ORCA.140: High Confidence Spam action set to Quarantine message.
| ID | ORCA.140 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | ORCA |
| Product | Defender |
| Related products | Exchange Online |
| Feature | Anti-spam |
| 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-8 Spam Protection |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1566 |
| Reads from | Exchange Online |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”It is recommended to configure High Confidence Spam detection action to Quarantine message.
Remediation action
Section titled “Remediation action”Change High Confidence Spam action to Quarantine message.
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal - Anti-spam settings
- Recommended settings for EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
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