Advanced Threat Protection

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is a service from Microsoft that protects users from malicious threats posed by email messages, links (URLs) and collaboration tools. Technology Services enabled ATP to protect the University from malicious email attacks, such as the WannaCry or Petya ransomware attacks which spread globally. These protections will reduce the likelihood that members of TU dublin will become the victims of similar exploits in the future. 

ATP includes:

• ATP Safe Attachments
• ATP Safe Links
• (COMING SOON) ATP for SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams

How will Advanced Threat Protection change TU Dublins's email security?

• ATP provides real-time dynamic protection against previously unknown (zero day) malware.
• With Safe Attachments, malware attachments are removed but the message is still delivered. The security scan of attachments introduces a short delay in email delivery - 4 minutes on average (according to Microsoft). This time delay varies depending on file type and can result in a delivery delay of up to 30 minutes. 
• Safe Links provides real-time, time-of-click protection against phishing and malicious web sites. If a link is found to lead to a malicious web site, a warning will be displayed instead of the website. This service does not guarantee that all links which are scanned are safe, but does guard against many known unsafe sites and is continually updated with new information about malicious sites. 

Who Can Have It?

• ATP Safe Links and ATP for SharePoint is part of the Office 365 suite of cloud-based services available to all current staff and students of the University with an active TU Dublin @tudublin or @mytudublin.ie account. 
• ATP is part of Office 365 service and provided at no cost to eligible users.

Are There Any Costs?

• ATP is part of Office 365 service and provided at no cost to eligible users.

How Do I Get It?

• ATP is built into Office 365, therefore there are no steps required to obtain this service.
• Office 365 provides features that are accessible and usable for people who have special needs or disabilities.  For more information, visit: Microsoft's Accessibility in Office 365.

Accessibility

 

• Office 365 provides features that are accessible and usable for people who have special needs or disabilities.  For more information, visit: Microsoft's Accessibility in Office 365.

 

Governing Policies

Users of this service are governed by the following policies, failure to comply may result, at a minimum, with suspension of service:

TU-Dublin-Information-Security-Policy.pdf (tudublin.ie)

Acceptable Usage Policy V1.1 (3IT13) (tudublin.ie)