Running simulated attacks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
One of the great features available to global and security administrators with Microsoft 365 E5 or Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 is the ability to carry out simulated attack training to run realistic attack scenarios in your organization. These simulations can help you identify your most vulnerable users and educate them before a real attack could cause a serious compromise.
To use these capabilities, take the following steps:
- From the Microsoft 365 Defender portal at https://security.microsoft.com, navigate to Email & collaboration | Attack simulation training, or you can access this directly from https://security.microsoft.com/attacksimulator. This takes you to the following page:
Figure 8.30: Attack simulation overview page
When using the attack simulator section for the first time, you can access helpful resources to guide you to create a simulation and...