How to Test and Improve Your Domain’s Email Security?

No matter which type of business you are in, whether small,
medium, or large, email has become an irrefutable tool for
communicating with your employees, partners, and customers.

Emails are sent and received each day in bulk by companies from
various sources. In addition, organizations may also employ
third-party vendors who may be authorized to send emails on behalf
of the company. As a result, it becomes increasingly difficult to
distinguish between sources that are legitimate and malicious.

Here’s a solution – PowerDMARC. This SaaS platform helps you
assess your email authentication^[1]
protocols from time to time and see if your domain is secure
against spoofing with a DMARC record checker, so you can make
changes if necessary.

Check Your Domain
Today!^[2]
Use our free tool to examine your domain’s DMARC, SPF, DKIM, BIMI,
and MTA-STS records instantly to ensure your domain is protected
from impersonation and email fraud!

Importance of Having Robust Email Security in 2021

Security researchers from around the world have recently
concluded in their findings that :

• 62% of all cyberattacks in 2021 have been email-based so
  far.
• Email fraud attacks have increased by 220% over the past two
  years, the numbers escalating after the onset of the global
  pandemic and adoption of remote working environments
• The FBI’s IC3 Report of 2020 has flagged Business Email
  Compromise (BEC) to be the most financially damaging cybercrime of
  2020
• The IRS has recently spread the word of caution against
  impending phishing attacks on educational institutions

The damage caused by phishing attacks leads to billions of
dollars in losses every year, as well as the compromise of
sensitive company information and health information. This data
gives a clearer picture of the organizational domain security
situation under the current circumstances.

This is why it is crucial for your domain to evaluate its email
security where it stands and what measures you will need to take to
improve it.

How to Check If Your Domain Is Protected?

The first step towards improving the email security of your
domain is to assess how properly it is secured against security
breaches, email fraud, BEC, and spoofing. Use the PowerDMARC domain
record checker tool free of charge to check and test your domain’s
DMARC, SPF, DKIM, BIMI, MTA-STS, and TLS-RPT records. This helps
you check instantly whether your website is secure against online
fraud. Domain security scores give you a snapshot of your
protection against impersonation and spoofing.

If your domain has a lower rating, it may be due to poor email
security infrastructure and insufficient or incorrect email
authentication protocols, both of which can damage your domain’s
reputation and credibility.

A high score means that your domain has the best protection
against all types of attacks and attempts at impersonation. Setting
up security protocols and reporting mechanisms correctly for your
domain can have the following benefits:

• Chances of falling prey to BEC, domain spoofing, and phishing
  attacks are minimized
• You gain full control of your domain’s email ecosystem
• Experience a boost in your brand reputation, credibility and
  authenticity
• Experience a boost in email deliverability by almost 10% over
  time
• Reduced chances of your legitimate emails being marked as
  spam

Therefore, you must strive to get the highest possible domain
security ranking so that your business domain is adequately
protected and your emails are secure again. Learn how to boost your
domain security rating by following the domain security rate
guide.

Enhance Your Domain’s Email Security with PowerDMARC

Configuring authentication protocols is a complex and arduous
task that requires you to navigate the complexities of protocol
implementation, configuration, and finally enforcement to ensure
that your configuration is correct. PowerDMARC, however, is your
multi-tenant SaaS platform to help you configure your
authentication protocols quickly. It takes care of most of the
implementation chores behind the scenes and automates the
process.

When you sign up with the DMARC analyzer^[3], you can improve your
domain security and get a better rating on the free domain checker.
It helps you:

• Implement DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with error-free syntax with just
  a few clicks
• Gain access to your personal dashboard to gain complete
  visibility on your DMARC authentication results
• Implement an extensive reporting mechanism that constantly
  monitors your domain for abuse and impersonation
• Stay under the 10 DNS lookup limit at all times with dynamic
  SPF flattening
• Make TLS encryption mandatory in SMTP and get notified on
  issues in email delivery with MTA-STS and SMTP TLS
  Reporting^[4], respectively
• Make your brand visually identifiable in customer inboxes and
  boost the impact of your email marketing campaigns with BIMI^[5].

PowerdMARC services for small, medium and large enterprises help
you attain the exact level of security that you wish to leverage
for your domain so that the next time you check your domain
security rating, you get an impressive score!