Security News > 2020 > November > Microsoft rolls out protection for critical accounts in Office 365
Microsoft has launched Office 365 priority protection for accounts of high-profile employees such as executive-level managers who are most often targeted by threat actors.
The new feature was added to Microsoft Defender for Office 365 which provides enterprise accounts with email threat protection from advanced threats including business email compromise and credential phishing, as well as automated remediation of detected attacks.
Priority Account Protection enables an organization's security team to provide critical accounts with custom-tailored protection measures to block targeted attacks such as phishing that could lead to severe security breaches due to their access to highly sensitive company data.
Enterprise security teams can also identify attacks targeting critical Office 365 accounts easier and quickly switch their efforts to campaign investigations involving C-suite users.
Customers are required to have Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 subscriptions to get access to this new feature, including those with Office 365 E5, Microsoft 365 E5, or Microsoft 365 E5 Security.