Security News > 2022 > January > Microsoft Office 365 to add better protection for priority accounts
Microsoft is updating Microsoft Defender for Office 365 with differentiated protection for enterprise accounts tagged as critical for an organization.
"We are introducing differentiated protection for Priority accounts, which will provide users tagged as Priority accounts with a higher level of protection," Microsoft explains on the Microsoft 365 roadmap.
This update builds upon the Priority Account Protection feature added in November 2020 to Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
Priority Account Protection enables security teams to provide critical accounts with customized protection measures to block targeted attacks, including spear-phishing, that could result in severe security breaches due to such accounts' access to highly sensitive company information.
In November 2021, Microsoft also announced it's rolling out Built-In Protection to Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to boost default protection for all users.
As Microsoft explained, Built-In Protection patches gaps in enterprise protection coverage and improves an org's overall security posture by reducing the risk of a breach.
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