Exchange must have anti-spam filtering installed.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-259689	SRG-APP-000261	EX19-MB-000137	SV-259689r961161_rule	2024-08-22	2

Description
Originators of spam messages are constantly changing their techniques to defeat spam countermeasures; therefore, spam software must be constantly updated to address the changing threat. A manual update procedure is labor intensive and does not scale well in an enterprise environment. This risk may be mitigated by using an automatic update capability. Spam protection mechanisms include, for example, signature definitions, rule sets, and algorithms. Exchange 2019 provides both anti-spam and anti-malware protection out of the box. The Exchange 2019 anti-spam and anti-malware product capabilities are limited but still provide some protection.

Description

Originators of spam messages are constantly changing their techniques to defeat spam countermeasures; therefore, spam software must be constantly updated to address the changing threat. A manual update procedure is labor intensive and does not scale well in an enterprise environment. This risk may be mitigated by using an automatic update capability. Spam protection mechanisms include, for example, signature definitions, rule sets, and algorithms. Exchange 2019 provides both anti-spam and anti-malware protection out of the box. The Exchange 2019 anti-spam and anti-malware product capabilities are limited but still provide some protection.

ℹ️ Check
Review the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP). Note: If using another DOD-approved anti-spam product for email or a DOD-approved email gateway spamming device, such as Enterprise Email Security Gateway (EEMSG), this is not applicable. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-ContentFilterConfig \|Select-Object -Property Name, Enabled \|Format-Table If no value is returned, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Review the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP). Note: If using another DOD-approved anti-spam product for email or a DOD-approved email gateway spamming device, such as Enterprise Email Security Gateway (EEMSG), this is not applicable. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-ContentFilterConfig |Select-Object -Property Name, Enabled |Format-Table If no value is returned, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Update the EDSP with the anti-spam mechanism used. Install the AntiSpam module. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: & $env:ExchangeInstallPath\Scripts\Install-AntiSpamAgents.ps1