Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance v3.2 (SESA)

The Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) training shows you how to deploy and use Cisco® Email Security Appliance to establish protection for your email systems against phishing, business email compromise, and ransomware, and to help streamline email security policy management. This hands-on training 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.

Retail Price: $3,595.00

Next Date: 07/14/2025

Course Days: 4

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How You'll Benefit

This training will help you:

Deploy high-availability email protection against the dynamic, rapidly changing threats affecting your organization
Gain leading-edge career skills focused on enterprise security
Prepare for the 300-720 SESA v1.1 exam
Earn 24 CE credits toward recertification

Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

Security Engineer
Security Administrators
Security Architects
Operations Engineers
Network Engineer
Network Administrator
Network or Security Technicians
Network Manager
Systems Designers
Cisco Integrators and Partners

Course Outline

Module 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

Module 2: 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

Module 3: 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

Module 4: 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

Module 5: 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

Module 6: 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

Module 7: 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

Module 8: 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

Module 9: 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

Module 10: 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

Module 11: Using Email Authentication

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

Module 12: 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

Module 13: Administering the Cisco Email Security Appliance

Module 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

Module 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

Module 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

LAB OUTLINE

Verify and Test Cisco ESA Configuration
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 Outbreak Filters
Configure Attachment Scanning
Configure Outbound Data Loss Prevention
Integrate Cisco ESA with LDAP and Enable the LDAP Accept Query
Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM)
Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Forged Email Detection
Perform Basic Administration
Configure the Cisco SMA for Tracking and Reporting

Course Dates	Course Times (EST)	Delivery Mode	GTR
7/14/2025 - 7/18/2025	10:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Virtual		Enroll