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Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA)

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Learn how to deploy and use Cisco® Email Security Appliance to establish protection for your email systems against phishing, business email compromise and ransomware. Help streamline email security policy management. This hands-on course provides you with the knowledge and skills to implement, troubleshoot, and administer Cisco Email Security Appliance, including key capabilities such as advanced malware protection, spam blocking, anti-virus protection, outbreak filtering, encryption, quarantines, and data loss prevention.

This course is worth 24 Continuing Education (CE) Credits.

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
After completing 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
• 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

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Individuals responsible for the deployment, administration and troubleshooting of a Cisco Email Security Appliance.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

• TCP/IP services, including Domain Name System (DNS), Secure Shell (SSH), FTP, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, and HTTPS
• Experience with IP routing

It is recommended that you have one of the following:

• Cisco certification (Cisco CCNA® 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+)

COURSE CONTENT:
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
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

• Cisco Email Security Manager Overview
• Mail Policies Overview
• Handling Incoming and Outgoing Messages Differently
• Configuring Mail Policies
• Matching Users to a Mail Policy
• Message Splintering
Using Content Filters

• Content Filters Overview
• Content Filter Conditions
• Content Filter Actions
• Filter Messages Based on Content
• Text Resources Overview
• Using and Testing the Content Dictionaries Filter Rules
• Understanding Text Resources
• Text Resource Management
• Using Text Resources
Using Message Filters

• Message Filters Overview
• Components of a Message Filter
• Message Filter Processing
• Message Filter Rules
• Message Filter Actions
• Attachment Scanning
• Examples of Attachment Scanning Message Filters
• Using the CLI to Manage Message Filters
• Message Filter Examples
• Configuring Scan Behavior
Preventing Data Loss

• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Scanning Process
• Setting Up Data Loss Prevention
• Policies for Data Loss Prevention
• Message Actions
• Updating the DLP Engine and Content Matching Classifiers
Using LDAP

• Overview of LDAP
• Working with LDAP
• Using LDAP Queries
• Authenticating End-Users of the Spam Quarantine
• Configuring External LDAP Authentication for Users
• Testing Servers and Queries
• Using LDAP for Directory Harvest Attack Prevention
• Spam Quarantine Alias Consolidation Queries
• Validating Recipients Using an SMTP Server
Describing SMTP Session Authentication

• Configuring AsyncOS for SMTP Authentication
• Authenticating SMTP Sessions Using Client Certificates
• Checking the Validity of a Client Certificate
• Authenticating User Using LDAP Directory
• Authenticating SMTP Connection Over Transport Layer Security (TLS) Using a Client Certificate
• Establishing a TLS Connection from the Appliance
• Updating a List of Revoked Certificates
Using Email Authentication

• Email Authentication Overview
• Overview of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and SIDF Verification
• Configuring DomainKeys and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signing
• Verifying Incoming Messages Using DKIM
• Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) Verification
• Forged Email Detection
Using Email Encryption

• Overview of Cisco Email Encryption
• Encrypting Messages
• Determining Which Messages to Encrypt
• Inserting Encryption Headers into Messages
• Encrypting Communication with Other Message Transfer Agents (MTAs)
• Working with Certificates
• Managing Lists of Certificate Authorities
• Enabling TLS on a Listener's Host Access Table (HAT)
• Enabling TLS and Certificate Verification on Delivery
• Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Security Services
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
Using System Quarantines and Delivery Methods

• Describing Quarantines
• Spam Quarantine
• Setting Up the Centralized Spam Quarantine
• Using Safelists and Blocklists to Control Email Delivery Based on Sender
• Configuring Spam Management Features for End Users
• Managing Messages in the Spam Quarantine
• Policy, Virus, and Outbreak Quarantines
• Managing Policy, Virus, and Outbreak Quarantines
• Working with Messages in Policy, Virus, or Outbreak Quarantines
• Delivery Methods
Centralized Management Using Clusters

• Overview of Centralized Management Using Clusters
• Cluster Organization
• Creating and Joining a Cluster
• Managing Clusters
• Cluster Communication
• Loading a Configuration in Clustered Appliances
• Best Practices
Testing and Troubleshooting

• Debugging Mail Flow Using Test Messages: Trace
• Using the Listener to Test the Appliance
• Troubleshooting the Network
• Troubleshooting the Listener
• Troubleshooting Email Delivery
• Troubleshooting Performance
• Web Interface Appearance and Rendering Issues
• Responding to Alerts
• Troubleshooting Hardware Issues
• Working with Technical Support
Labs

• Discovery Lab 1: Verify and Test Cisco ESA Configuration
• Discovery Lab 2: Advanced Malware in Attachments (Macro Detection)
• Discovery Lab 3: Protect Against Malicious or Undesirable URLs Beneath Shortened URLs
• Discovery Lab 4: Protect Against Malicious or Undesirable URLs Inside Attachments
• Discovery Lab 5: Intelligently Handle Unscannable Messages
• Discovery Lab 6: Leverage AMP Cloud Intelligence Via Pre-Classification Enhancement
• Discovery Lab 7: Integrate Cisco ESA with AMP Console
• Discovery Lab 8: Prevent Threats with Anti-Virus Protection
• Discovery Lab 9: Applying Outbreak Filters
• Discovery Lab 10: Configure Attachment Scanning
• Discovery Lab 11: Configure Outbound Data Loss Prevention
• Discovery Lab 12: Integrate Cisco ESA with LDAP and Enable the LDAP Accept Query
• Discovery Lab 13: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
• Discovery Lab 14: Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
• Discovery Lab 15: Forged Email Detection
• Discovery Lab 16: Configure the Cisco SMA for Tracking and Reporting
• Discovery Lab 17: Configure the Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager for Tracking and Reporting

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