Domain owners implement DMARC to prevent email spoofing and phishing by instructing recipients’ mail servers on what actions to take against emails that are sent from your domain but don’t pass the DMARC authentication test. DMARC authentication is based on SPF and DKIM results. So, if an email fails SPF and/or DKIM checks, the DMARC…
DMARC reports give insights into your domain’s email activities, which help analyze how email service providers or mail servers treat messages you send. There are two types of DMARC reports: aggregate and failure. To start receiving DMARC aggregate reports, you need to add the ‘rua’ tag to your valid DMARC record and mention the email…
DMARC works by allowing organizations to define how their email domains should be authenticated and to receive reports on how their emails are being handled by other mail servers — protecting them against unauthorized email spoofing, phishing attempts, and cybercriminals seeking to impersonate their domain. However, despite its effectiveness, DMARC adoption in the US education…
DMARC is an essential tool for enhancing email security, especially within the financial sector. Financial institutions are a prime target for cybercriminals, given the potentially lucrative rewards associated with fraudulent transactions. Phishing attacks targeting the financial sector, encompassing banks among other institutions, continued to dominate as the most prevalent type of cyberattack, constituting a substantial…
DMARC reporting and monitoring help evaluate how your email-sending domain is being used, whether it is under the radar of any malicious entity, and what the percentage of false positives is. All these factors collectively help you make DMARC policy transitions from none to quarantine to reject. There are two types of DMARC reports: RUA…
Phishing and BEC attacks are on the rise, and the ever-evolving digital landscape has now emerged to a place where it’s very challenging to detect fraudulent email content by just reading them. It’s a matter of concern to know that 15% of employees respond to emails sent by threat actors, which leads to potential compromises…
DMARC Report · Switch From P=Quarantine To P=Reject In Dmarc? It’s no news that domains compliant with DMARC are less vulnerable to becoming targets of phishing-based cyberattacks than the ones not using it. In fact, domains without DMARC enforcement are 4.75x more likely to be the target of spoofing versus domains with DMARC enforcement. There…
The global economy is bolstered by many nuts and bolts, and cybersecurity is one of them. Without robust cybersecurity defenses in place, companies are highly vulnerable to phishing and spoofing attacks, jeopardizing the economy, data, public safety, and reputations of several stakeholders. Lately, the occurrence of malicious incidents is snowballing, owing to the integration of…
Listen to this blog post below DMARC Report · Optimizing DMARC Reporting: A Game-Changer For Email Security In IT Emails serve as the lifeline for communication across organizations, businesses, and individuals in the digitized economy. However, this dependence on email comes at the cost of increased risk of email scams. This comprehensive guide will…
Listen to this blog post below DMARC Report · Essential Role Of DMARC For Online Businesses Here’s how DMARC is an essential tool for online businesses to protect against rising email threats. Online businesses rely heavily on email communication for various purposes, from customer interactions to marketing campaigns. However, this increased reliance on emails…
