Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for email

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1234: Filtering email bodies and attachments

Email content filtering is implemented to filter potentially harmful content in email bodies and attachments.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 3 controls across 3 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-9.6 Block Unnecessary File Types

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) · 1 control

  • 15.2.37.C.01 15.2.37.C.01 Email gateway filtering of suspicious content and spoofing

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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