Targeted Threat Protection - Impersonation Protect - Bypass Policy

This article describes how you can exclude specific senders or recipients from an Impersonation Protect policy by creating an Impersonation Protect Bypass policy. For example, if Targeted Threat Protection - Impersonation Protect is enabled for messages sent from everyone to all internal recipients, but you want a specific team to be exempt.

For detailed information on how to configure, optimize, integrate, and troubleshoot, see the Impersonation Protect Guides & Resources page.

Configuring an Impersonation Protect Bypass Policy

It can take up to ten minutes for the bypass policy to be applied after saving it.

To configure an Impersonation Protection Bypass policy:

1. Log in to the Mimecast Administration Console.
2. Navigate to Policies | Gateway Policies | Impersonation Protection Bypass.
3. Either select the:

• • • Policy to be changed.
    • New Policy button to create a policy.

4. Complete the Options section as required:

Field / Option	Description
Policy Narrative	Provide a description of the bypass policy to enable you to identify it. This is appended to emails in the archive that have the policy applied.
Select Option	Click on the Lookup button to display a list of Impersonation Protection definitions. Click on the Select link to the left of the definition to bypass when the policy is triggered.
Preview	This field is only displayed once a definition is selected in the Select Option field. Click on the  icon to display a read-only version of the definition. Click on the Go Back button to return to the policy.

6. Fill out the remainder of the policy fields; see the Policy Basics: From / To / Validity article for assistance if needed.
7. Click on the Save and Exit button.

See Also...

• • • Impersonation Protect Guide
    • Policy Basics