Office 365 Phishing Protection for Your Organization

Office 365 phishing

Phishing attacks can be hard to identify, especially since scammers use sophisticated ways to trick their victims. They attempt to obtain your login details by masquerading as trusted institutions.

A few Office 365 phishing email examples include:

• PhishPoint: This tricky phishing scam circumvents ATP’s defenses.
• Non-delivery emails: You’ll get spoofed non-delivery emails requiring you to click on “send again,” which leads to malware.
• Storage limit alerts: A fake email warns of you hitting your storage limits. It’ll have a fake login link for you to use to activate “Quota” so you can fix the issue.
• Reactivation requests: This also has a fake login page. Cybercriminals will claim your account is deactivated and reactivation is only possible by logging in.

Use Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is Microsoft’s native security solution. You’ll be pleased to know that anti-phishing protection is included in ATP’s services. It can scan your emails for malicious links, malware, and spoofing. Should it find anything suspicious, it’ll be blocked from entering your inbox.

How to activate Office 365 ATP

You don’t need to enable Office 365 phishing protection. As soon as you subscribe to Office 365 ATP, it’ll automatically be activated for your Office programs.

Your global or security administrator can set up Office 365 anti-phishing policies. Settings you can adjust include:

• Users and domains covered
• Senders and domains trusted
• Actions taken against phishing attempts (quarantine, move to the junk folder, deliver, redirect, or no action)
• Mailbox intelligence

You can also adjust the advanced phishing thresholds. You can choose from three settings: aggressive, more aggressive, and most aggressive. Keep in mind that “most aggressive” isn’t necessarily the best choice. While it may effectively remove most or all phishing attacks, it has the potential of blocking legitimate emails as well. You may need to play around with the settings to determine which is best for your office.

Add to Office 365 ATP anti-phishing capabilities

Although ATP offers decent Office 365 phishing protection, it’s simply not enough. Microsoft specializes in software, but not specifically anti-phishing software. By adding an extra layer to your cyber defenses, you’ll be able to catch any phishing attacks that make it through ATP.

Get peace of mind by utilizing multiple layers in digital security. The more phishing protection you have, the harder it is for cybercriminals to breach your defenses and access your sensitive data.