In 2022, the Securing Government Services team at the Central Digital and Data Office came across an interesting problem with SPF. The team found a small bug with how UK government domains’ administrators managed the Sender Policy Framework or SPF records. SPF is an email authentication protocol that ensures only emails sent from trusted and…
Businesses outsource many tasks to third-party vendors, and if they send emails on your behalf, it’s important you make them a part of your SPF record. Otherwise, the situation will lead to email deliverability issues, which may go unnoticed for a long time, hampering communication, productivity, and operations at multiple levels. Also, ensure the team…
Tech experts say that AI won’t replace humans any time soon. This is true. However, AI is empowering humans to automate easy and voluminous tasks, allowing them to utilize their time and focus on something more concrete to their cybersecurity strategies. AI tools are being widely used in the cybersecurity field for filtering out large…
Email deliverability is one of the most pertinent struggles that most organizations struggle with. The hardest part about this is getting to the root cause of your emails not landing in the recipient’s inbox. Among all the reasons that impact your email deliverability, “550 5.7.0 Email Rejected Per SPF Policy” stands out as a significant…
Digitization is both a boon and a bane. With the rapid advancements in the technological sphere, there has been a steep rise in spiteful activities. The same holds true for positive ones as well. On the other hand, one cannot ignore the key role played by emails, especially in the day-to-day work arena. Email is…
Gmail sometimes guesses the SPF status of senders lacking an SPF record published in their domain’s DNS. This so-called ‘best guess’ can harm genuine communications or let a spam email pass through; thus, it’s better to shield your domain with SPF so that Gmail doesn’t have to assume authenticity. Let’s give it a closer look….
Starting the blog on a good note- the second quarter of 2023 celebrated a record low of only 34% of victims paying off to ransomware attackers. This decline is due to the propagation of cybersecurity practices, which encouraged companies to educate their employees on red signs and invest in adequate tools and software. Now, to…
Sender Policy Framework or SPF improves the sender’s reputation and email delivery in addition to keeping phishing and spoofing attacks at bay. However, the intricacies involved in creating and managing an SPF record can cause many instances of SPF failures. These issues should be identified, addressed, and fixed at the earliest to avoid downtime and…
Shopify is an e-commerce platform based out of Canada, and if you have an online store listed on it, then adding SPF and DKIM records is important. This ensures no unauthorized entity sends spoofed emails on your behalf to fool recipients into sharing personal and financial details. You can test your email address by sending…
GoDaddy is a popular hosting provider that offers easy-to-follow instructions on adding SPF and DKIM DNS records to stay abreast of phishing and spoofing attacks attempted to tarnish your company’s name. These DNS records help recipients’ servers to verify the authenticity of senders to categorize emails as legitimate and illegitimate. Generally, the changes made in…
