Security News > 2020 > March > Nearly 1 Million Domains Use DMARC, but Only 13% Prevent Email Spoofing
2020-03-05 19:10
Nearly one million domains use DMARC, but only 13% of them are configured to actually prevent email spoofing, according to a report published this week by anti-phishing solutions provider Valimail.
DMARC is an email authentication, policy, and reporting protocol designed to detect and prevent email spoofing.
Valimail says a total of 933,000 domains had published DMARC records in January 2020, up from 784,000 domains in July 2019.
The company says a majority of the nearly one million domains with DMARC records belong to small organizations or individuals.
Valimail's analysis found that nearly 52% of the primary domains of billion-dollar publicly traded companies have DMARC records, but only 23% actually prevent email spoofing.