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Securing Exchange Online (email)

Email remains the most common way attacks reach an organisation. Exchange Online settings for authentication, filtering and encryption close off the easy routes.

Why it matters

Phishing and business email compromise hit New Zealand and Australian organisations constantly, often impersonating a supplier to redirect a payment. Hardening email is among the most valuable things you can do.

Where Intelligence Group fits

  • Publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC so your domain cannot be spoofed
  • Tighten anti-phishing and anti-spam policies
  • Block automatic forwarding of mail to external addresses
  • Warn on external senders and known impersonation
  • Protect shared and finance mailboxes with MFA
Where Intelligence Group fits

Intelligence Group rates this strategy from the evidence your organisation already generates, reports the maturity level it supports, and sets out the next step to lift it.