We provide virtual course about SESA: Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance. Learn how to deploy and use Cisco® Email Security Appliance to establish protection for your email systems against phishing, business email compromise and ransomware.
Course description:
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.
Course objectives:
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 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
Course content:
• Describing the Cisco Email Security Appliance
• Administering the Cisco Email Security Appliance
• Controlling Sender and Recipient Domains
• Controlling Spam with Talos SenderBase and Anti-Spam
• Using Anti-Virus and Outbreak Filters
• Using Mail Policies
• Using Content Filters
• Using Message Filters to Enforce Email Policies
• Preventing Data Loss
• Using LDAP
• SMTP Session Authentication
• Email Authentication
• Email Encryption
• Using System Quarantines and Delivery Methods
• Centralized Management Using Clusters
• Testing and Troubleshooting
• References
Labs:
• Verify and Test Cisco ESA Configuration
• Perform Basic Administration
• Advanced Malware in Attachments (Macro Detection)
• Protect Against Malicious or Undesirable URLs Beneath Shortened URLs
• Protect Against Malicious or Undesirable URLs Inside Attachments
• Intelligently Handle Unscannable Messages
• Leverage AMP Cloud Intelligence Via Pre-Classification Enhancement
• Integrate Cisco ESA with AMP Console
• Prevent Threats with Anti-Virus Protection
• Applying Content and Outbreak Filters
• Configure Attachment Scanning
• Configure Outbound Data Loss Prevention
• Integrate Cisco ESA with LDAP and Enable the LDAP Accept Query
• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
• Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
• Forged Email Detection
• Configure the Cisco SMA for Tracking and Reporting
Target audience:
Individuals responsible for the deployment, administration and troubleshooting of a Cisco Email Security Appliance
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 CCNA certification or
• SCOR - Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies
Language:
• English course material, english speaking instructor
Certification:
This course helps you prepare to take exam 300-720 SESA. This is one of the concentration exams for the CCNP Security Certification. To obtain the CCNP Security Certification you will also need to take the 300-701 SCOR exam. Passing the 300-720 exam will also provide you with the Cisco Certified Specialist - Email Content Security Certification.