Whitelisting for the simulated phishing emails of the Securepoint Awareness PLUS training course
Last adaption: 02.2025
New:
- Die Filterregel wurde überarbeitet
This article refers to a Beta version
Whitelisting UTM
In order for the simulated phishing mails of the Securepoint Awareness PLUS training to reach the users, a whitelisting must be configured in the mail filter of the UTM.
Otherwise, the mails might be discarded by the UTM.
Filter rules
Configuration in Securepoint UTM under { Area Filter Rules button
| Caption | Value | Description | UTMuser@firewall.name.fqdn Application Mail filter  Whitelist Filterregel erstellen
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Rule name: | AwarenessWhitelist | Unique name | |
| Perform action: | Lets the email pass | ||
| Connect criteria with operator | All criteria must apply | ||
| If an email is received: notempty Anpassung auf neue IP-Range in 02.2025 | |||
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^18\.153\.184\.([1-9]|[12]\d|30)$ |
IP address from which to receive simulated phishing emails. The specific IP address differs depending on the industry package and email templates chosen. The IP address can be found in the Awareness Manager portal under Simulation → Whitelisting in the Email Server section. | ||
|
Reply-To »absender@securepoint.awareness.domain |
Sender address of the simulated phishing mail The specific sender address differs depending on the industry package and email templates chosen. The sender addresses used can be found in the Awareness Manager portal under Simulation → Whitelisting in the section Envelope sender addresses (technical senders) | ||
| Save | Saves the settings | ||
URL Filter
| Caption | Value | Description | UTMuser@firewall.name.fqdn Application Mail filter  URL-Filter Regel hinzufügen
|
|---|---|---|---|
| https://simulierte.phishing.url | Emails must not be blocked based on domains included in phishing links. The specific domains differ depending on the industry package and email templates chosen. The domains can be found in the Awareness Manager portal under Simulation → Whitelisting in the List of domains used in phishing links section. | ||
| Tab Action | By default new URLs are blocked. The action must be changed to allow. | ||
| Deletes the url filter rule | |||
Whitelisting Mailserver
It must be ensured that the mail server does not filter emails itself.
For this purpose, please adjust the configuration of your own mail filter accordingly.
Whitelisting with Microsoft 365
There is a separate Wiki article for whitelisting in Microsoft 365.