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TAP notification alerting is most valuable when there is meaningful risk to users—especially when a threat has been delivered and may require immediate investigation and response. A delivered malicious impostor message (B) is a high-priority condition because it can indicate BEC/executive impersonation or supplier impersonation, which often lacks malware indicators and can lead directly to financial fraud or credential theft. Proofpoint workflows emphasize alerting on delivered threats because “blocked at the gateway” events are already contained, while delivered impostor threats demand rapid action: validate recipient exposure, check user interaction (reply/forward/click), execute post-delivery remediation (TRAP pull/quarantine), and coordinate business verification steps (finance call-back procedures). While blocked clicks can be telemetry, the alert scenario in TAP training contexts typically highlights delivered impostor threats as the condition warranting immediate attention since the attacker reached the user. TAP’s design aligns with IR triage: prioritize what is active, delivered, and likely to cause harm if not rapidly contained.

Attack Index is a user-level risk/burden metric intended to help SOC teams prioritize which people to investigate first based on the amount and severity/diversity of threat activity directed at them (and often their exposure/interaction, depending on module). The report that directly supports that workflow is “Very Attacked People,” which is designed to surface users with the highest Attack Index and concentration of targeted threats. Operationally, this aligns with IR queue management: instead of treating all alerts equally, analysts use user-centric risk ranking to focus on likely compromise candidates (e.g., frequent recipients of credential phishing, repeated exposure to the same campaign, or elevated threat severity). “Top 10 Recipients” is volume-oriented and may include benign bulk mail; “Top 10 Clickers” is behavior-oriented but does not necessarily reflect overall threat burden; and “VIP Activity” is scoped to a subset (VIPs) rather than the complete organization’s risk ranking. In Proofpoint-led IR best practice, this report is commonly used to drive daily standups, assign investigations, and justify proactive account checks (MFA posture, suspicious logins, mailbox rules) for the highest-risk users.

Threat Protection Workbench quarantine decisions are often driven by high-confidence “people-centric” risk signals, especially impersonation/impostor detections. The indicators in the exhibit point to sender identity risk (display-name mismatch, lookalike/brand impersonation cues, or authentication/alignment anomalies that elevate “impostor” confidence), which aligns with sender impersonation quarantine (B). In Proofpoint IR practice, impersonation is treated as high priority because it maps directly to BEC and credential theft outcomes and can be “clean” from a malware/URL perspective (text-only lures, invoice/payment requests). While malware, newly registered domains, and known malicious IPs can also drive quarantine, Workbench presentations for supplier/impostor often explicitly surface impersonation risk scoring and “who is being impersonated” context, which is the decisive factor for this scenario. Operationally, analysts respond by validating authentication results (SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment), checking sender domain similarity/age, reviewing conversation history anomalies, and scoping for additional recipients. Containment frequently includes blocking the lookalike domain/sender, pulling delivered copies with TRAP, and notifying targeted business units (finance, executives) to prevent fraudulent actions.

The TAP Threats page is designed for investigation by applying structured filters that constrain the dataset by threat category (e.g., phishing), grouping (e.g., campaigns), and threat type (e.g., attachment vs URL). Using the threat filter controls (A) is the most reliable, repeatable method because it leverages the dashboard’s native taxonomy and ensures you are viewing only messages that meet both conditions: campaign association and attachment presence. The Impacted tab (B) is user-impact oriented and does not inherently filter to “phishing campaign + attachment”; it is used after threats are identified to see interactions. The Highlighted tab (D) is focused on notable techniques and analyst-marked items rather than campaign scoping. While the search bar can be useful for pivots, the most “documented workflow” approach for consistent IR triage is applying the built-in threat filters, which also supports sharing consistent views across analysts and generating stable results for incident notes and reporting. This is aligned with Proofpoint IR operational practice: filter → pivot into details → scope recipients → take remediation actions.