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Get Started with Attachment Threat Protection - VES

ATP for VIPRE Email Security - Cloud Edition provides an additional layer of security against potentially malicious attachments. Files are analyzed within a protected sandbox using machine learning to detect previously-unknown malicious content.

 

Welcome to VIPRE Attachment Threat Protection!

If you're an Email Security administrator, please view the Administrator Guide for information on configuring and using ATP within your organization.

 

Guided steps through configuring and learning about Attachment Threat Protection, including details breakdowns of how it processes mail attachments and how the sandbox identifies previously unknown threats.

  • Overview
    An overview of Attachment Threat Protection, including a quick look at the Dashboard widget, sandbox details in Message Logs, and processing order of ATP within the Email Security product.
  • Policies and Attachment Types
    A detailed breakdown of how ATP handles incoming mail. Covers how the default policy works, supported attachment types, the queue and sandbox process, and full details on the optional email release process.
  • Release of Queued Messages
    If enabled, users can release email messages from the processing queue. This article explains the release process and how to enable it.
  • Interpret the Sandbox Results
    Once a sandbox has finished analyzing an attachment, it generates a result and detailed sandbox logs. This article gives basic guidance on result levels and sandbox logs, so you can learn more about current and future malware encounters.

Learn More about Attachment Threat Protection
 
Want to dive into the details? This path takes you through more in-depth articles. Learn about using custom policies for more granular filtering of attachments; view extended details on the full ATP process flow; dive deep into what a sandbox is and how it operates.
  • Create and Enable a Custom Policy
    In place of the default policy, you may use a custom policy to specify in much more detail which inbound messages and attachment types are processed by ATP.
  • Attachment Processing Flow
    While ATP could be simplified as "plugin that tests mail attachments in a sandbox," there are quite a few steps to accomplishing this task. This article breaks down all the steps from policy to end result.
  • How the Sandbox Works
    ATP uses a combination of rules and actions to send mail attachments to a sandbox for analysis. This article explains more about how the sandbox inspects files to provide and end result of No Risk Found, Suspect, or Malicious.

 

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