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 (CCNA® 1 and CCNA 2)
• Windows expertise: Microsoft [Microsoft Specialist, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)], CompTIA (A+, Network+, Server+)

• Describing the Cisco Email Security Appliance
o Cisco Email Security Appliance Overview
o Technology Use Case
o Cisco Email Security Appliance Data Sheet
o SMTP Overview
o Email Pipeline Overview
o Installation Scenarios
o Initial Cisco Email Security Appliance Configuration
o Centralizing Services on a Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)
o Release Notes for AsyncOS 11.x
• Administering the Cisco Email Security Appliance
o Distributing Administrative Tasks
o System Administration
o Managing and Monitoring Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
o Other Tasks in the GUI
o Advanced Network Configuration
o Using Email Security Monitor
o Tracking Messages
o Logging
• Controlling Sender and Recipient Domains
o Public and Private Listeners
o Configuring the Gateway to Receive Email
o Host Access Table Overview
o Recipient Access Table Overview
o Configuring Routing and Delivery Features
• Controlling Spam with Talos SenderBase and
o Anti-Spam
o SenderBase Overview
o Anti-Spam
o Managing Graymail
o Protecting Against Malicious or Undesirable URLs
o File Reputation Filtering and File Analysis
o Bounce Verification
• Using Anti-Virus and Outbreak Filters
o Anti-Virus Scanning Overview
o Sophos Anti-Virus Filtering
o McAfee Anti-Virus Filtering
o Configuring the Appliance to Scan for Viruses
o Outbreak Filters
o How the Outbreak Filters Feature Works
o Managing Outbreak Filters
• Using Mail Policies
o Email Security Manager Overview
o Mail Policies Overview
o Handling Incoming and Outgoing Messages Differently
o Matching Users to a Mail Policy
o Message Splintering
o Configuring Mail Policies
• Using Content Filters
o Content Filters Overview
o Content Filter Conditions
o Content Filter Actions
o Filter Messages Based on Content
o Text Resources Overview
o Using and Testing the Content Dictionaries Filter Rules
o Understanding Text Resources
o Text Resource Management
o Using Text Resources
• Using Message Filters to Enforce Email Policies
o Message Filters Overview
o Components of a Message Filter
o Message Filter Processing
o Message Filter Rules
o Message Filter Actions
o Attachment Scanning
o Examples of Attachment Scanning Message Filters
o Using the CLI to Manage Message Filters
o Message Filter Examples
o Configuring Scan Behavior
• Preventing Data Loss
o Overview of the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Scanning Process
o Setting Up Data Loss Prevention
o Policies for Data Loss Prevention
o Message Actions
o Updating the DLP Engine and Content Matching Classifiers
• Using LDAP
o Overview of LDAP
o Working with LDAP
o Using LDAP Queries
o Authenticating End-Users of the Spam Quarantine
o Configuring External LDAP Authentication for Users
o Testing Servers and Queries
o Using LDAP for Directory Harvest Attack Prevention
o Spam Quarantine Alias Consolidation Queries
o Validating Recipients Using an SMTP Server