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> On Jun 18, 2014, at 18:06, Steven M Jones via dmarc-discuss > <dmarc-discuss@dmarc.org> wrote: > >> On 06/18/2014 05:32 AM, Solomon, Dianne B via dmarc-discuss wrote: >> I learned this week that two of the major players in enterprise email >> security – Proofpoint and IronMail – do not support DMARC. Said one vendor >> to me, “I understand your inbound use case for DMARC, we just don’t hear it >> very often.” > > BofA has been their customer since 2005, and has been asking for inbound > DMARC support from Proofpoint literally for years now. Of course it took them > so long to get DKIM support working properly, I suppose I shouldn't be > surprised... > > Anyway - yes, making sure your vendors hear these requests is useful. > > >> So adoption is growing – meaning more and more companies are putting the >> authentication tools in place to protect consumers through ISPs, but in the >> B2B email space, it is virtually ignored. > > I do think DMARC has a useful role to play in the B2B space, but there's > usually a more urgent case for deploying it in business-to-consumer > scenarios. If you're looking for the low hanging fruit, getting your B2C > mailstreams into shape for a "p=quarantine" or "p=reject" probably wins. If > you have the resources and management support to pursue both in parallel, > great. If you have to prioritize, I'd recommend B2C first. > > That said, on the B2B side I always come back to an example from some years > back where a large networking vendor was attacked by phishers impersonating > their HR & benefits provider. It mirrors the B2C case, the consumers just > happen to be employees, and it's a compelling reason to be looking for > receiver-side DMARC from your vendors. > > >> Businesses rely on spam filters, and technologies like Proofpoint’s TAP, >> both of limited use against spearphishing and other targeted attack vectors. > > I believe there are some announcements expected shortly, and both Symantec > and Halon are already offering it as a cloud filtering service. (I think > I'm forgetting another service...) > > --Steve. > > _______________________________________________ > dmarc-discuss mailing list > dmarc-discuss@dmarc.org > http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss > > NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well terms > (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html)
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