ORCA.120.2: Zero Hour Autopurge Enabled for Malware.
| ID | ORCA.120.2 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | ORCA |
| Product | Defender |
| Related products | Exchange Online |
| Feature | Zero-hour auto purge |
| Security area | Email and collaboration protection |
| Resource type | Policy |
| User impact of fixing | Low |
| Effort to fix | Low |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:SI-3 Malicious Code Protection |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1566.001 |
| Reads from | Exchange Online |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”Zero Hour Autopurge can assist removing false-negatives post detection from mailboxes. By default, it is enabled.
Remediation action
Section titled “Remediation action”Enable Zero Hour Autopurge.
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal - Anti-malware
- Recommended settings for EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 security
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