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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Safe Links versus Safe Attachments
Most Microsoft 365 tenants configure Safe Links and Safe Attachments like they're one setting. Safe Links rechecks every clicked URL for as long as a message exists. Safe Attachments checks a file once, at delivery, then stops. For security architects running Defender for Office 365, this covers where each control's coverage ends, a real Teams misconfiguration that let a phishing link through, and the checklist to close both gaps.

Derek Morgan
Sep 237 min read
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