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Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (300-720 SESA) Questions 66–70 (page: 15)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026



Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is trying to connect to a Cisco ESA using SSH and has been unsuccessful. Upon further inspection, the engineer notices that there is a loss of connectivity to the neighboring switch.

Which connection method should be used to determine the configuration issue?

  1. Telnet
  2. HTTPS
  3. Ethernet
  4. serial

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Serial connection is a method that should be used to determine the configuration issue when there is a loss of connectivity to the neighboring switch. Serial connection allows the engineer to access the Cisco ESA console port using a serial cable and a terminal emulator, such as PuTTY or HyperTerminal, without relying on the network connectivity.
The other options are not valid methods to determine the configuration issue when there is a loss of connectivity to the neighboring switch, because they require network connectivity to work.


Reference:

Cisco Email Security Appliance C690 Quickstart Guide, page 2.





Refer to the exhibit. How should this configuration be modified to stop delivering Zero Day malware attacks?

  1. Change Unscannable Action from Deliver As Is to Quarantine.
  2. Change File Analysis Pending action from Deliver As Is to Quarantine.
  3. Configure mailbox auto-remediation.
  4. Apply Prepend on Modify Message Subject under Malware Attachments.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Overview of File Reputation Filtering and File Analysis:

Advanced Malware Protection protects against zero-day and targeted file-based threats in email attachments by:

-Obtaining the reputation of known files.
-Analyzing behavior of certain files that are not yet known to the reputation service. -Continuously evaluating emerging threats as new information becomes available, and notifying you about files that are determined to be threats after they have entered your network. -This feature is available for incoming messages and outgoing messages.

Referece:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/esa/esa11- 1/user_guide/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_11_1/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_chapter_010000.html?bookSearch =true



Which method enables an engineer to deliver a flagged message to a specific virtual gateway address in the most flexible way?

  1. Set up the interface group with the flag.
  2. Issue the altsrchost command.
  3. Map the envelope sender address to the host.
  4. Apply a filter on the message.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

A filter is a method that enables an engineer to deliver a flagged message to a specific virtual gateway address in the most flexible way. A filter is a rule that allows Cisco ESA to perform actions on messages based on predefined or custom conditions, such as headers, envelope, body, attachments, etc.
To deliver a flagged message to a specific virtual gateway address using a filter, the engineer can create a content filter or message filter that matches the flag condition and applies an action of "deliver via alternate host" with the virtual gateway address as the parameter.

The other options are not methods that enable an engineer to deliver a flagged message to a specific virtual gateway address in the most flexible way, because they have more limitations or requirements than using a filter.


Reference:

User Guide for AsyncOS 15.0 for Cisco Secure Email Gateway, page 8-3 and page 8-7.



A Cisco ESA administrator was notified that a user was not receiving emails from a specific domain. After reviewing the mail logs, the sender had a negative sender-based reputation score.

What should the administrator do to allow inbound email from that specific domain?

  1. Create a new inbound mail policy with a message filter that overrides Talos.
  2. Ask the user to add the sender to the email application's allow list.
  3. Modify the firewall to allow emails from the domain.
  4. Add the domain into the allow list.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The allow list is a feature that allows Cisco ESA to accept messages from specific email addresses or domains, regardless of their sender-based reputation score or other reputation filters. To allow inbound email from that specific domain, the administrator should add the domain into the allow list on Cisco ESA, which can be done from the web user interface by selecting Security Services > Safelist/Blocklist and clicking Add Entry.
The other options are not valid solutions to allow inbound email from that specific domain, because they do not affect the sender-based reputation score or the reputation filters on Cisco ESA.


Reference:

User Guide for AsyncOS 15.0 for Cisco Secure Email Gateway, page 6-13 and page 6-14.



An email containing a URL passes through the Cisco ESA that has content filtering disabled for all mail policies. The sender is sampleuser@test1.com, the recipients are testuser1@test2.com, testuser2@test2.com, testuser3@test2.com, and mailer1@test2.com. The subject of the email is Test Document395898847. An administrator wants to add a policy to ensure that the Cisco ESA evaluates the web reputation score before permitting this email.

Which two criteria must be used by the administrator to achieve this? (Choose two.)

  1. Subject contains Test Document"
  2. Sender matches test1.com
  3. Email body contains a URL
  4. Date and time of email
  5. Email does not match mailer1@test2.com

Answer(s): B,C

Explanation:

Web reputation score is a feature that allows Cisco ESA to evaluate the reputation of URLs in messages based on real-time data from Talos intelligence and apply appropriate actions, such as block, quarantine, or deliver.
To ensure that Cisco ESA evaluates the web reputation score before permitting this email, the administrator should use two criteria to create a content filter or message filter that matches this email and applies an action of "check web reputation":
Sender matches test1.com, which means that the sender's domain name is test1.com. Email body contains a URL, which means that the message body has one or more URLs in it. The other options are not valid criteria to ensure that Cisco ESA evaluates the web reputation score before permitting this email, because they do not match this email or they are not relevant to web reputation score.


Reference:

User Guide for AsyncOS 15.0 for Cisco Secure Email Gateway, page 8-3 and page 8-7.



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