Each year since the DMARC protocol was first announced, more and more companies have found that it can help them monitor and protect email using their domains. Here are some notable companies or brands that began doing so in 2015, according to data provided by DMARC.org sponsor Farsight Security. Aflac (insurance) American Express (finance) † […]
Best Authentication Practices for Email Senders
Product managers and engineers from some of the world’s largest mailbox providers recently got together to explain coming changes in email authentication at an industry conference. While we can’t share all that was said, we did get permission to share their combined best practice recommendations, which will work as well for a small business as […]
Two ARC Implementations Tested At Interoperability Event
From arc-spec.org: On February 19th representatives from AOL (NYSE:VZ) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) successfully tested the first two implementations of the ARC protocol at an interoperability event. LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) hosted the in-person, all-day event at their San Francisco offices and facilitated the testing. Also participating were representatives from Cloudmark, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), DMARC.org, the Trusted Domain Project, […]
How Can I Tell Who is Using DMARC?
Often when people first hear about DMARC, their immediate reaction is, “That’s great! Who’s using it?” That’s a good question, because DMARC can only prevent fraudulent email from reaching inboxes when both senders and receivers have implemented it. Checking Senders For convenience, we’ve collected a sample of notable organizations or domains that have published DMARC […]
As Email Fraud Diversifies, DMARC Protects Employees and Consumers
Berkeley, California – February 16, 2016 – As DMARC enters its fifth year as an open standard, leading organizations increasingly rely on Domain-based Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) to protect their customers from email fraud that impersonates their domains. In 2016, DMARC.org will continue to promote increased use of email authentication to protect consumers, and advocate the […]
Instructional DMARC videos from Dmarcian
DMARC report processor Dmarcian.com has made a series of videos about DMARC and email authentication available on their website. There is no charge to view the nine videos, which are based on presentations Dmarcian has developed and offered over the past several years. You can find all nine videos here: https://space.dmarcian.com/videos-on-all-things-dmarc
“DMARC is easy!” “DMARC is hard!” Which is it?
It happens so often in IT that it’s a cliché. Somebody comments to senior management about a complex, long-term project you’re involved in, saying: “That’s easy, I could do that in an afternoon. What’s taking your people so long?” Or you’ve spent weeks on careful research, building the business case, explaining the cost-benefit trade-offs, and […]
Global Mailbox Providers Deploying DMARC to Protect Users
Berkeley, California – October 19, 2015 – The Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, & Conformance (DMARC) specification has proven its value in combating fraudulent email since its introduction three and a half years ago. Thousands of companies use it to prevent billions of messages fraudulently using their Internet domains from reaching inboxes, thereby protecting their customers and employees […]
M3AAWG Conference in Atlanta to Feature DMARC Training
At the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) conference in Atlanta on Monday, October 18th, DMARC.org will provide a training session on DMARC and email authentication. Barry Jones of ACS Technologies will present a representative case of how to use DMARC and email authentication to protect users from relentless phishing attacks and other […]
Yahoo to Expand Use of Strict DMARC Policy
Last year AOL and Yahoo curtailed massive email-borne abuse of their customers by deploying strict DMARC policies on their marquee domains. Recently Yahoo announced that they would be extending that policy to more of their domains as soon as November.