Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Articulate the Cisco ESA product, including management series, SMTP conversation, terms and definitions, pipeline, and licensing
- Recognize system architecture, explain the concept of the listener, describe various network topologies, and list the steps required to perform an evaluation life cycle
- Administer the Cisco ESA
- Explain the differences between the HAT and the RAT
- Discuss SensorBase and the antispam engine, make adjustments to the HAT and the antispam policies, and manage the spam quarantine both locally or using the management series
- Enable one or both antivirus engines, use one or both antivirus engines in mail policies, and identify best practices for managing antivirus
- Separate enterprise groups with different filtering requirements
- Describe content filters
- Describe the RSA DLP engine and prevent the loss of sensitive data in outbound email through the use of the RSA DLP engine
- Configure LDAP to control the flow of email and configure LDAP to enforce user access polices
- Configure TLS to encrypt email, configure the Cisco ESA to work with Cisco Registered Envelope Service to encrypt mail, and use DKIM and SPF to authenticate email
- Create and manage a clustered environment