Security News > 2020 > August > Airline DMARC Policies Lag, Opening Flyers to Email Fraud

More than half of global airlines do not have DMARC policies in place, opening their customers up to email fraud attacks, a new report found.

"Overall, major global carriers are failing to implement adequate email protection - leaving themselves open to phishing, impersonation attacks and other unauthorized use of corporate domains. This is despite email remaining the number one threat vector for cybercriminals," according to Adenike Cosgrove with Proofpoint in a Tuesday report.

Threatpost independently confirmed that several top airlines have varying levels of DMARC policies implemented.

Out of the 47 airlines from the Americas region 89 percent are not blocking fraudulent emails from reaching customers with the highest level of DMARC protections, while 42 percent have no DMARC record in place.

The study of airline's DMARC policies come as adoption of the email security protocol is actually ticking upwards, with the number of domains deploying DMARC records surpassing 1 million in the last two years - a 2.5 times greater total than in 2018.

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