Monitoring

Office Protect Event - Email Impersonation
Exchange gives the ability for authorized users to send emails as someone else. This can be used as part of larger operations that include phishing, or for ...
Wed, 14 Sep, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Office Protect Event - File Shared Publicly (anonymous)
In a business setting, there are few good reasons to share business file to anonymous targets. It defeats all tracking and compliance mechanism around data ...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:21 AM
Office Protect Event - Item deleted from Retention Mechanism
This event triggers when files are deleted manually from retention mechanisms like the recycle bin's recycle bin. Vandal hackers trying to remove fi...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:27 AM
Office Protect Event - License assigned
Whenever an additional license is assigned to an existing account, this event will trigger. According to the "Principle of Least Privilege", u...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:27 AM
Office Protect Event - License removed
Whenever a license is removed from an existing account, this event will trigger. Removing user licenses is a good way for hackers to disable users.  Rem...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:28 AM
Office Protect Event - Mail Forwarding Rule(s) to External Destination Created
If an Exchange rule is created to automatically forward emails to a mailbox outside your organization, this event will trigger. This is a common method ...
Fri, 9 Sep, 2022 at 3:02 PM
Office Protect Event - Mailbox Access by non-owner
Whenever someone who is not the owner accesses a mailbox, this event will trigger.   Privilege escalation is a big target for hackers. One reason is that ...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:29 AM
Office Protect Event - Mailbox Access granted to Non-Owner
Whenever access to a mailbox is permanently granted to someone who is not the owner of the mailbox, this event will trigger.  Privilege escalation is a ...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:29 AM
Office Protect Event - Microsoft 365 setting enforced by Office Protect
Each time Office Protect detects a change in your Microsoft 365 configuration and automatically reapplies the setting, this alert is generated. Affected...
Sun, 28 Jan, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Office Protect Event - New Account Created
You will be warned of any account creation not initiated by you. From a security standpoint, creating a new account is a very common action for hackers that...
Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 at 11:30 AM