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description: Metrics Guard for Account Engagement is built-in protection for your email activity data. This feature works behind the scenes to filter out most email security scanner clicks and opens without blocking legitimate visitor activity.
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# Metrics Guard for Account Engagement

Metrics Guard for Account Engagement is built-in protection for your email activity data. This feature works behind the scenes to filter out most email security scanner clicks and opens without blocking legitimate visitor activity.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <span>All Account Engagement Editions</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

## How Metrics Guard Works

Metrics Guard relies on thresholds to identify bursts of open and click activity that can be caused by email scanners and bots. Thresholds for opens and clicks are based on conservative averages of peak email activity within a certain time frame across the Account Engagement ecosystem. When there’s a burst of activity from an IP address, activity tracking on that location is paused until the activity level falls back below the threshold.

## Considerations for Metrics Guard

Metrics Guard is built into our email tools, so there’s no setup required. However, keep these considerations in mind about Metrics Guard and your email activity data.

- Metrics Guard is designed to block most bot activity, but it can’t catch every illegitimate click or open.
- Email security scanners are constantly evolving. If activity falls below the thresholds Metrics Guard looks for, it’s possible bot clicks and opens could be recorded.
- Thresholds for opens and clicks are evaluated separately. Metrics Guard doesn’t consider combined open and clicks to identify bot activity.
- If you notice persistent bot-like activity from specific IP address, you can create a visitor filter. A visitor filter captures activity not filtered out by Metrics Guard so you can view and store it separately from your other visitor activity data.

#### See Also

- [Create a Visitor Filter](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.pardot_admin_filters_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Admins can create a visitor filter based on an IP address or hostname.")