Required permission in Office365 for Email Auto-Remediation feature

Products

• Email Threat Detection and Response

Issue/Introduction

Customer would like to confirm which permission is granted for Symantec Auto-Remediation agent in Office365.

Resolution

Auto-Remediation agent requires to have Directory.Read.All permission. It is minimum requirement to perform “Permanent Delete” action.

 

Requirements:

1. Get the list of domains under a tenant.

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/domain-list?view=graph-rest-1.0

 

2. Get the display name of the tenant.

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/organization-get?view=graph-rest-1.0

 

To satisfy both requirements, Auto-Remediation agent needs Directory.Read.All permission as least privilege.