Chinese providers fueling growth of DMARC email security standard
More than three-quarters of the world’s email inboxes are secured against spammers and scammers with DMARC — a set of technical protocols designed to prevent the spoofing of email addresses, according to figures released Tuesday. That’s a big rise from fewer than two-thirds in 2015 — growth driven in large part by the adoption of DMARC by Chinese email and internet providers, according to Dylan Tweney, head of communications at ValiMail, which compiled the figures. “More than 2 billion more inboxes are protected by DMARC” than in 2015, he told CyberScoop, adding “maybe a half to two-thirds” of that growth was down to adoption by large Chinese providers, including NetEase and Tencent. “We are approaching a tipping point for … herd immunity” from phishing and spam, Tweney said, borrowing a concept from immunology. “The more recipients implement DMARC, the more valuable it becomes for senders to adopt.” DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, is a […]
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