Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA) Platform

Preparing the IT infrastructure for integration with a mail server used for receiving messages via SMTP

8 November 2023

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To prepare your corporate IT infrastructure for Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform integration with a mail server over the SMTP protocol:

  1. On the external mail server, configure rules for forwarding copies of the messages that you want to send for scanning by Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform to the addresses specified in Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform.
  2. Specify the route for forwarding email messages to the server with the Sensor component.

    It is recommended to specify a static route – IP address of the server with the Sensor component.

  3. In the firewall of your organization, allow inbound connections to port 25 of the server with the Sensor component from mail servers that are forwarding copies of email messages.

You can also improve the security of Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform integration with a mail server over the SMTP protocol.

To improve the security of Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform integration with a mail server over the SMTP protocol.

  1. Configure authentication of the Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform server on the side of the mail servers forwarding email messages for Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform.
  2. Configure mandatory encryption of traffic on mail servers that are forwarding email messages for Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform.
  3. Configure authentication of mail servers forwarding email messages for Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform on the Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform side.

See also

Preparing the IT infrastructure for installing application components

Preparing the IT infrastructure for integration with a mail server used for receiving messages via POP3

Preparing the virtual machine for installing the Sandbox component

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