Emails are the bulwark of official business communications. But unfortunately, cybercriminals also use the same route to launch their malicious attacks. Hence, email authentication becomes crucial for organizations to prevent cyberattacks and protect their information assets. While cyber-attacks have improved in quantum and severity over the years, the primary mode of delivery has mostly stayed…
Email security is the chief concern of businesses and organizations worldwide. This article sheds light on the growing need for email security and email deliverability and shares real-world case studies of brands that have successfully implemented DMARC, DKIM, and SPF and why other businesses need to follow suit. Email security is becoming increasingly important as…
Email authentication is becoming increasingly vital for email deliverability. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are the three primary authentication methods used by ISPs to verify that an email received is from a legitimate source. This article will explain how SPF, DKIM, and DMARC work and how ISPs support them. It is vital to prevent individuals from…
Email authentication is crucial in the digital world, but employing email authentication protocols like DKIM, DMARC, SPF, and BIMI correctly is more important. This post looks into why businesses need email authentication, the invisible challenges of email security, what DKIM, DMARC, SPF, and BIMI are, and how to check if your email authentication is set…
Cybersecurity As emails continue to remain the primary mode of business communication, they also are threat actors’ favorite means to wreak havoc on organizational information assets. Following are some of the recent incidents where attackers bypassed common email security standards and targeted users. Netflix Phishing Emails are Up By 78% Security researchers warned that corporate…
DMARC, SPF, and DKIM can improve your organization’s email security by authenticating incoming emails. This post discusses how DMARC, SPF, and DKIM work and how to create DMARC, SPF, and DKIM records. Since the preferred mode of communication for organizations, businesses, and individuals worldwide is email, avoiding phishing and spam becomes the top priority to…
DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) is an email authentication protocol that improves the SPF and DKIM protocols. It allows senders to specify how email should be handled if it fails SPF or DKIM authentication. This post discusses one of the most crucial aspects of DMARC, i.e., DMARC Tags. DMARC provides a way for…
Threat actors continue to target email systems worldwide to infiltrate confidential information from organizations or get their hands on individuals’ PII (personally identifiable information), which they can use for various malicious purposes, such as selling it on the dark web for profit, corporate espionage, etc. This post discusses the latest incidents that organizations must take…
If you manage emails for a domain, you may wonder if you can have more than one DMARC record. However, multiple records can defeat the purpose of DMARC itself. A DMARC record should be placed at the root of your DNS records. DMARC uses the DNS TXT record to store its policy, and a DNS…
DKIM is one of the security standards to improve email security and prevent phishing, spoofing, and email spam. This text explains what DKIM is, how DKIM works, DKIM records, why DKIM is essential, why you need to use DKIM, and answers DKIM FAQs. What is DKIM? DomainKeys Identified Mail, known as DKIM, is an email…
