ORCA.234: Click through is disabled for Safe Documents.
| ID | ORCA.234 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | ORCA |
| Product | Defender |
| Feature | Safe Attachments |
| Security area | Email and collaboration protection |
| Resource type | Tenant |
| User impact of fixing | Low |
| Effort to fix | Low |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:SI-3 Malicious Code Protection |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1204.002 |
| 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”Safe Documents can assist protecting files opened in Office appplications. Before a user is allowed to trust a file opened in Office 365 ProPlus using Protected View, the file will be verified by Microsoft Defender for Office 365. It is possible to allow users click through Protected View even if Safe Documents identified the file as malicious. It is recommended to configure Safe Documents to not let users click through Pretected View.
Remediation action
Section titled “Remediation action”Do not let usres click through Protected View if Safe Documents identified the file as malicious.
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal - Safe attachments
- Recommended settings for EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Safe Documents in Microsoft 365 E5
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