After taking this course, you should be able to: Describe and administer the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) Control sender and recipient domains Control spam with Talos SenderBase and anti-spam Use anti-virus and outbreak filters Use mail policies Use content filters Use message filters to enforce email policies Prevent data loss Perform LDAP queries Authenticate Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) sessions Authenticate email Encrypt email Use system quarantines and delivery methods Perform centralized management using clusters Test and troubleshoot
 

Security engineers Security administrators Security architects Operations engineers Network engineers Network administrators Network or security technicians Network managers System designers Cisco integrators and partners Technology Security
 

To fully benefit from this course, you should have one or more of the following basic technical competencies: Cisco certification (Cisco CCENT® certification or higher) Relevant industry certification, such as (ISC)2, CompTIA Security+, EC-Council, Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), and ISACA Cisco Networking Academy letter of completion (CCNA® 1 and CCNA 2) Windows expertise: Microsoft [Microsoft Specialist, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)], CompTIA (A+, Network+, Server+) The knowledge and skills that a student must have before attending this course are: TCP/IP services, including Domain Name System (DNS), Secure Shell (SSH), FTP, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, and HTTPS Experience with IP routing
 

Describing the Cisco Email Security Appliance Cisco Email Security Appliance Overview Technology Use Case Cisco Email Security Appliance Data Sheet SMTP Overview Email Pipeline Overview Installation Scenarios Initial Cisco Email Security Appliance Configuration Centralizing Services on a Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) Release Notes for AsyncOS 11.x Administering the Cisco Email Security Appliance Distributing Administrative Tasks System Administration Managing and Monitoring Using the Command Line Interface (CLI) Other Tasks in the GUI Advanced Network Configuration Using Email Security Monitor Tracking Messages Logging Controlling Sender and Recipient Domains Public and Private Listeners Configuring the Gateway to Receive Email Host Access Table Overview Recipient Access Table Overview Configuring Routing and Delivery Features Controlling Spam with Talos SenderBase and Anti-Spam SenderBase Overview Anti-Spam Managing Graymail Protecting Against Malicious or Undesirable URLs File Reputation Filtering and File Analysis Bounce Verification Using Anti-Virus and Outbreak Filters Anti-Virus Scanning Overview Sophos Anti-Virus Filtering McAfee Anti-Virus Filtering Configuring the Appliance to Scan for Viruses Outbreak Filters How the Outbreak Filters Feature Works Managing Outbreak Filters Using Mail Policies Email Security Manager Overview Mail Policies Overview Handling Incoming and Outgoing Messages Differently Matching Users to a Mail Policy Message Splintering Configuring Mail Policies Using Content Filters Content Filters Overview Content Filter Conditions Content Filter Actions Filter Messages Based on Content Text