Education - Training and Certification Programs Make Operators More Effective
CipherTrust's education services provide a comprehensive range of offerings to instruct organizations on email security, anti-spam, and policy compliance techniques. Through CipherTrust's education programs, organizations can gain the knowledge they need to take full advantage of their state-of-the-art email security solution.
Training Services
Designed for email managers, network professionals, and security practitioners, CipherTrust's technical training enables organizations to maximize the effectiveness of their IronMail deployment. The IronMail technical training curriculum can be delivered through:
- Custom Instructor-led, sessions at customer facility
- Classroom style sessions at a CipherTrust or partner training facility
- Customized programs can also be developed to meet customers' specific training needs
Certification Program
The IronMail Certified Professional (ICP) program trains personnel to become field experts on IronMail's sophisticated security features and capabilities. To receive the certification mark, candidates must meet prerequisite requirements, attend certification training, and pass all practical and written exam components. Candidates will be awarded the CipherTrust IronMail Certified Professional certificate upon completion of the program.
Certification Program Prerequisites:
- Management of IronMail for a minimum of 90 days
- Intermediate level knowledge of network and security components of email traffic flow
Click here to access CipherTrust's customer support site to enroll in the IronMail Certified Professional program.
Training Courses
CipherTrust offers a variety of introductory and advanced courses on IronMail and the IronMail suite of products. The courses are available at CipherTrust headquarters or one of our CipherTrust Authorized Training Center partner locations throughout the country.
Basic IronMail Administration
Advanced IronMail Administration
IronMail Certified Administrator Course
Using IronMail for Regulatory Compliance
Central Management Console & Central Quarantaine Server
Course Title: Basic IronMail Administration
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Current IronMail customer, Intermediate level knowledge of network and security components, a minimum of 30 days of production IronMail administration experience.
Course Description: This 2 day course provides a detailed review of IronMail configuration, explanation of how messages flow through IronMail and the Web Administrator and User Interface.
The course combines lecture and practical lab exercises. with significant time allocated for hands-on interaction with the IronMail user interface. The Basic IronMail Administration course is the perfect introductory course to prepare new customers and new employees for more advanced IronMail related courses and real world administration. It is also the first step toward gaining IronMail Certifications.
Course Contents
Day 1
- Queue Overview
- Web Administrator
- Mail Firewall
- Mail IDS
- Policies
Day 2
- Review
- Anti-Spam
- Queue Manager
- Alerts
- Reporting
- Auto Updates/TRU
Course Title: Advanced IronMail Administration
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Current IronMail customer, Intermediate level knowledge of network and security components, a minimum of 30 days of production IronMail administration experience
Course Description: This 2 day course provides a detailed review of the IronMail Command Line Interface (CLI) and advanced troubleshooting techniques through both lecture and practical lab exercises. The course concludes with a written and practical examination on topics learned in both the Basic and Advanced IronMail Administration courses. IronMail Certified Administrator Certificate will be awarded when the student passes this exam.
Course Contents
Day 1
- Queue Overview/Tracing Mail in the CLI
- Database Table Content
- Lunch
- Basic CLI Commands
- Advanced CLI commands
Day 2
- Review
- Using the CLI for reporting
- General Review
- Lunch
- Written Examination
- Practical Examination
- Student Critiques/Certificates/Wrap-up
Course Title: IronMail Certified Administrator Course
Length: 4 days
Prerequisites: Basic IronMail Administrator Course
Course Description:This 4 day course combines both the Basic and Advanced IronMail Administration Courses into one intensive, hands-on course concluding with both a written and practical exam.
This 2 day course provides a detailed review of the IronMail Command Line Interface (CLI) and advanced troubleshooting techniques through both lecture and practical lab exercises. The course concludes with a written and practical examination on topics learned in the Basic and Advanced IronMail Administration courses. An IronMail Certified Administrator Certificate will be awarded when the student passes this exam.
Course Contents
Day 1
- Introduction
- Manuals and Product Overview
- Queue Overview
- Web Administrator and Command Line Interface
- Lunch (guest speakers)
- Firewall and SMTPI/SMTPO Services
- Mail IDS/Connection Control
- Review
Day 2
- Review
- Mail VPN
- Policy Manager)
- Lunch (guest speakers)
- Policy Manager (cont.)
- Review
Day 3
- Review
- Anti-Virus
- Anti Spam
- Queue Manager
- Lunch (guest speakers)
- Admin and System/Dashboard
- Reporting
- Auto updates, TRU and backup
- Troubleshooting
Day 4
- General Review
- Written Examination
- Lunch
- Practical Examination
- Student Critiques/Certificates/Wrap-up
Course Title: Using IronMail for Regulatory Compliance
Length: 1 day
Prerequisites: IronMail Administrator Certification.
Course Description: This 1 day course teaches students how to configure IronMail to:
- Accurately detect regulated material
- Dynamically act to prevent compliance violations in real-time
- Protect not only messages but also systems and users
- Verify and demonstrate compliance with reporting and integrity checks.
- Configure IronMail Secure Web Delivery and Secure Delivery.
Successful completion of the Compliance Course, the IronMail Certified Administrator Course (or equivalent), and the CMC & CQS courses result in achieving the highest level of IronMail Certification - the IronMail Certified Expert.
Course Contents
Day 1
- HIPPA, SOX, GLBA Overview
- IronMail sub-features
- IronMail configuration
- Anti-spam and dictionaries
- Queue Management
- Compliance verification
- Archiving
- Alerts and Reporting
- Review
Course Title: Central Management Console & Central Quarantine Server
Length: 1 day
Prerequisites: IronMail Administrator Certification
Course Description: This 1 day course teaches administrators how to use the IronMail Central Management Console to manage multiple IronMail appliances and how to use the IronMail Central Quarantine Server to consolidate quarantined messages from multiple IronMail appliances.
Successful completion of the Compliance Course, the IronMail Certified Administrator Course (or equivalent), and the CMC & CQS courses result in achieving the highest level of IronMail Certification - the IronMail Certified Expert.
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