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Course Name: Securing Your Email with Cisco IronPort C-Series Part I (SYS1) Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 2 days depending on audience background and options
   
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Introduction:
 
This course provides a thorough foundation for how to successfully install, configure, and administer Cisco IronPort email security appliances. You will receive in-depth instruction on the most commonly used product features and you'll gain a working knowledge of how to use Cisco IronPort email security appliances to successfully manage and troubleshoot email traffic entering and leaving the enterprise network. You will learn about Internet email concepts and standards and will receive an overview of other product features that can be used for more customized configurations.
 
Audience:
 
  • Enterprise messaging managers and system administrators
  • Email system designers and architects
  • Network managers responsible for messaging implementation
 
Prerequisites:
 
  • 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)
  • Experience with email security is helpful
  • Some experience with basic configuration of an IronPort email security appliance is recommended
 
Customize it:
 
This 2-days Cisco SYS1 course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of IT security training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really eed even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.
 
Objectives:
 

What You'll Learn

  • Deploy IronPort email security appliances in a typical enterprise email environment, focusing on best practices for configuration, operation, and system administration
  • Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the flow of email through Cisco IronPort email security appliances
  • Configure access control policies to eliminate threats at the perimeter based on the identity and trustworthiness of the sender
  • Create content filters to implement and enforce corporate email policies
  • Configure Cisco IronPort email security appliances to detect and handle unwanted spam and viruses
  • Manage the spam quarantine, both on the C-Series and M-Series
  • Use IronPort's reputation-based services, SenderBase and Virus Outbreak Filters, to increase the security of your email network
  • Use reporting to document email traffic trends
  • Use Message Tracking and Reporting to document email traffic trends, both on the C-Series and M-Series
  • Set delivery parameters for outgoing mail
 
Course Outline
 
1. Introduction and System Overview

•SMTP Overview
•IronPort Security Appliances
•C-Series Hardware
•AsyncOS Architecture
•AsyncOS MTA Platform
•ESA Hardware Options
•ESA Feature Key Options
•Email Pipeline Filters
•Processing Email (Work Queue)
•Email Pipeline
•Operation of a Listener
•Network Topologies

2. Tracking and Reporting Messages

•Configure and Use Localized Message Tracking
•Configure and Use Localized Reporting
•Configure and Use Centralized Email Reporting
•Configure and Use Centralized Email Tracking
•Perform a System Setup of a Security Management Appliance
•Configure M-Series for Tracking and Reporting Messages

3. Controlling Sender and Recipient Domains

•Listeners Overview
•Configure Public and Private Listeners
•Configure SMTP Routes
•Use Senderbase Reputation Scores (SBRS) to Manage Mail
•Host Access Table
•Recipient Access Table
•Use Mail Debugging Tools
•Troubleshooting with Mail Logs

4. Controlling Spam with SenderBase and Anti-Spam

•The SenderBase Network
•Adjust SenderBase Reputation Scores (SBRS)
•Configure and Use IronPort Anti-Spam (IPAS)
•Configure the IronPort Spam Quarantine
•Quarantining Spam on the ESA
•Quarantining Spam on the SMA
•Safelist Blocklist
•Configure Bounce Verification
•Use the Security Management Appliance for Off-Box Quarantining

5. Using Anti-Virus and Virus Outbreak Filters

•Anti-Virus (AV)
•AV Overview
•Enabling AV Scan Engines
•Recommended Practices
•Actions Performed on Attachments
•Virus Reports
•Virus Outbreak Filters (VOF)
•VOF Overview
•Zero Hour Outbreak Scenario
•How VOF Stops Zero Hour Outbreaks
•Managing VOF
•VOF Reports

6. Using Mail Policies to Direct Business Email

•Email Security Manager
•Mail Policies
•User-Based Policies
•Use Message Tracking to Monitor Message Splintering

7. Using System Quarantines and Delivery Methods

•Quarantine Overview
•Create and Manage System Quarantines
•Perform Searches of Quarantine Contents
•Configure Bounce Profiles
•Set Delivery Limits
•Configure Virtual Gateways

8. Using Content Filters for Specific Business Needs

•Content Scanning and Content Filters
•Basic Content Filter Configuration
•Detect Password-Protected/Non-Protected Attachments
•Create Weighted Content Matching
•Use Smart Identifiers
•Implement Matched Content Visibility
•Content Filter Applications and Best Practices

9. Encrypting Outbound Email

•Provision with the Cisco Registered Envelope Service (CRES)
•Associate a Content Filtering Rule with an "EncryptAction
•Register a CRES Envelope Recipient
•Set Up Encryption on the C-Series Appliance
 
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