MS-900 · Question #384
A company needs to protect users from malicious URLs and attachments that are in emails. You need to select a solution that meets the requirement. Which service should you select?
The correct answer is A. Microsoft Defender for Office 365. To protect users from malicious URLs and attachments in emails, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the appropriate service.
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- AMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
- BMicrosoft Defender for Identity
- CMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
- DMicrosoft Cloud App Security
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(24 responses)- A75% (18)
- B4% (1)
- C8% (2)
- D13% (3)
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To protect users from malicious URLs and attachments in emails, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the appropriate service.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 provides advanced threat protection specifically for email and collaboration tools, including features like Safe Links, which scans and rewrites malicious URLs, and Safe Attachments, which detonates suspicious attachments in a sandbox environment to prevent malware delivery. These capabilities directly address the requirement to protect users from malicious email content.
Microsoft Defender for Identity focuses on protecting Active Directory identities from advanced threats and compromised accounts, not the content of incoming emails.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint provides endpoint detection and response (EDR) and threat protection for devices like workstations and servers, not for scanning email messages themselves.
Microsoft Cloud App Security (now Defender for Cloud Apps) is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that helps discover, control, and protect data across cloud apps, but it is not the primary service for direct email content scanning against malicious URLs and attachments for end-users.
Concept tested: Email threat protection with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/defender-for-office-365-overview?view=o365-worldwide
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