DMARC Compliance Lacking in 28 Percent of .Gov Agencies
Despite a looming deadline, over a quarter of federal agencies are still not using basic email security tools. ` Continue reading DMARC Compliance Lacking in 28 Percent of .Gov Agencies
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Few U.S. hospitals secure their email against phishing, Global Cyber Alliance says
Fewer than one-third of the largest 98 public and private hospitals in the United States secure their email against phishing and spamming, according to data released Thursday. The Global Cyber Alliance said that of the 50 largest public hospitals, only six employed Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, or DMARC — an email authentication policy and reporting protocol developed a decade ago, originally by PayPal. Of the 48 biggest for-profit hospitals, only 22 used DMARC. The figures led GCA to describe U.S. health care providers’ email security as being in “critical condition.” The alliance also notes that, according to the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigative Report, 66 percent of malware installed on healthcare providers’ IT networks was delivered via email attachment — something normally done using a spoofed email address. DMARC helps prevent phishing and other email spoofing attacks, when an email is made to look as if it comes from a company, […]
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