Email Incident Response
RCCE students will learn email security architecture including SMTP protocol security, email authentication mechanisms (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), email gateway configuration, anti-phishing controls, attachment sandboxing, URL rewriting, and email encryption. RCCE students will learn to analyze email headers for spoofing indicators, configure email security controls to prevent business email compromise, investigate email-based attacks, implement data loss prevention for outbound email, deploy email encryption for sensitive communications, and tune email security rules to balance protection with business communication needs. This incident response course prepares students to act decisively during security incidents with structured workflows and clear decision frameworks. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn containment, evidence collection, eradication, and recovery procedures specific to this domain. Students practice incident scenarios that build the composure, coordination, and documentation skills essential for effective incident handling.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Email Incident Response
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Execute hands-on tasks for advanced cyber defense mastery
- Execute hands-on tasks for course objectives & learning outcomes — covering Master SMTP protocol security.
- Execute hands-on tasks for skills objectives — covering Master SMTP protocol security.
- Explain Email Threat Landscape Overview fundamentals — covering Credential harvesting, Weaponized attachments.
- Execute hands-on tasks for data exfiltration — covering Credential harvesting.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for smtp security hardening controls
- Execute hands-on tasks for tls enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for relay restrictions — covering Require STARTTLS for all connections, Block open relay configurations.
- Execute hands-on tasks for how spf works — covering DNS TXT record lists authorized mail servers.
- Execute hands-on tasks for common pitfalls — covering Start with inventory of all mail sources.
| Module 01 | Email Incident Response |
| Module 02 | Advanced Cyber Defense Mastery |
| Module 03 | Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes |
| Module 04 | SKILLS OBJECTIVES |
| Module 05 | Email Threat Landscape Overview |
| Module 06 | DATA EXFILTRATION |
| Module 07 | Email Security Architecture Layers |
| Module 08 | SMTP Security Hardening Controls |
| Module 09 | TLS Enforcement |
| Module 10 | Relay Restrictions |
| Module 11 | HOW SPF WORKS |
| Module 12 | COMMON PITFALLS |
| Module 13 | Key Generation |
| Module 14 | Signing Policy |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice email incident response by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for advanced cyber defense mastery
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for course objectives & learning outcomes
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for skills objectives
- Lab 5: Explain Email Threat Landscape Overview fundamentals
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Email Incident Response, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI