Understanding the importance of EOP

EOP is a cloud-powered email filtering solution from Microsoft. It is designed to safeguard your organization against various email-based threats such as spam, malware, and other security risks. It is the first line of defense when it comes to email-based threats, and it is of utmost importance that your organization has a solution for those threats.

This is not to say that EOP is better at its job than any of the competitors, but as we have seen throughout this book, the Microsoft 365 Defender components and features tie into one another well, and they offer more insights into the current situation when it comes to threats than if you were to use another solution from a third party vendor.

The following diagram shows what capabilities are available in Defender for Office 365. EOP covers the Prevention and Detection aspects:

Figure 14.1 – Capabilities of Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365