Cisco Cisco ASA Content Security and Control (CSC) Security Services Module

 illustrates the flow of traffic when the CSC SSM is installed in the adaptive security 

appliance. A request is sent from a client workstation to a server. As the request is processed through the 
adaptive security appliance, it is diverted to CSC SSM for content security scanning. If no security risk 
is detected, the request is forwarded to the server. The reply follows the same pattern, but in the reverse 
direction.

Summary > Status/Mail (SMTP)/Mail (POP3)/Web (HTTP)/File 
Transfer (FTP)

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Mail (SMTP) > Scanning > Incoming > Target/Action/Notification

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Mail (SMTP) > Scanning > Outgoing > Target/Action/Notification

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Mail (SMTP) > Anti-spam > SMTP Incoming Anti-spam 
Target/Action

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Mail (SMTP) > Content Filtering > Incoming > SMTP Incoming 
Content Filtering Target/Action/Notification

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Mail (SMTP) > Content Filtering > Outgoing > SMTP Incoming 
Content Filtering Target/Action/Notification

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Mail (SMTP) > Configuration > 
Message Filter/Disclaimer/Incoming Mail Domain

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Mail (POP3) > Scanning > POP3 Scanning > 
Target/Action/Notification

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Mail (POP3) > Anti-spam > POP3 Anti-spam Target/Action

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Mail (POP3) > Content Filtering > POP3 Content Filtering 
Target/Action/Notification

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Web (HTTP) > Scanning > Target/Webmail 
Scanning/Action/Notification

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Web (HTTP) > File Blocking > Target/Notification

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Web (HTTP) > URL Blocking > Via Local 
List/PhishTrap/Notification

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Web (HTTP) > URL Filtering > Filtering Rules

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Web (HTTP) > URL Filtering > Settings > URL Filtering Settings 
URL Categories/Exceptions/Schedule/Re-classify URL

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File Transfer (FTP) > Scanning > FTP Scanning 
Target/Action/Notification

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File Transfer (FTP) > File Blocking> Action/Notification

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Update > all windows

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Logs > all windows

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Administration > all windows

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