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Obstacles along the Path to Wider DMARC Adoption

Obstacles along the Path to Wider DMARC Adoption

As a mission-driven company, dmarcian is dedicated to improving and securing the entire world’s email by making DMARC accessible to all. We are interested in the pathways people take to learn about and adopt domain security measures, along with any obstacles they encounter along the way. DMARC as Best Practice... Read more »

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What is a DMARC Record?

What is a DMARC Record?

As a mission-driven company, dmarcian is focused on spreading the adoption of DMARC. Because of this, we interface with a wide range of people with varying degrees of knowledge. We thought we’d take a step back and take a look at something fundamental: What is a DMARC record? A DMARC... Read more »

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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 is easy to overlook parked domains (also referred to as inactive domains) when it comes to email security. After all, these domains are typically inactive and in some cases not even configured to send email. However, they shouldn’t be overlooked. Failure to take proper precautions protecting inactive domains provides... 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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