SESA – Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) combines Parts 1 and 2

Short Course Description

3 Day

Course Overview

Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) combines Parts 1 and 2 (SESA1, SESA2) into a single, three-day course. Students who take this SESA training learn to use Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESAs) to manage and troubleshoot email in their networks. Attendees of this SESA course receive in-depth instruction on popular features, emphasizing topics listed below, learn advanced Internet email concepts and receive an overview of how to customize configurations. SESA also teaches advanced configuration and operation of the Cisco ESA (Formerly Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance). Extensive lab exercises provide critical hands-on experience with advanced features of the ESA. Learn more about Cisco Security training and recommended prerequisites below.

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• A moderate knowledge of TCP / IP fundamentals, including IP addressing and subnetting, static IP routing and DNS.
• Experience with Internet based messaging, including SMTP, Internet message formats, and MIME message format.
• Familiarity with command line interface (CLI) and graphical user interface (GUI).
• Previous experience with email security would be helpful.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Creating and apply Data Loss Prevention (DLP) polices to outgoing email
• Configuring Email Security Appliances to detect and handle unwanted spam and viruses
• Using Message Tracking and Reporting to document email traffic trends
• Managing spam quarantines
• Using Cisco reputation based services, Sensor Base and Virus Outbreak Filters, to increase the security of an email network
• Integrating an ESA with a directory server via LDAP
• Debugging LDAP integration issues
• Using message filters to redirect and modify messages
• Performing safe deployment and debugging of message filters
• Configuring TLS and Guaranteed Secure Delivery
• Configuring Email Authentication with DKIM and SPF