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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.5 for Email Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance
Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance Overview
The Cisco IronPort Email Security appliance is a high-performance appliance
designed to meet the email infrastructure needs of the most demanding enterprise
networks. The Email Security appliance eliminates spam and viruses, enforces
corporate policy, secures the network perimeter, and reduces the total cost of
ownership (TCO) of enterprise email infrastructure.
designed to meet the email infrastructure needs of the most demanding enterprise
networks. The Email Security appliance eliminates spam and viruses, enforces
corporate policy, secures the network perimeter, and reduces the total cost of
ownership (TCO) of enterprise email infrastructure.
Cisco IronPort Systems combines hardware, a hardened operating system,
application, and supporting services to produce a purpose-built, rack-mount
server appliance dedicated for enterprise messaging.
application, and supporting services to produce a purpose-built, rack-mount
server appliance dedicated for enterprise messaging.
The Cisco IronPort AsyncOS™ operating system integrates several intelligent
features into the Cisco IronPort appliance:
features into the Cisco IronPort appliance:
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Anti-Spam at the gateway, through the unique, multi-layer approach of
SenderBase Reputation Filters and Cisco IronPort Anti-Spam integration.
SenderBase Reputation Filters and Cisco IronPort Anti-Spam integration.
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Anti-Virus at the gateway with the Sophos and McAfee Anti-Virus scanning
engines.
engines.
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Outbreak Filters™, Cisco IronPort’s unique, preventive protection against
new virus, scam, and phishing outbreaks that can quarantine dangerous
messages until new updates are applied, reducing the window of vulnerability
to new message threats.
new virus, scam, and phishing outbreaks that can quarantine dangerous
messages until new updates are applied, reducing the window of vulnerability
to new message threats.
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Spam Quarantine either on-box or off, providing end user access to
quarantined spam and suspected spam.
quarantined spam and suspected spam.
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Email Authentication. Cisco IronPort AsyncOS supports various forms of
email authentication, including Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Sender ID
Framework (SIDF), and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) verification of
incoming mail, as well as DomainKeys and DKIM signing of outgoing mail.
email authentication, including Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Sender ID
Framework (SIDF), and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) verification of
incoming mail, as well as DomainKeys and DKIM signing of outgoing mail.
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Cisco IronPort Email Encryption. You can encrypt outgoing mail to
address HIPAA, GLBA and similar regulatory mandates. To do this, you
configure an encryption policy on the Email Security appliance and use a
local key server or hosted key service to encrypt the message.
address HIPAA, GLBA and similar regulatory mandates. To do this, you
configure an encryption policy on the Email Security appliance and use a
local key server or hosted key service to encrypt the message.
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Email Security Manager, a single, comprehensive dashboard to manage all
email security services and applications on the appliance. Email Security
Manager can enforce email security based on user groups, allowing you to
manage Cisco IronPort Reputation Filters, Outbreak Filters, Anti-Spam,
Anti-Virus, and email content policies through distinct inbound and outbound
policies.
email security services and applications on the appliance. Email Security
Manager can enforce email security based on user groups, allowing you to
manage Cisco IronPort Reputation Filters, Outbreak Filters, Anti-Spam,
Anti-Virus, and email content policies through distinct inbound and outbound
policies.