Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3 and Desktop 10.3: Administration

Course Description

The Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3 and Desktop 10.3 Administration course is designed to provide you with the fundamental knowledge and hands-on lab experience to install, administer, and troubleshoot the Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3 and primary client product. The hands-on labs include exercises for installation and configuration of the Symantec Encryption Management Server and Symantec Encryption Desktop products, including policy-based messaging security, manual and directory-style user and group management, and Symantec Encryption Desktop policy and usage, including for the Symantec Encryption Whole Disk Encryption product.

The course also covers troubleshooting of Symantec Encryption Desktop, including installation and enrollment problems, Symantec Encryption Whole Disk Encryption, and common files and services that may need to be manipulated or repaired.

Additionally, you are introduced to the following Symantec Encryption products: Key Management Services, Symantec Encryption Mobile, Symantec Encryption iOS Viewer and Endpoint Device Control.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led

Duration

Five days

Course Objectives

This course provides instruction on Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3 and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3. At the completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe the features, concepts, components, and terminology of both the Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3 and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3 products.

• Install Symantec Encryption Management Server 3.3 and complete setup using the most commonly configured options.

• Install a managed and customized Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3 client.

• Configure, complete administration tasks for, and use Symantec Encryption Whole Disk Encryption and other Symantec Encryption Desktop features.

• Configure policy-based messaging security for internal and external recipients.

• Create and modify users, user policies, and groups using either manual or directory integration methods.

• Combine two or more Symantec Encryption Management Server into a cluster.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for those responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, or troubleshooting of Symantec Encryption Management Server or Symantec Encryption Desktop.

Prerequisites

An understanding of information security concepts and terminology helps you succeed in this course. Also, this course requires familiarity with networking and computing concepts. Symantec recommends that students taking this course have at least one year of information technology experience.

Hands-On

This course includes practical exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment, as well as several review exercises to help you remember what you have learned.

INSTALL, CONFIGURE, AND DEPLOY COURSE OUTLINE

Cryptography Essentials

• Cryptography defined

• Caesar cipher

• Symmetric-key cryptography

• Public-key cryptography

• Symantec public-key cryptography

• Digital signatures

• Trust models

• Keys and key signatures

• Passphrases

• Certificates

Symantec Encryption Product Introduction

• Symantec Encryption Security products

• Symantec Encryption Management Server

• Symantec Encryption Desktop

• Symantec Encryption Command Line

• Symantec Encryption Mobile

• Symantec Encryption iOS Viewer

Installing Symantec Encryption Management Server

• Symantec Encryption Management Server installation steps

• System requirements

• Installing Symantec Encryption Management Server

• Configuring the Symantec Encryption Management Server

• Installing updates and upgrading the Encryption Server

Lab: Post installation tasks

Consumers and Groups

• Introducing consumers, users and devices

• Introducing groups and policy

Lab: Creating groups and users

Administrative Keys

• The Organization Key

• Additional Decryption Key (ADK)

• SSL/TLS and X.509 certificates

• Ignition key

Lab: Manage administrative keys

Server Messaging

• Learn mode

• Mail proxies

• Server placement

• Mail flow

Monitoring and Reporting

• Server monitoring and logging

• Protecting your Symantec Encryption Management Server

Lab: Create a backup and review logs and daily status email

Mail Policy

• Definition of policy chains and rules

• Rule conditions, actions, and key searches

• Default policy chains

• Adding custom chains to mail flow

• Custom chains and rules

Lab: Manage mail flow and work with mail policies

Key Not Found

• External users

• Key Not Found and direct actions

Web Email Protection

• Introducing Web Messenger

• Configuring Web Messenger

• PDF email protection

• Out of Mail Stream

• X.509 delivery

• External delivery options

Lab: Configure and work with Web Email protection

Preparing Symantec Encryption Desktop Clients

• What is directory synchronization

• How to use directory synchronization

Keys

• Managed key configuration

• Key usage and tokens

Configuring Client Enrollment

• Definition of enrollment

• Methods of client enrollment

Lab: Configuring client enrollment

Installing Symantec Encryption Desktop

• System requirements

• Symantec Encryption Desktop installer

• Licensing Symantec Encryption Desktop

• Modifying the Symantec Encryption Desktop

Lab: Download and install Symantec Encryption Desktop

Configuring General Policy Settings

• General Symantec Encryption Desktop options in Consumer policy

• Updating policy settings

Symantec Encryption Desktop Messaging

• How Symantec Encryption Desktop affects messaging infrastructure

• MAPI buttons

Configuring Symantec Drive Encryption

• What is Drive Encryption

• Drive Encryption for Mac OS X

• Drive Encryption for Linux

Lab: Configuring Symantec Drive Encryption

Symantec Drive Encryption Management and Recovery

• Logon failure and reporting

• The WDE-ADMIN group

• The pgpwde command-line tool

• Recovery options

Lab: Recover hard drive manually

Configuring Symantec File Share Encryption

• Encrypted folder creation

• How to configure Symantec File Share

• Symantec File Share Encryption Group Key

• Miscellaneous information about Symantec Encryption

Lab: Configuring Symantec File Share Encryption

Other Symantec Encryption Desktop Features

• PGP Zip

• PGP Shredder

• Shred Free Space

• PGP Virtual Disk

• PGP Portable

Lab: Create and use a virtual disk. Use PGP Zip and PGP Shredder

Clustering

• How Symantec Encryption Management Server Clustering works

• DMZ settings

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• Cluster failover

• Web Email Protection inbox replication

Lab: Configuring a cluster

MAINTAIN AND TROUBLESHOOT COURSE OUTLINE

Symantec Encryption Support Tools

• Introduction to the Support Knowledgebase and documentation library

• Symantec Encryption Management Server services and general overview

Symantec Encryption Management Server Command Line Administration

• Accessing the Command Line

• Debug logging

• VMWare Tools

Lab: Configure a super user account to allow for SSH access

Symantec Encryption Management Server Troubleshooting

• Common commands and services

• Common services, problems and solutions

Symantec Encryption Management Server Database Access and Reporting

• Database access

• Database reporting

Symantec Encryption Management Server Common Problems

• Common installation problems

• General issues

Lab: Simulate errors on Encryption Server

Symantec Encryption Management Server Common Clustering Issues

• Synchronization and Replication

• Cluster debug mode

Symantec Encryption Management Server Common Messaging Issues

• Failure to encrypt mail messages

• Mail queuing

• Open relay

• Mail routes

• Certificate issues

Symantec Encryption Web Email Protection Issues

• Login problems

• Web Email Protection errors

Symantec Encryption Desktop Services, Files and Folders

• Managing services

• Symantec Encryption Desktop common problems