Enable Cloud Malware Protection for Box Tenants
Umbrella supports Cloud Malware protection for all files within your Box deployment.
Table of Contents
- Prerequisites
- Limitations
- Verify Box Application Settings
- Authorize a Tenant
- Edit a Tenant
- Revoke Authorization
Prerequisites
- Full admin access to the Umbrella dashboard. See Manage User Roles.
- The person performing the installation must be a Box Admin (not Co-Admin)
- Chrome or Firefox (recommended) with pop-up blockers and ad blockers disabled (only for the duration of authorization)
- Published and unpublished applications must be enabled in the Box Admin Console (see Verify Box Application Settings.
Limitations
- A tenant that fails to authenticate cannot be deleted.
- Umbrella attempts to quarantine a file will fail if actions on the file have been blocked by settings in Box Shield policies. In such a case, the block placed by Box takes precedence over Umbrella’s ability to detect or remediate DLP violations or malware.
Verify Box Application Settings
- Log into the Box Admin Console.
- Navigate to Settings (the Gear icon) > Enterprise Settings > Apps.
- In the Global App Settings section:
- Do not check: Disable published third party apps by default.
- Check: Require web app integrations to use secure connections (SSL).

- Click Save.
Authorize a Tenant
- Navigate to Admin > Authentication.
- In the SaaS API Platforms section, click to expand Box.
- In the Cloud Malware section, click Authorize New Tenant to add a Box tenant to your Umbrella environment.
- In the Box Authorization dialog box, check the checkbox to verify you meet the prerequisites and then click Next.

- Add a Tenant Name and then click Next.
- Select a Response Action for Umbrella to apply to Box files found with malware and then click Next.
- Choose Monitor to cause Umbrella to log files detected with malware. You will be able to manually quarantine these files from the Cloud Malware report.
- Choose Quarantine to:
- Move the file into a folder named Cisco_Quarantine_Malware in the root path of the admin who authorized the tenant, remove all collaborators, and change the file owner to the Box admin.
- Replace the file in its original location with a text file named filename.ppt_Cisco_Quarantined.txt explaining to the original file owner that the file is identified as malware and for more information to contact their organization administrator.

- Click Next to be redirected to the Box login page.

- Log in to Box with admin credentials to grant access.

You are redirected to Umbrella and a message appears showing the integration was successful. It may be up to 24 hours for the integration to be confirmed and appear as Authorized.
- Click Done to complete.

Edit a Tenant
You can change the Response Action you have selected for a tenant.
- Navigate to Admin > Authentication.
- In the SaaS API Platforms section, click Box.
- In the Cloud Malware section , from the Edit column, click Edit. You can edit any tenant.
- Select a Response Action for Umbrella to apply to Box files found with malware and then click Next.
- Choose Monitor to cause Umbrella to log files detected with malware. You will be able to manually quarantine these files from the Cloud Malware report.
- Choose Quarantine to:
- Move the file into a folder named Cisco_Quarantine_Malware in the root path of the admin who authorized the tenant, remove all collaborators, and change the file owner to the Box admin.
- Replace the file in its original location with a text file named filename.ppt_Cisco_Quarantined.txt explaining to the original file owner that the file is identified as malware and for more information to contact their organization administrator.
- Click Next.

The new Response Action is displayed.
Revoke Authorization
- From the Action column, click Revoke. You can revoke any authorized tenant.
- Click Revoke. The selected account is no longer authorized.
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