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Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (300-720 SESA)

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Question 1 · Content and Message filters Open

An engineer needs to enable SIDF for a mail flow policy on an incoming listener in Cisco Secure Email Gateway. Drag the actions into the correct sequence to meet the requirement. <DragDrop items={["Set the conformance level to SIDF.","Select the mail flow policy.","Configure the Default Policy Parameters settings.","Set SPF/SIDF Verification to On."]} slots={[{"answer":"Select the mail flow policy.","id":"step1","label":"step 1"},{"answer":"Configure the Default Policy Parameters settings.","id":"step2","label":"step 2"},{"answer":"Set SPF/SIDF Verification to On.","id":"step3","label":"step 3"},{"answer":"Set the conformance level to SIDF.","id":"step4","label":"step 4"}]} explanation={"SPF/SIDF is enabled in the selected incoming mail flow policy’s Default Policy Parameters. Cisco’s procedure turns on SPF/SIDF Verification before selecting the required SIDF conformance level.\n\n**Learn more:** [Cisco Secure Email Gateway Email Authentication guide](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/esa/esa15-5-1/user_guide/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_15-5-1/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_12_1_chapter_010110.pdf)"} reuse={false} />

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Question 2 · Cisco Email Security Appliance Administration Open

Drag and drop the actions on the left into the sequence on the right to configure directory harvest prevention in Cisco Secure Email Gateway. <DragDrop items={["Configure the listener to use the accept query.","Configure a mail flow policy.","Configure an LDAP server profile.","Enable LDAP acceptance queries."]} slots={[{"answer":"Configure an LDAP server profile.","id":"step1","label":"step 1"},{"answer":"Enable LDAP acceptance queries.","id":"step2","label":"step 2"},{"answer":"Configure the listener to use the accept query.","id":"step3","label":"step 3"},{"answer":"Configure a mail flow policy.","id":"step4","label":"step 4"}]} explanation={"Directory Harvest Attack Prevention using LDAP requires an LDAP server profile and LDAP acceptance query before a listener can use that query. The listener configuration precedes the mail flow policy because the policy’s DHAP settings depend on LDAP acceptance being configured for the associated listener.\n\n**Learn more:** [Cisco Secure Email Gateway LDAP Queries](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/esa/esa16-0-3/user_guide/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_16-0-3/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_12_1_chapter_011011.html)"} reuse={false} />

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Question 3 · Email Authentication and Encryption Open

Refer to the exhibit. A security engineer needs to configure a Cisco Secure Email Gateway so that encryption is enabled and the configured profile is provisioned. Which command must be used?

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Answer: D The `provision` operation in `encryptionconfig` provisions the encryption profile with the Cisco Registered Envelope Service. `setup` controls whether email encryption is enabled, while `profiles` is used to configure profiles rather than provision them. **Learn more:** [Cisco Secure Email Gateway CLI Reference Guide for AsyncOS 15.5.1](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/esa/esa15-5-1/cli_reference_guide/b_CLI_Reference_Guide_15-5-1/b_CLI_Reference_Guide_chapter_0100.pdf)