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QUARANTINED EMAIL RESPONSE · Workflow idea

Give people and security responders the right context about a quarantined email.

When a suspicious message is quarantined, gather its sender, subject, recipient, and reported rule findings. Prepare a private notice for the intended recipient and flag messages marked as opened for security review; a human analyst decides whether an incident case is warranted.

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Starts with
Quarantined email alert
Produces
A private, review-ready email summary; opened messages are flagged for analyst assessment, with incident creation and recipient communication held for approval.
Category
Email

01 / The starting point

A clear request.
A useful direction.

A security alert describing a potentially malicious email held from delivery

“Gather the email details, prepare a recipient notice, and highlight whether the message was opened so an analyst can review before any case or message is finalized.”
An example request · Make it specific to your team.

02 / The work

5 tasks.
One useful outcome.

Helps security teams coordinate a response to quarantined email while making message exposure and recipient follow-up easier to assess.

  1. Review the quarantine alert

    Gather the reported sender, subject, recipient, message time, and reasons the email was held.

  2. Check whether the message was opened

    Use the recorded open status as a review signal and flag missing or ambiguous activity information.

  3. Prepare a private security summary

    Organize the message details and flagged findings for the security team without declaring an incident from the alert alone.

  4. Have an analyst assess possible exposure

    Ask an authorized responder to review the email, rule findings, and available user context before deciding the appropriate incident response.

  5. Approve any incident record and user notice

    Require the analyst to approve whether a case is needed and verify the exact recipient, wording, and internal audience before any message is sent.

03 / The result

Something useful.
Something to build on.

A private, review-ready email summary; opened messages are flagged for analyst assessment, with incident creation and recipient communication held for approval.

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Review quarantined email incidents

Email · Example outcome

The handoff

A private, review-ready email summary; opened messages are flagged for analyst assessment, with incident creation and recipient communication held for approval.

Keep in mind

Quarantine and an opened status are important evidence, not a final incident determination. A security analyst must assess the message, user activity, and flagged rules, approve any incident record, and review the exact recipient and wording before a notice is sent. Keep investigation details restricted to the response team.

04 / Make it yours

Set the brief.
Set the standard.

A few choices shape the work around your team.

Choose the email alerts in scope

Select which quarantine notices and message details are needed for security review.

Define how opened messages are handled

Document which activity details indicate possible exposure and route incomplete or uncertain records to an analyst.

Restrict notices and assign reviewers

Choose a private security destination, identify the user-notice approver, and limit access to sensitive email details.

Test opened, unopened, and incomplete cases

Check representative alerts and confirm that incident creation and user communication remain subject to human approval.

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