Review of Email Attachments
- David Harvey
Safe Handling and Attachment Review Requests Through BITS Cybersecurity
On occasion, employees may wish to have email attachments reviewed for puposes of determining whether they are safe. If the email itself is at all concerning, the Report Phishing button in Outlook should be used to alert WisDOT Security of a potential phishing email.
If the email appears to be legitimate, but the attached file is something that should be reviewed, the Bureau of Information Technology (BITS) Cyber Security group has provided the following process:
Step 1: Use the Forward as an attachment feature for the email which contains the attached file.
Step 2: Include “Review Strange File” in the subject line.
Step 3: Route the forwarded email to DOTReportSpam@dot.wi.gov and include a brief description of what type of service is being requested (eg, “verify file is safe”) and include any context regarding how it was received, from whom, and for what.