Select and Implement an Email Security Gateway
The emails you want are only the tip of the iceberg compared to what you get.
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Immature and underdeveloped Email Security Gateways result in:
- Ineffective email filtering.
- Potential data leakage or theft.
- Decreases in productivity.
- Limited network visibility.
The right Email Security Gateway can result in:
- Increased enterprise information security.
- Increased productivity of the average employee.
- Protection of valuable intellectual property, financial information or other valuable or sensitive information.
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Book NowModule 1: Gather and align requirements for the Email Security Gateway
The Purpose
- Conduct current state assessment to gain visibility into current email security maturity and capability levels.
- Collect organizational and architectural requirements to narrow ESG options.
- Collect security requirements to understand your risk appetite.
- Conduct requirements assessment .
Key Benefits Achieved
- Realize the necessity for an email gateway.
- Identify the specific requirements that an email gateway must carry out for your organization.
- Understand gateway requirements to understand deployment options.
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| 1.1 | Know the volume of your security incidents and the volume of your email and related statistics. |
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| 1.2 | 2Identify all architectural, organizational, security and other requirements of your ESG. |
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| 1.3 | Determine what email security solutions your organization needs. |
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Module 2: Capture costs and benefits of Email Gateway
The Purpose
- Understand benefits of various deployment options.
- Determine costs of implementation.
- Develop a financial analysis of an Email Gateway implementation.
Key Benefits Achieved
Calculate the total cost of ownership (TCO) and the return on investment (ROI) of an email gateway implementation.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Determine inputs for TCO calculations. |
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| 2.2 | Identify incident related costs/losses for ROI calculations. |
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| 2.3 | Identify organization email information for ROI calculation. |
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Module 3: Evaluate Email Gateway solutions and vendor selection
The Purpose
- Understand the email gateway product landscape.
- Determine key advanced features to meet your organization’s requirements.
- Prepare to evaluate potential vendors.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Understand what products best meet your organization’s requirements.
- Prepare proper documentation, such as an RFP, as well as a vendor demo script to comprehensively evaluate your shortlist of chosen vendors.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Understand the ESG vendor landscape. |
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| 3.2 | Determine a shortlist of vendors. |
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| 3.3 | Create an RFP. |
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| 3.4 | Prepare a demo script. |
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Module 4: Prepare for Email Gateway implementation and continued operations
The Purpose
- Determine your deployment method.
- Create incident response team.
- Create an email attack information page.
- Maintain information in central document.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Understand key consideration points for the deployment of an email gateway.
- Develop an incident response team.
- Construct an email attack information page.
- Understand what is required for the maintenance and sustainability of an email gateway while developing processes to ensure this.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Develop supporting policies. |
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| 4.2 | Develop a stakeholders communication plan. |
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| 4.3 | Develop education plan on proper email security. |
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| 4.4 | Manage vendor contracts and relationships, vendor risk and vendor performance. |
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| 4.5 | Develop ESG continuing governance plans. |
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| 4.6 | Create an computer incident response team (CIRT). |
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