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User Guide for AsyncOS 9.8 for Cisco Email Security Appliances
 
Chapter 28      Using Email Security Monitor
  Email Security Monitor Pages
Outbreak Filters Page
The Outbreak Filters page shows 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. You can use this page to monitor your defense against targeted virus, scam, and phishing attacks.
The Threats By Type section shows the different types of threat messages received by the appliance. 
The Threat Summary section shows a breakdown of the threat messages by Malware, Phish, Scam, and 
Virus. Click on the number to view a list of all the messages that are included in that number using 
Message Tracking.
The Past Year Outbreak Summary lists global as well as local outbreaks over the past year, allowing you 
to compare local network trends to global trends. The listing of global outbreaks is a superset of all 
outbreaks, both viral and non-viral, whereas local outbreaks are limited to virus outbreaks that have 
affected your appliance. Local outbreak data does not include non-viral threats. Global outbreak data 
represents all outbreaks detected by the Threat Operations Center which exceeded the currently 
configured threshold for the outbreak quarantine. Local outbreak data represents all virus outbreaks 
detected on this appliance which exceeded the currently configured threshold for the outbreak 
quarantine. The Total Local Protection Time is always based on the difference between when each virus 
outbreak was detected by the Threat Operations Center and the release of an anti-virus signature by a 
major vendor. Note that not every global outbreak affects your appliance. A value of “--” indicates either 
a protection time does not exist, or the signature times were not available from the anti-virus vendors 
(some vendors may not report signature times). This does not indicate a protection time of zero, rather 
it means that the information required to calculate the protection time is not available.
The Quarantined Messages section summarizes Outbreak Filters quarantining, and is a useful gauge of 
how many potential threat messages Outbreak Filters are catching. Quarantined messages are counted at 
time of release. Typically, messages will be quarantined before anti-virus and anti-spam rules are 
available. When released, they will be scanned by the anti-virus and anti-spam software and determined 
to be positive or clean. Because of the dynamic nature of Outbreak tracking, the rule under which a 
message is quarantined (and even the associated outbreak) may change while the message is in the 
quarantine. Counting the messages at the time of release (rather than the time of entry into the 
quarantine) avoids the confusion of having counts that increase and decrease.
The Threat Details listing displays information about specific outbreaks, including the threat category 
(virus, scam, or phishing), threat name, a description of the threat, and the number of messages 
identified. For virus outbreaks, the Past Year Virus Outbreaks include the Outbreak name and ID, time 
and date a virus outbreak was first seen globally, the protection time provided by Outbreak filters, and 
the number of quarantined messages. You can select either global or local outbreaks as well as the 
number of messages to display via the menu on the left. You can sort the listing by clicking on the 
column headers. Click on the number to view a list of all the messages that are included in that number 
using Message Tracking.
The First Seen Globally time is determined by the Threat Operations Center, based on data from 
SenderBase, the world’s largest email and web traffic monitoring network. The Protection Time is based 
on the difference between when each threat was detected by the Threat Operations Center and the release 
of an anti-virus signature by a major vendor.
A value of “--” indicates either a protection time does not exist, or the signature times were not available 
from the anti-virus vendors (some vendors may not report signature times). This does not indicate a 
protection time of zero. Rather, it means that the information required to calculate the protection time is 
not available.
Hit Messages from Incoming Messages section shows the percentage and number of viral attachment, 
other threats (non-viral), and clean incoming messages.