rather reprehensible aspect of Exchange. In this article, you will be introduced to the Reply All Storm Protection component of Microsoft 365. You will also learn the tenant-level settings that you…
The Microsoft 365 Threat protection status report is an amalgamation of several Exchange Online security reports that contain information about malicious messages detected by Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Office 365 ATP. This article gives an overview of the Threat protection status report. You may read it here.
Microsoft rolled out a new feature that allows you to set out of office messages in Microsoft Teams. In this article, I explain how you can create out of office messages, and I will show how you how to turn on and off out of office messages in the desktop and the web version of…
The ability to send emails using a proxy address was a feature that was highly anticipated for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). Microsoft originally planned to release this feature later this year, in June. However, probably because of the high demand from customers, users can already send emails via their proxies from both Outlook and…
In my last post, I outlined how you can identify malicious items in Microsoft 36 Threat Explorer. In today’s post, we’ll take a look at the possible actions you can take once you have found suspicious emails. You can read the post here.
In this first post of two, you will be introduced to Microsoft 365 Threat Explorer. In my first post, I will explain how you can find malicious emails. In a follow-up post, I will outline the different options you have to neutralize suspicious items. You can read the article here.