Over the course of 2021 the number of valid DMARC policies observed in use rose by 84%, to a total of nearly 5 million unique records, compared to the prior calendar year. This doubles the percentage increase seen in 2020, and reflects an acceleration of growth in the second half of the year. Starting with […]
DMARC policies increase 28% Through June 2021
The number of valid DMARC policies observed in the DNS increased by 28% over the first half of 2021, to a total of 3.46 million, based on analysis of data supplied by Farsight Security. This was double the growth rate during the same period in 2020, when roughly 330,000 new records reflected a 17% increase […]
DMARC Policies Increase 43% over 2020
The number of valid DMARC policies observed in the DNS increased by 42.9% over the course of 2020, to a total of 2.7 million, based on analysis of data supplied by Farsight Security. While this represents robust growth in DMARC adoption, it is significantly lower than the 250% to 300% observed over the previous few […]
Presentation from Third JPAAWG Meeting Available
The Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) held its third annual meeting virtually from Tokyo, Japan on November 11th and 12th, 2020. DMARC.org director Steve Jones was invited to provide a brief video update on DMARC adoption, and the slides from that presentation are now available for download. The update covers a a few highlights from […]
Third JPAAWG General Meeting Features DMARC Update
The third JPAAWG General Meeting will be held on November 11th and 12th in a virtual format. An exciting program has been organized, and will once again feature an update on DMARC adoption and standards developments from DMARC.org, as well as keynotes from M3AAWG and sessions with leading industry figures from across Japan and the […]
Presentation from Second JPAAWG Meeting Available
The Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) held its second annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan on November 14th and 15th, 2019. DMARC.org director Steve Jones was invited to give a general update on DMARC and related matters, and the slides from that presentation are now available for download (with notes). The update covers a number of areas, including two new publications from the […]
Presentation from First JPAAWG Meeting Available
The Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) held its first meeting in Tokyo, Japan on November 8th, 2018. DMARC.org director Steve Jones was invited to give a general update on DMARC and related matters, and the slides from that presentation are now available for download. The update covers several areas of interest to people working to […]
DMARC Policies Up 250% In 2018
Over the course of 2018 the number of valid DMARC policies published in the DNS increased a little over two and a half times, based on analysis of data from Farsight Security. At the end of 2017 there were 240,151 DMARC policies published, and at the end of 2018 this figure was roughly 630,000. (The […]
DMARC Deployments Quadruple In 2017
Using DNS query data supplied by Farsight Security, global deployment of DMARC appears to have grown by roughly 400% over the course of 2017. The portion of these domains publishing “quarantine” or “reject” policies – which generally prevent fraudulent messages using one of these domains from being delivered to the inbox – rose from 21% […]
DMARC.org Presenting In Tokyo Nov 28th
DMARC.org Executive Director Steven Jones will be speaking about email authentication at TwoFive, Inc’s Cloud and Messaging Day event in Tokyo on Monday, November 28th. Also appearing will be Heikki Gruner of Cloudmark, and anti-spam campaigner Neil Schwartzman. A panel discussion later in the program will also feature noted email experts Shuji Sakuraba and Ayachika […]