Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C160 Mode D'Emploi

This functionality is also available via the 

quarantineconfig -> outbreakmanage

 CLI command. For 

more information, see the CLI Reference Guide for AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliances. 

The appliance includes several tools to monitor the performance and activity of the Outbreak Filters 
feature.

The Outbreak Filters report to view the current status and configuration of Outbreak Filters on your 
appliance as well as information about recent outbreaks and messages quarantined due to Outbreak 
Filters. View this information on the Monitor > Outbreak Filters page. For more information, see the 
“Email Security Monitor” chapter.

The overview and rules listing provide useful information about the current status of the Outbreak Filters 
feature. View this information via the Security Services > Outbreak Filters page.

Use the outbreak quarantine to monitor how many messages are being flagged by your Outbreak Filters 
threat level threshold. Also available is a listing of quarantined messages by rule. For information, see 

The Outbreak Filters feature supports two different types of notifications: regular AsyncOS alerts and 
SNMP traps.

SNMP traps are generated when a rule update fails. For more information about SNMP traps in 
AsyncOS, see the “Managing and Monitoring via the CLI” chapter.

AsyncOS has two types of alerts for the Outbreak Filter feature: size and rule