Authentication

Feature Article

Combating Phishing and Fraud with DMARC

At the end of January, 15 leading technology ecommerce, and financial services companies jointly announced DMARC.org, a working group focusing on developing standards for reducing the threat of deceptive emails. The DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) specification standardizes how email receivers perform email authentication using well-known authentication (SPF and DKIM) and mass-scale, real-time sharing of global domain intelligence and policy enforcement.

Published March 28, 2012

Department of Homeland Security Selects Online Trust Alliance to Provide Training

by Stephanie Jordan

This month the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) announced it has been awarded a contract to offer training on email authentication for all U.S government agencies and organizations.

Email Accountability: A Vision Worth Pursuing?

by Dave Lewis—CMO; Message Systems

Plain talk about our commitment to safe and secure messaging in email

Trust Takes Time and Dedication to Build, But Only A Second to Collapse

by Craig Spiezle -- Executive Director & Founder; Online Trust Alliance

2011 is being heralded as the “year of the breach”. Combined with the rise of fraudulent business activities and uncertainty of the U.S. economy, recent studies indicate trust in email, advertising...

Eye on Messaging

Cyber Attacks and Safeguarding the Internet

by Stephanie Jordan

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently stated that we might be able to keep our shoes on while going through airport security checkpoints in the near future. It seems there is...

Central American Bank Expanding Entrust IdentityGuard Platform for Layered Security with Mobile Capabilities -- Real World Solutions for Mobile Security

by Messaging News staff

The Challenge Grupo Financiero Ficohsa, founded in 1994 and based in Honduras, is taking a proactive stance in securing customer identities by expanding their strong authentication solution to...

Osterman Research

Making Authentication Easier and More Secure

by Michael Osterman

One of the fundamental tensions in providing access to any system is finding the right balance of security and accessibility: A system needs to be sufficiently difficult to access in order to...

Two New Email Security Features to Combat Rising Tide of Targeted Attacks: Cisco IronPort Outbreak Filters and Business Class Email

by Stephanie Jordan

In “Who Will Be Next Victim in Breach and Hacks? Nintendo Joins List Including Google, RSA Security, PBS, Lockheed Martin, Sony” I reviewed a few of the many breaches reported in 2011,...

National Internet Safety (and Security?) Month, MAAWG, and Passwords

by Stephanie Jordan

The United States Senate passed a resolution in 2006 stating that June is National Internet Safety Month, the idea is to prompt Internet safety discussions between parents and kids—but why not...

Osterman Research

Making Passwords Easier to Remember and More Secure

by Michael Osterman

I had the privilege of attending a couple of sessions at the MAAWG (Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group) conference in San Francisco yesterday. The keynote was given by Dr. Marcus Jakobsson, principal...