Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance («SESA»)

• Implementieren, Fehlerbeheben und Verwalten der Cisco «Email Security Appliance», einschliesslich der wichtigsten Funktionen wie erweiterter Malware-Schutz, Spam-Blockierung, Virenschutz, Ausbruchsfilterung, Verschlüsselung, Quarantäne und Schutz vor Datenverlust.
• Bereitstellen von High-Availability E-Mail-Schutz gegen dynamische, sich schnell ändernde Bedrohungen
• Vorbereiten auf die Prüfung SESA 300-720

Themen:

1 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

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

8 Using Message Filters to Enforce Email Policies

• 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

9 Preventing Data Loss

• Overview of the 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

10 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

11 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

12 Email Authentication

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

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 References

• Model Specifications for Large Enterprises
• Model Specifications for Midsize Enterprises and Small-to-Midsize Enterprises or Branch Offices
• Cisco Email Security Appliance Model Specifications for Virtual Appliances
• Packages and Licenses

Übungen:

• 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

Dieser Kurs richtet sich an Security Engineers, Security-Administratoren, Security-Architekten, Operations Engineers, Network Engineers, Network-Administratoren, Network- oder Security-Techniker, Network Manager, System Designer, Cisco Integratoren und Partner.

Sie verfügen bereits über die folgenden Fertigkeiten und das Wissen zu: TCP/IP Services, einschliesslich Domain Name System (DNS), Secure Shell (SSH), FTP, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, und HTTPS sowie Erfahrung mit IP Routing.

Zertifizierung
Die Prüfung 300-720 SESA «Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance» dauert 90 Minuten und ist mit den Zertifizierungen «CCNP Security» und «Cisco Certified Specialist – Email Content Security» verbunden. Diese Prüfung testet die Kenntnisse eines Kandidaten über «Cisco Email Security Appliance», einschliesslich Administration, Spam-Kontrolle und Antispam, Nachrichtenfilter, Verhinderung von Datenverlust, LDAP, E-Mail-Authentifizierung und -Verschlüsselung sowie System-Quarantänen und Zustellungsmethoden. Dieser Kurs bietet die optimale Vorbereitung für die Prüfung. 

Rezertifizierung
Nach drei Jahren, mittels CEP (Continuous Learning Program) Punkten oder absolvieren des entsprechenden Exams.

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