How to manually decipher DMARC reports and why is it a difficult thing?
DMARC reports are the backbone of email authentication. Reading these reports helps you understand the situation of outgoing emails and how recipients’ mailboxes handle them. Reading these reports lets you know if an unauthorized, malicious person is sending emails from your domain. However, there is a catch; these DMARC aggregate and forensic reports are in…
Understanding the pct tag (percentage tag) in DMARC
The DMARC record you publish in your domain’s DNS helps the receiving servers know how you want them to handle illegitimate emails sent from your domain. Do you know there exists a way using which you can instruct the receiving server to check a prespecified percentage of emails to see if they are legitimate or…
How to configure SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records for Brevo?
By now, you probably know enough about authenticating your email-sending domain and its numerous benefits. The first and perhaps the most important one being how it protects your organization from falling prey to pervasive cybersecurity attacks like phishing, ransomware, malware, spoofing, etc. Apart from this, configuring your sender domain with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC helps…
Key aspects of DMARC interoperability
Interoperability, in general, is the ability of different systems and components to work together and exchange information effectively. In the context of email security, interoperability means that SPF, DKIM, and DMARC can come together and function in unity to seamlessly authenticate and protect your email-sending domain from getting exploited. Since these protocols are interoperable, there…
A sneak peek into DMARC adoption in Qatar
Looking into the first half of 2024, one of the most evident changes in email security has been major providers such as Gmail and Yahoo enforcing higher standards of authentication. Starting February 2024, these tech giants made DMARC implementation a norm for organizations across the world that send more than 5,000 emails every day. And…
Creating and managing Verified Mark Certificates (VMC) for BIMI
The combination of BIMI and VMC strengthens the email security structure by making it harder for threat actors to spoof your brand’s logo for sending potentially fraudulent emails. Not only this, but it’s also easier for recipients to trust emails with a logo, encouraging them to open and reply to them. Upon reception, supporting email…
