Security News > 2020 > October > Microsoft adds protection for critical accounts in Office 365
Microsoft is working on improving Microsoft Defender for Office 365 with priority protection features for accounts of high-profile employees like executive-level managers that threat actors target most often.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 provides Office 365 enterprise accounts with email threat protection from advanced threats including credential phishing and business email compromise, automatically remediating detected attacks.
The feature is currently in public preview and Microsoft plans to make it generally available to all customers with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection in November 2020.
Customers that will get access next month include are required to have Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 subscriptions, including those with Office 365 E5, Microsoft 365 E5, or Microsoft 365 E5 Security.
Once available, the new feature known as Priority Account Protection would allow an organization's security team to provide critical accounts with custom-tailored protection measures to prevent targeted attacks that could lead to security breaches.