Department of Homeland Security Selects Online Trust Alliance to Provide Training

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 authentication is the front line defense for the escalating levels of spear phishing targeting government agencies and businesses, which is undermining the trust and confidence of online services,” says Craig Spiezle, executive director and president of the Online Trust Alliance. “This program, supported by the White House, will help stem the tide of malicious and deceptive email.”

OTA has created a curriculum that is being delivered through the CERT Program at the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for online delivery to federal employees. OTA believes the training will allow federal employees to better protect agencies, employees and U.S. citizens.

Email authentication is a key defensive cybersecurity tool for the public and private sector to aid in the detection of malicious and deceptive email. Notes Spiezle: “This is a great example of the public and private sector working together to help increase end-to-end trust of our nation’s critical infrastructure.”