Microsoft Outlook update will close off a nasty security loophole

Date:
Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:54:13 +0000

Description:
New Outlook security setting will block the owners protected email access.

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A new update for Microsoft Outlook is coming is set to close off a nasty security loophole within the next few weeks.

An entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap describes how the email client will
soon provide consistent access control on protected emails for delegates and shared mailbox members.

This entails a new setting for delegates or shared mailbox members that have full access to the owners mailbox, but are not allowed to read encrypted
email . The new setting will block the owners protected email access,
covering ad-hoc encrypted email, as well as emails with protected MIP sensitivity labels. Rebuilding Outlook from the ground up

The new feature is expected to reach general availability in April 2022, and will be arriving on Android, Web, Mac, iOS, as well as for standard multi-tenant worldwide cloud instances.

Microsoft has been building up an entirely new Outlook app for both Windows
10 and Windows 11 as it looks to embrace the new hybrid working world.

These newest changes, being built under codename Project Monarch , are expected to reboot the Outlook app completely, making it more in line with
how Windows 11 looks and feels. It should also cater more towards hybrid and remote workers, as well as the modern workplace that relies more heavily on the cloud. Read More

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