What is DMARC Compliance?

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Introduction
DMARC compliance refers to the process of sending emails from domains that have DMARC implemented and configured. An email can only be determined to be DMARC compliant if it complies with the SPF and/or DKIM email authentication protocols. DMARC compliance determines whether emails sent from an established domain are authorized. (Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance) provides email receivers and domain owners with the ability to take policy-based actions against fraudulent emails.

With the right approach, cyber attacks such as email spoofing can be prevented. These measures may include depositing emails into the recipient's spam folder for further review or even rejecting them outright. A confirmed that 91% of data breaches in the world today are caused by phishing attacks. DMARC compliance proactively improves email deliverability. It helps businesses phone number data
prevent cybercriminals from abusing their email domains. Domain abuse allows attackers to send fraudulent or phishing emails. These emails are sent to your employees, partners, and customers! Therefore, DMARC compliance acts as a layer of protection to maintain your confidence and reputation in the market.
Benefits of Achieving DMARC Compliance
Here are some of the key benefits of achieving DMARC compliance: 1. **Reduce the risk of spoofing and phishing attacks**: DMARC complaint emails minimize the risk of spoofing and phishing attacks. 2. **Protect your domain from impersonation**: Compliance protects your domain from impersonation. 3. **Cost savings**: Businesses can save up to $302,000 per year by implementing DMARC. 4. **Improve deliverability**: Compliant emails are more likely to land in your customers’ inboxes than non-compliant emails. 5. **Enhance recipient trust**: More and more email providers are making DMARC compliance mandatory for email senders. 6. **Meet regulatory requirements**: The PCI Security Standards Council has made DMARC a mandatory requirement for version 4 compliance.
III. Prerequisites for DMARC Compliance
While opting in for DMARC compliance is effective in preventing direct domain name spoofing, it’s not always effective. DMARC doesn’t address issues like lookalike domains, display name spoofing, newly registered domains, and “Reply-to” mismatches. In this case, using multiple layers of defense to prevent email data breaches is effective.
Steps to achieve DMARC compliance
To send DMARC compliant emails and pass deliverability checks easily, follow these steps: 1. **Sign up for PowerDMARC**: Access your dashboard. 2. **Create records**: Use the setup wizard to create records step by step. 3. **Publish records**: Copy the TXT record to publish in DNS with the help of your domain registrar. 4. **Create DMARC records**: Create DMARC records using the setup wizard. 5. **Select a policy**: Select a DMARC compliance policy. 6. **Publish records**: Publish the created record in DNS to activate the protocol.
5. Advantages of PowerDMARC
PowerDMARC is a comprehensive DMARC-based verification tool that provides powerful capabilities for your organization. It integrates SPF and DKIM records to make your domain DMARC-compliant, ensuring email security. The service also extends further to DMARC monitoring, reporting, and domain security features. Let us walk you through its benefits: 1. **SaaS-based multi-layered email security approach**: PowerDMARC's SaaS-based multi-layered email security approach includes DMARC analysis tools. 2. **Multiple protocols**: We provide multiple protocols that go beyond the scope of DMARC. 3. **Language versions**: Our platform also supports 11 different language versions to be inclusive. 4. **Enhanced security**: We enhance your email security and ensure that all emails sent under your domain name are authentic. 5. **Real-time monitoring**: Real-time monitoring of DMARC compliance is achieved in an organized and comprehensive dashboard. 6. **Highlighted threats**: The top 5 IP addresses that pose the greatest threat to your email domain are also highlighted. 7. **Receive Reports**: PowerDMARC enables you to receive aggregated and encrypted forensic RUF reports. 8. **Threat Intelligence**: AI-driven threat intelligence maps and visualizes the geographic locations of domain abusers and their history of abuse, while sending customized email alerts to your address to help you stay informed of every incident or attack on your domain. 9. **SPF Issues**: Don’t let SPF issues get in the way of your compliance journey. Managed SPF eliminates “permerrors” with advanced SPF macro integration to keep your SPF records within the 10 DNS query limit.
VI. Conclusion
In this article, we outline the practical strategies we implement in real time to help our customers achieve DMARC compliance.