MS.EXO.14.2v1 - Spam and high confidence spam SHALL be moved to either the junk email folder or the quarantine folder.

Information

Spam is a constant threat as junk mail can reduce user productivity, fill up mailboxes unnecessarily, and in some cases include malicious links or attachments. Moving spam messages to a separate junk or quarantine folder helps users filter out spam while still giving them the ability to review messages, as needed, in case a message is filtered incorrectly.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Any product meeting the requirements outlined in this baseline policy may be used. If the agency uses Microsoft Defender, see the following implementation steps for [enabling preset security policies](https://github.com/cisagov/ScubaGear/tree/v1.5.0/PowerShell/ScubaGear/baselines/defender.md#msdefender12v1), which include spam filtering that moves high confidence spam to either the junk or quarantine folder.

See Also

https://github.com/cisagov/ScubaGear/tree/v1.5.0/

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|AC-4, 800-53|CA-7, 800-53|CM-2, 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|IA-9, 800-53|SC-7, 800-53|SC-20, 800-53|SC-44, 800-53|SI-2, 800-53|SI-3, 800-53|SI-4, 800-53|SI-8

Plugin: microsoft_azure

Control ID: 1901e43b51d130a459ddd5a92e03d68c566dbd81b248d51a32eebffc8916f1eb