It’s time to rethink your email security.

Email is still the No. 1 threat vector. Expand the scope of your defenses with Cisco Secure Email to detect dangerous threats and rapidly respond to and remediate new threats in real time.

The Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) v3.1 course 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.

 

Overview

Advanced protection to safeguard your inboxes.

The Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) training shows you how to deploy and use Cisco® Secure Email Gateway (formally 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 Secure Email Gateway, including key capabilities, such as advanced malware protection, spam blocking, anti-virus protection, outbreak filtering, encryption, quarantines, and data loss prevention.

This training prepares you for the Securing the Web with Cisco Web Secure Appliance (300-720 SESA). If passed, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Email Content Security certification and satisfy the concentration exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security certification.

This course also earns you 24 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Skills Covered

  • 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.

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have one or more of the following basic technical competencies:

  • Cisco certification (Cisco CCENT® certification or higher)
  • Relevant industry certification, such as (ISC)2, CompTIA Security+, EC-Council, Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), and ISACA
  • Cisco Networking Academy letter of completion or CCNA: Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions
  • Windows expertise: Microsoft [Microsoft Specialist, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)], CompTIA (A+, Network+, Server+)

The knowledge and skills that a student must have before attending this course are:

  • TCP/IP services, including Domain Name Servers (DNS), Secure Shell (SSH), FTP, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, and HTTPS
  • Experience with IP routing

Target Audience

  • Security engineers
  • Security administrators
  • Security architects
  • Operations engineers
  • Network engineers
  • Network administrators
  • Network or security technicians
  • Network managers
  • System designers
  • Cisco integrators and partner

Course Curriculum

Course Outline

  • Describing 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 Polices
  • Using Content Filters
  • Using Message Filters
  • Preventing Data Loss
  • Using LDAP
  • Describing SMTP Session Authentication
  • Using Email Authentication
  • Using Email Encryption
  • Administering the Cisco Email Security Appliance
  • Using System Quarantines and Delivery Methods
  • Centralizing Management Using Clusters
  • Testing and Troubleshooting

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 Secure Email and Web Manager for Tracking and Reporting

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Exam & Certification

300-720 SESA Exam: Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance

The Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance v1.0 (SESA 300-720) exam is a 90-minute exam associated with the following certifications:
  • CCNP Security
  • Cisco Certified Specialist – Email Content Security

This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of Cisco Email Security Appliance, including administration, spam control and antispam, message filters, data loss prevention, LDAP, email authentication and encryption, and system quarantines and delivery methods. The course, Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Training & Certification Guide

Software and networking become more and more interconnected every day, creating ever greater need for robust, scalable security across all platforms—from networks to mobile devices. With intent-based networking, security teams can take advantage of automation to scale their security solutions. To capitalize on these opportunities, today’s security professionals need a broader range of skills and deeper focus in strategic technology areas. The CCNP Security certification program gives you exactly that breadth and depth.

We designed the Cisco CCNP Security certification to help you prove your skills in the ever-changing landscape of security technologies. The certification covers core technologies and a security focus area of your choice. You choose where you want to focus. You choose where to take your career.

Among the industry’s most widely recognized and respected certifications, CCNP sets you apart. It tells the world you know what you are doing. In addition, completing any CCNP certification exam earns you a Cisco® Specialist certification, so you get recognized for your accomplishments along the way.

  • Show the world you know your stuff with a high-value certification
  • Customize your certification to your technical focus
  • Position yourself for advancement in the fast-paced world of security technologies
  • Add security automation skills to your areas of expertise
  • Earn a Specialist certification for passing any CCNP exam – core or concentration
  • Qualify for the CCIE Security lab exam by passing the CCNP core exam
  • Link that CCNP certification badge to all your social media profiles

The CCNP Security certification program prepares you for today’s professional-level job roles in security technologies. One of the industry’s most respected certifications, CCNP validates the core knowledge you need while providing the flexibility to choose a focus area.

To earn CCNP Security, you pass two exams: a core exam and a concentration exam of your choice.

  • The core exam, Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies v1.0 (350-701 SCOR), focuses on your knowledge of security infrastructure including network security, cloud security, content security, endpoint protection and detection, secure network access, visibility, and enforcements. You can prepare for this exam by taking the training course, Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR)
  • Concentration exams focus on emerging and industry-specific topics such as Cisco Firepower, identity services, email security, web security, VPNs, and automation. You can prepare for concentration exams by taking corresponding Cisco training courses. Choose your CCNP Security concentration exam from these options:

300-710 SNCF Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next Generation Firewall (SSNGFW) | Securing Networks with Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (SSFIPS)

The CCNP Security certification and training program provides real-world, job-focused skills in key areas. CCNP Security validates the knowledge you need to excel in your job.

Duration: 90 minutes
Languages: English

Price: $300 USD

This exam tests your knowledge of Cisco Email Security Appliance, including:

  • Administration
  • Spam control and antispam
  • Message filters
  • Data loss prevention
  • LDAP
  • Email authentication and encryption
  • System quarantines and delivery methods

Frequently Asked Questions

This class 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
  • Earn 24 Cisco CE credits toward recertification

The 300-720 SESA exam certifies your knowledge of Cisco Email Security Appliance, including administration, spam control and anti-spam, message filters, data loss prevention, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), email authentication and encryption, and system quarantines and delivery methods.

After you pass 300-720 SESA:

  • You earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Email Content Security certification.
  • You will have satisfied the concentration exam requirement for the new CCNP Security certification. To complete your CCNP Security certification, pass the Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (350-701 SCOR) exam or its equivalent.

Certification fulfillment process

  • Every written proctored exam passed, except CCT and CCNA exams, equals a Specialist certification.
  • Within 24 hours of passing your certifying exam, you will receive an email advising you on the next steps. You must complete the steps to trigger the fulfillment process.
  • The Cisco Certification Tracking System records exam and certification status. Keep your contact information up to date to receive notifications about your certification.
  • After you have certified, you will be authorized to use the logo associated with the specific certification you have achieved. Before using a logo, you must read and acknowledge the Cisco Certifications Logo Agreement. The logo will be available for download in your profile within the Certifications Tracking System.

Your certification kit will include the following items:

  • PDF version of your certificate
  • Certification logo available for download through your profile.
  • Option for printed certificate to be shipped to you (6-8 weeks for shipping)
  • Digital badge of the Certification logo (through Acclaim)

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