NSE6 FortiMail

In this 2-day instructor-led classroom or online class, you will learn how to deploy, use, & troubleshoot Fortinet's secure messaging gateway: FortiMail.

The course begins by analyzing email security challenges that organizations face. Instructors explain FortiMail's role as a specialized device, and how each of its features compare and interplaywith FortiGate in providing high-performance yet in-depth email security. Through hands-on experience, students learn how to protect against these threats.

Course is based on the system version 5.3.

Audience

Anyone who is responsible for day-to-day management of a FortiMail appliance.

Goals

After completing these modules, you will be able to:

• Integrate FortiMail with FortiSandbox
• Use FortiMail flexibly &emdash; for secure webmail and calendar, a shield for Microsoft Exchange, or as an ISP for clean pipes
• Deploy HA & redundant infrastructure for ultimate uptime of mission-critical email
• Protect the priceless reputation of your MTA on spam blacklists
• Secure email transmission via best-of-breed technologies: SMTPS, SMTP over TLS, S/MIME, and IBE
• Archive email for compliance
• Leverage your existing LDAP / Active Directory server for user preferences & authentication
• Eliminate spear phishing, leaks, & zero-day viruses
• Throttle client connections, blocking MTA abuse
• Understand the system architecture of a FortiMail appliance: how email flows through its modules, how it applies intelligent routing and policies to email, and what parts of the configuration to check if legitimate email is being detected as spam
• Block spam with sophisticated techniques: deep header inspection, heuristics, recipient verification, PDF/image scans, third-party DNSBL and SURBL queries, and the FortiGuard Antispam service
  
  

Outline

• Email Concepts
• Basic Setup
• Server Mode
• Access Control
• SSL/TLS
• Session Monitoring
• Antivirus & Content Inspection
• Antispam
• IBE
• High Availability
• Gateway & Transparent Mode
• Diagnostics
  
  

Prerequisites

• Experience with email servers (SMTP)
• Basic understanding of network security
  
  

Study materials

The price includes the authorized materials.

Certification

This course prepares you for the FortiMail Specialist Exam. This course is part of preparation for the NSE6 certification exam.