Configuring Attachment Cleaning (Threat Extraction)

To configure Attachment Cleaning (Threat Extraction) for Office 365 Mail or Gmail:

  1. Click Policy on the left panel of the Avanan portal.
  2. Open a threat detection policy for Office 365 Mail or Gmail if available, and continue from step 6.

    or

    Click Add a New Policy Rule.

  3. In the Choose SaaS drop-down list, select the SaaS application (Office 365 Mail or Gmail).
  4. In the Choose Security drop-down list, select Threat Detection and click Next.
  5. Select the Prevent (Inline) protection mode.
  6. Scroll down to Attachment Cleaning (Threat Extraction) section and select the Clean attachments before delivering to end users checkbox.
  7. In the Clean field, select the option required.

    • To clean all the file types, select All supported file types.

      Note - When this option is selected, the Convert option is disabled.

    • To clean only some file types, select Only specific file types and enter the required file types.

      For the supported file types, see Supported file types for Attachment Cleaning (Threat Extraction)

    • To exclude some file types from cleaning, select All supported file types except and enter the required file types.

    • To stop cleaning the files, select None.

  8. In the Convert field, select the option required.

    • To convert all the file types, select All supported file types.

      Note - When this option is selected, the Clean option is disabled.

    • To convert only some file types, select Only specific file types and enter the required file types.

      For the supported file types, see Supported file types for Attachment Cleaning (Threat Extraction)

    • To exclude some file types from converting, select All supported file types except and enter the required file types.

    • To stop converting the files, select None.

  9. In the Attachment cleaning workflow field, select the workflow.

    See Attachment Cleaning (Threat Extraction) Workflows.

  10. Click Save and Apply.

To configure File Cleaning (Threat Extraction) for Office 365 OneDrive or Office 365 SharePoint, see File Cleaning for OneDrive and SharePoint.