Enterprise Protection For The Administrator
Enterprise Protection For The Administrator
Enterprise Protection For The Administrator
Administrator
Overview
The Proofpoint Protection course covers the protection tools
that are available as part of the Proofpoint Suite, including
our newest module, Targeted Attack Protection. It also
includes topics such as master-agent architecture,
installation and deployment, filtering and rule creation.
Format
Web-based training (WBT)
Duration
2 hours
Price
Free for Proofpoint customers
Intended Audience
This course is recommended for system administrators,
network managers, and information security managers
responsible for ongoing management of Proofpoint systems.
Prerequisites
Experience with Enterprise Protection/Privacy and familiarity
with the interface is helpful, but not required.
Registration
Course Outline
Welcome and Email
• History of Email
• SMTP Protocol
• Simple SMTP Session
Architecture
• Setting up a cluster
• Operating system
• Proofpoint specific software
• 3rd party software
• Building / Re-imaging
• Activating
• Simulation: The Activation Process
Navigation
• Getting started
• How to navigate the management GUI
• Appliance administrators
• Simulation: Creating a new admin account
Filtering
• The Filter
• Order of arrival
• Module precedence order
• Delivery precedence order
• Filter data flow
Rule Creation
User Repository
Spam Module
Virus Module
• Targeted threats
• TAP process flow
• ReDirector 101 – what it does
• Rewritten links
• Blocked sites
• TAP in PPS – Dashboard overview
• Viewing timeline data
• Viewing a threat
• Drilling down for more information
• TAP in PPS – Settings
• TAP in PPS – URL Defense
• Rewrite options
• Email Firewall
• Proofpoint Dynamic Reputation (PDR)
• Simulation: Configuring and enabling PDR and the
email firewall rule for PDR
• Recipient verification (RV)
• SMTP Rate Control
• Simulation: Turning on SMTP rate control
Reports
• Available reports
• Scheduling and publishing
• Reporting
• Simulation: Publish a report to email automatically