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Top 5 DMARC Deployment Mistakes

Top 5 DMARC Deployment Mistakes

With phishing exploits at an all-time high, there’s growing awareness of how DMARC can help protect domains and make email more trustworthy. It’s no secret that enacting DMARC can be a complex and intimidating process. DMARC project teams often enter uncharted territory and make mistakes as they deploy the DNS-based... Read more »

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DMARC Reporters Who Skip the DKIM Selectors

DMARC Reporters Who Skip the DKIM Selectors

With the DMARC technical standard, the importance for reporters to include DKIM selectors in their reports cannot be minimized. DMARC aggregate reporting is high level and includes all the information you would expect is important and sometimes necessary to identify who sent the original email. The DKIM selector is vital... Read more »

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DMARC in 2020 – A Look Forward

DMARC in 2020 – A Look Forward

The end of the year offers a chance to pause and reflect on what 2020 may have in store. dmarcian’s General Manager of the Americas, Ed Carroll, shares his predictions for DMARC in 2020. The end of the year can sometimes seem like an arbitrary mark on the calendar, but... Read more »

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DMARC and Email Deliverability

DMARC and Email Deliverability

As DMARC has grown to become an email authentication best practice and industry standard for phishing prevention, there’s little question that it affects deliverability.

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How to Handle Your Parked Domains

How to Handle Your Parked Domains

It’s easy to overlook parked domains—ones that are retired or not in use—when it comes to email security. After all, these domains are typically inactive and aren’t (or shouldn’t be) configured to send email. But don’t overlook them; failure to protect them with an enforced DMARC policy provides unique opportunities... Read more »

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RUF – What is it Good for?

RUF – What is it Good for?

There are two types of DMARC reporting—aggregate (RUA) and forensic (RUF). The decline in RUF began in late 2015 and early 2016, motivated by privacy concerns.

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Herding Cats: Cybersecurity Challenges with a Contractual Workforce

Herding Cats: Cybersecurity Challenges with a Contractual Workforce

Deploying cybersecurity measures across an independent-minded workforce can be a bit like herding cats. dmarcian Senior Account Specialist Vincent Walstra talks about his experiences with this kind of business structure and the advantages that DMARC can bring. There are specific types of businesses that face unique challenges when it comes... Read more »

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The Intersection of Marketing and Domain Security

The Intersection of Marketing and Domain Security

dmarcian Marketing Director John Bowers tells a cautionary tale and speaks to the need for marketing departments to coordinate efforts with their organization’s IT department. The marketing and domain-security crossroad has become a treacherous place. Less than six months after helping my teenage son set up an account at a major... Read more »

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Working Remotely: Four Insights

Working Remotely: Four Insights

Working remotely is increasingly becoming an option for employees, with forty percent more employers offering flexible workplace options than they did five years ago in the U.S. alone. dmarcian Deployment Consultant Fred Bianchi talks about his experience transitioning to a Remote-First environment. After spending most of my career working in... Read more »

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Three Steps for Basic BEC Defense

Three Steps for Basic BEC Defense

Business Email Compromise attacks hurt. Here’s how to deal. Weaponized fake emails are fooling businesses around the globe. When combined with easy access to information from business-facing social networks, BEC attacks now indiscriminately target everyone—from the smallest shops to the largest organizations in the world. The following three steps will... Read more »

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