EX16-MB-000490 - Exchange must have anti-spam filtering installed.

Warning! Audit Deprecated

This audit has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update.

Information

Originators of spam messages are constantly changing their techniques in order to defeat spam countermeasures; therefore, spam software must be constantly updated to address the changing threat. A manual update procedure is labor intensive and does not scale well in an enterprise environment. This risk may be mitigated by using an automatic update capability. Spam protection mechanisms include, for example, signature definitions, rule sets, and algorithms.

Exchange 2016 provides both anti-spam and anti-malware protection out of the box. The Exchange 2016 anti-spam and anti-malware product capabilities are limited but still provide some protection.

Solution

Update the EDSP with the anti-spam mechanism used.

Install the AntiSpam module.

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

& $env:ExchangeInstallPath\Scripts\Install-AntiSpamAgents.ps1

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Microsoft Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server STIG v2r4

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: e20897fc3bf7dcc77df794ab63b19e95ec61ab26c9aa1381e92d518a7dc58758

Detections

Analytics

EX16-MB-000490 - Exchange must have anti-spam filtering installed.

Warning! Audit Deprecated

Information

Solution

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