The Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is an email authentication technology that is used to prevent phishing attempts. It enables your organization to select who is authorized to send email on your domain's behalf. This is useful because, in a typical phishing attack, the threat actor spoofs the sender address to make it appear to be| Progist Knowlegde Base -
DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM is an email authentication technique that allows the receiver to check that an email was indeed sent and authorized by the owner of that domain It uses asymmetric cryptography mechanism to add digital signature to the header of your outbound emails , allowing you to sign your email with your| Progist Knowlegde Base -
DMARC’s alignment feature prevents spoofing of the “header from” address by: Matching the “header from” domain name with the “envelope from” domain name used during an SPF check, and Matching the “header from” domain name with the “d= domain name” in the DKIM signature. To pass DMARC, a message must pass SPF authentication and SPF| Progist Knowlegde Base -
Remember that October 2023 bombshell announcement by Google and Yahoo? Their stricter security standards for senders, taking effect February 1st, 2024, sent ripples through the marketing world. If you haven't addressed them yet, fear not! This blog serves as your one-stop guide to navigating the new terrain and ensuring your email marketing thrives. The Stakes| Progist Blogs | ProDMARC | ProPHISH
It is a well-known fact that in order to commit fraud, cyber criminals impersonate trusted contacts. 70% of all email fraud is directly sent from a domain name that does not fit the one in the email header. This approach is based on the fact that email clients do not immediately verify if the domain| Progist Blogs | ProDMARC | ProPHISH
DKIM stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail and is used for the authentication of an email that is being sent. It is an email security standard designed to make sure messages are not altered in transit between the sending and recipient servers. It uses public-key cryptography to sign email with a private key as it leaves| Progist Blogs | ProDMARC | ProPHISH
SPF or Sender Policy Framework is a protocol used to detect and then block the spammers from sending malicious emails from the organization’s domain. In layman’s terms, cybercriminals cannot misuse a company’s domain for their vested interest. HOW DOES SPF RESTRICT SPOOFING? SPF, an email authentication protocol gives the company authority to decide who can| Progist Blogs | ProDMARC | ProPHISH