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Just 17% of domains with DMARC are actually protected. Here’s why

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) usage continues to grow. About 80% of all email inboxes worldwide support DMARC,…

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Building the future of internet email with ARC

Email authentication — and the trustworthiness of Internet email in general — took a huge leap forward this month with…

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The importance of empathy in technology

In effective product development, science and a rigorous adherence to data are primary. But science and rigor are just two…

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A step-by-step guide to getting DMARC done right [Infographic]

If implementing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC is on your list, then you also probably know that enforcement is the goal — and…

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Using sender identity to stop phishing and trust your email again

When it comes to defense against the dark arts of phishing, Valimail thinks a little differently than everyone else. Our…

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Why OKRs are not just another TLA

Many companies use OKRs (objectives and key results) as a way to measure individual, team, and company performance.  There are as many…

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Why you need DMARC — even if you have SPF and an SEG

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) is a fairly new internet standard and to some, it’s not quite clear where…

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DMARC tags explained: What you need to know [Infographic]

We’ve talked about the only three tags you really need to successfully deploy a DMARC record, but what about the other seven?…

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Introducing Valimail Defend: A definitive defense against untrusted emailing domains

Valimail Defend blocks untrusted-domain attacks like this one. This month, Valimail announced;the general availability of our third major email protection…

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Five more myths of email authentication

As I wrote in my last blog post, email is a legacy technology with a lot of accumulated “technical debt” and…

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Five myths of email authentication

Email is one of the most vulnerable points in an enterprise’s cyber defenses. Multiple studies (from Proofpoint, Verizon, and others)…

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Global fight against fake email intensifies

Fake email is at the heart of cybersecurity risk — yet many companies are still not using well documented and…

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We’re celebrating Data Privacy Day with zero PII

In support of Data Privacy Day, I’d like to share Valimail’s position on personally identifiable information (PII). Our products, unlike many…

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Fake email leads the list of cybercrimes to watch out for this holiday

Everyone knows Black Friday is the hottest day of the year for shopping, but not many realize that it’s popular…

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Solving a problem that affects literally billions of people: fake email

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Email is far from dead. In fact, it’s bigger than ever.

Lots of pundits have been talking about the “death of email,” but let’s get real. Email keeps growing, and we…

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Is that email real or fake? Survey shows most can’t tell the difference

Lots of pundits have been talking about the “death of email,” but let’s get real. Email keeps growing, and we…

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How to prevent payroll diversion scams

Don’t let payroll scams phish your paycheck away! Business email compromise (BEC) comes in many varieties. You’ve probably heard about BEC…

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Federal compliance with email authentication directive continues to grow

The deadline for compliance is past, but the number of federal domains protecting themselves against email impersonation continues to grow.…

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Trust but verify: Untangling the web of third-party senders & DMARC

DMARC presents a host of hurdles for companies implementing it themselves. If you can navigate the first step of the…

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What’s your industry’s email fraud protection rate?

Valimail regularly queries many millions of domains for the presence of published DMARC and SPF records, and performs detailed analysis on any records that…

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Secure Email Gateways and email authentication: Why you need both (infographic)

Many companies already use a Secure Email Gateway (SEG) as a bulwark against the ever-increasing waves of email-based phishing and…

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How to implement multifactor authentication across multiple environments in AWS

As an email authentication company, we maintain the highest security standards, and maintaining a bulletproof infrastructure is extremely important. One…

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$12.5 billion: The cost of email impersonation (and that’s just the tip of the iceberg)

Email impersonation is in the news again. On Friday, the news hit that the Department of Justice had indicted 12…

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How DMARC can facilitate GDPR compliance

By now, you’ve undoubtedly read a lot of stories about how one technology or another is going to provide a…

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With $25M funding round, Valimail is ready to authenticate the world’s communications

It feels like only yesterday my co-founder Peter and I started the journey that has led us to our latest…

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Introducing the Valimail platform

Get ready for the next generation of email authentication. Today, we are announcing the Valimail Identity-Driven Email Anti-impersonation (IDEA)™ platform. This…

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U.S. senators remain vulnerable to email fraud

Trend Micro has found evidence that a Russian hacking group is attempting to break into the U.S. Senate’s email systems,…

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Why credit companies and the IRS won’t send you email

Love it or hate it, email is the most ubiquitous channel for communication ever invented (apart from the telephone), reaching…

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Mailsploit is “virtually unstoppable”? Not even close

News stories are popping up about Mailsploit, a supposed email spoofing technique that is “virtually unstoppable,” according to its creator.…