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An engineer is deploying a Cisco Secure Email Gateway and must ensure it reaches the Cisco update servers to retrieve new rules. The engineer must now manually configure the Outbreak Filter rules on…

The correct answer is A. Use the outbreakconfig command in CLI. To manually configure Outbreak Filter rules on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway, specifically to replace only outdated rules while retaining up-to-date ones, the outbreakconfig command in the CLI is used.

Submitted by emma.c· Mar 30, 2026Content Security

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An engineer is deploying a Cisco Secure Email Gateway and must ensure it reaches the Cisco update servers to retrieve new rules. The engineer must now manually configure the Outbreak Filter rules on an AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway. Only outdated rules must be replaced. Up-to-date rules must be retained. Which action must the engineer take next to complete the configuration?

Options

  • AUse the outbreakconfig command in CLI.
  • BSelect Outbreak Filters.
  • CPerform a backup/restore of the database.
  • DClick Update Rules Now.

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Why each option

To manually configure Outbreak Filter rules on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway, specifically to replace only outdated rules while retaining up-to-date ones, the `outbreakconfig` command in the CLI is used.

AUse the outbreakconfig command in CLI.Correct

The `outbreakconfig` command in the Cisco Secure Email Gateway CLI allows administrators to manage and configure Outbreak Filter rules, including options for manual updates where specific rules can be refreshed or synchronized, replacing outdated ones while preserving current configurations.

BSelect Outbreak Filters.

"Select Outbreak Filters" likely refers to navigating a GUI menu, which typically allows viewing or enabling/disabling the feature but not granular manual rule replacement as described.

CPerform a backup/restore of the database.

Performing a backup/restore of the database is a system administration task for recovery or migration, not a method for manually configuring or updating specific Outbreak Filter rules.

DClick Update Rules Now.

"Click Update Rules Now" (if referring to a GUI option) would typically trigger a full update from Cisco servers, which might overwrite all existing rules, contrary to the requirement of replacing only outdated ones and retaining up-to-date ones.

Concept tested: Cisco Secure Email Gateway Outbreak Filter configuration

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ces/mail/AsyncOS_14_0/cli_ref/b_cli_ref_14_0_chapter_0100.html#wp2599604

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#Cisco Secure Email Gateway#Outbreak Filter#AsyncOS CLI#Security rule management

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