MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy

3 min

The MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing policy in Ivanti EPMM helps protect managed devices from phishing and smishing attacks. This policy blocks malicious links and messages delivered through email, SMS, and supported apps, reducing the risk of credential theft, data exposure, and unauthorized access to corporate resources.

Adding a MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy

Perform the following steps to add a MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy:

Procedure

Select Policies & Configs > Policies > Add New > MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing. The Add MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing pane appears.

Enter a name of the policy in the Name field.

Select one of the following Status:

Active

Inactive

Specify a Priority for this policy, relative to the other custom policies of the same type. Select Higher than or Lower than, then select an existing policy from the drop-down list. This priority determines which policy is applied if more than one policy is available.

Only one active policy can be applied to a device.

Enter the description of the policy in the Description field.

Select one of the MTD Providers from the drop-down list of the Vendor field.

If you select Zimperium, the following options will appear:

iOS: Select the Use VPN to analyze malicious URLs checkbox to automatically check links for threats and block malicious or phishing URLs in the background, protecting users without requiring any action.

Android: Select the Use VPN to analyze malicious URLs checkbox to automatically check links for threats and block malicious or phishing URLs in the background, protecting users without requiring any action. Select the Enable URL Handler anti-phishing checkbox to scan links when users tap them and block malicious or phishing URLs before they open, protecting users automatically.

If you select Lookout, the following options will appear:

Enable Smishing Protection: The checkbox is selected by default. It protects the devices against phishing attacks shared through SMS or messaging apps.

iOS: Select the Secure DNS checkbox to automatically analyze DNS requests and block access to malicious domains, protecting users without requiring any action.

Android: Select the Secure DNS checkbox to automatically analyze DNS requests and block access to malicious domains, protecting users without requiring any action.

Applying a MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy

Ivanti EPMM sends the MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing policy to managed devices and enforces the protection on the device. When you apply the policy to a label, any device associated with that label receives the policy during the next device sync.

Procedure

Select Policies & Configs > Policies.

Select the MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy.

Select Actions > Apply To Label. The Apply To Label pane appears.

Select one or more labels.

Click Apply.

Managing a MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy

Use this procedure to modify or delete a MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy.

Procedure

Select Policies & Configs > Policies.

Select the MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy you want to manage with the following options:

Select Edit to modify the MTD Anti-Phishing/Smishing Policy, then select Save.

Select Actions > Delete to delete the policy.