Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.5: Administration Training

You must have a working knowledge of Windows server operating systems and commands, as well as email infrastructure and security concepts.

Introduction to Messaging Gateway 10.5

• Background to Email Scanning
• Introducing Symantec Messaging Gateway
• Key Features
• Symantec Messaging Gateway Architecture
• Symantec Messaging Gateway Deployment

Installation and Configuration

• Installation Prerequisites
• Symantec Messaging Gateway Virtual Edition
• Installing Symantec Messaging Gateway
• Configuring Symantec Messaging Gateway
• Overview of Symantec Messaging Gateway Control Center

Protocols Settings

• Address Masquerading
• Aliases
• Domains
• Invalid Recipients
• Settings

Adaptive Reputation Management

• Reputation tab
• How Global IP Reputation Works
• Configuring Bad Senders Policies
• Configuring Connection Classification
• Configuring Good Senders Policies
• Introducing Fastpass
• Using Reputation Tools
• Hands-On Labs: Enable directory harvest attack recognition, enable and configure fastpass, configure connection classification, verify sender group, use IP reputation lookup tool

Anti-Spam Policies

• Spam Tab
• Email Spam Policy
• Introducing Bounce Attack Prevention
• Modify Spam Quarantine Settings
• Scan Settings
• Configure Sender Authentication
• Hands-On Labs: Test an inbound spam policy, test an inbound suspected spam policy, enable and configure bounce attack prevention, verify bounce attack prevention configuration, create a spam policy that quarantines spam, enable and test DKIM feature

Anti-Malware Policies

• Malware Tab
• Email Malware Policy
• Disarm Technology
• LiveUpdate Settings
• Scan Settings
• Suspect Virus Settings
• Hands-On Labs: Test an inbound virus policy, test an inbound suspected virus policy, test unscannable virus policy, test encrypted attachment virus policy, configure LiveUpdate, configure virus scan settings

Content Filtering Policy

• Content Tab
• Content Filtering Scanning
• Setting up Content Filtering Scanning
• Creating a Content Filtering Policy
• Using Content Filtering Policies for Structured Data Matching
• Content Filtering Settings
• Introduction to Content Filtering Incident Management
• Hands-On Labs: Setup content filtering policy, create content filtering policy for structured data matching, create an informational incident, create a quarantine incident, run content filtering expunger, test strip matching attachment lists action, test stripmatching attachments action
• Simulation: SMG Content Encryption

Managing User and Host Configuration

• Administration Tab
• Managing Users
• Managing Hosts
• Hands-On Labs: Manage users, use utilities, download diagnostics package to desktop

Managing Control Center Settings

• Configuring Alerts
• Manage Certificates
• Configuring Control Center Settings
• Manage Directory Integration
• Managing Other Control Center Settings
• Hands-On Labs: Create a certificate, configure local logging, run a report, add a directory data source, enable and test invalid recipient handling, enable address resolution, edit advanced settings for a directory data source, configure SMTP
• authentication, configure advanced authentication mail settings

Leveraging Network Prevent for Email

• Introducing Symantec Network Prevent for Email
• Network Prevent for Email delivery modes
• Failure behavior with Network Prevent for Email
• How to resolve delivery queue backups
• Configure Network Prevent for Email settings in Messaging Gateway
• Simulation: Configure DLP Connect, Test the Network Prevent for Email configuration