Manage Email URLs

Use this operation to add or remove email URLs from the sanctioned or unsanctioned lists.

Role Requirements

Procedure Scope: Administrators

Required Group Membership: Admin.Security

Handbook Reference

Package: Email Security

Domain: TBD

Modifies: TBD

When to Perform this Operation

As Needed: Proactive or in Response to User/Security

Technical Description and Importance

Managing sanctioned and unsanctioned email URLs ensures that potentially harmful or unwanted links are blocked while allowing trusted links to pass through email defenses. By carefully adding or removing URLs from these lists, you enhance email security and reduce the likelihood of phishing or malware attacks via email. This ongoing management supports maintaining secure communication channels while enabling necessary business functions. Regularly updating these lists helps to mitigate evolving threats and maintain alignment with organizational data protection strategies.

Management Options

• Allow a URL
• Block a URL

Allow a URL:

Purpose
Add a URL to the sanctioned list to enable it in email communications.
Use Case
A legitimate business partner sends emails containing URLs flagged as suspicious but needs to be allowed for critical communication.

Block a URL:

Purpose
Add a URL to the unsanctioned list to prevent it from being accessed through email communications.
Use Case
A phishing URL is identified and must be blocked to prevent exposure to employees.

Operation	Action	Target
Allow a URL	Addition	Sanctioned Email URLs
Block a URL	Removal	Unsanctioned Email URLs

Allow a URL

This operation adds a URL to the sanctioned list, permitting it in Defender for Email.

Defender for Email URL Submit and Allow Action

Block a URL

This operation adds a URL to the unsanctioned list, blocking it in Defender for Email.

Defender for Email URL Block

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