San Mateo, Calif.-based cybersecurity firm Agari's research revealed an anxiety stemming from phishing's growing threat and the slow adoption of the email authentication standard called domain-based message authentication reporting and conformance.
The research, "Agari Global DMARC Adoption Report: Open Season for Phishers," revealed 92% of U.S. Fortune 500 companies have left their customers, partners and brand names vulnerable to domain name spoofing, one of the most common digital deception attack vectors.
"It is unconscionable that only eight percent of the Fortune 500, and even fewer government organizations, are protecting the public against domain name spoofing," Patrick Peterson, founder and executive chairman, Agari, said "Phishing and other forms of digital deception are preventable, and the first step is for our largest companies and organizations to deploy DMARC, a highly-effective open standard."
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
