ORCA.230: Each domain has a Anti-phishing policy applied to it, or the default policy is being used.
| ID | ORCA.230 |
| Severity | Low |
| Suite | ORCA |
| Product | Defender |
| Related products | Exchange Online |
| Feature | Anti-phishing |
| Security area | Email and collaboration protection |
| Resource type | Domain |
| User impact of fixing | Low |
| Effort to fix | Low |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:SI-8 Spam Protection |
| Reads from | Exchange Online |
| Licence needed | ATP_ENTERPRISE |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Anti-phishing policies are applied using rules. The default anti-phishing policy applies in the absence of a custom policy. When creating custom policies, there may be duplication of settings and depending on the rules and priority, some policies or settings may not even apply. It’s important in this circumstance to check that the desired settings are applied to the right users.
Remediation action
Section titled “Remediation action”Check your anti-phishing policies for duplicate rules. Some policies and settings may not be applying.
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal - Antiphishing policies
- Order and precedence of email protection
- Recommended settings for EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Setting up antiphishing policies
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