By: Ryan Johnson

On Friday, April 29, Penn State IT will enable the Safe Links feature in Microsoft Teams to scan for malicious links in Teams messages. When this change is implemented, users may see this image when clicking on a link in Teams:

After a very slight delay, they will either be routed to the destination if the link is deemed safe or see an error page if the link is deemed malicious. Users should submit a ticket to Office365@psu.edu if they believe the link was blocked in error.

Collaboration tools such as email and Microsoft Teams are a primary route for credential and data theft. The Safe Links feature in Office 365 email already stops hundreds of malicious links from being clicked in emails every day. Enabling the feature in Teams will bolster our efforts to improve our security posture and better protect the Penn State community.

This effort is in response to the Penn State Shields Up initiative and part of our continued collaboration with the Office of Information Security.