San Mateo, Calif.-based cybersecurity firm Agari's research revealed federal domain adoption of DMARC, an email authentication, policy, and reporting protocol, increased 13 points in 30 days, ahead of the DHS deadline.

The study, "U.S. Federal Government DMARC Adoption," disclosed an increase from 34% on November 18, 2017 to 47% on December 18, 2017. This increase of 151 domains shows rapid adoption of DMARC, a critical email authentication standard, ahead of the initial, January 15, 2018, deadline for the Department of Homeland Security Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 18-01.

Here's a few of the highlights:

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  • Thirty-one percent have deployed DMARC as p=none (the monitor only mode), compared to 20% on November 18.
  • Sixteen percent deployed DMARC to quarantine or reject unauthenticated email, compared to 14% on November 18.
  • More than 20 federal agencies have achieved 100% DMARC adoption across their domains.

Agari will present its research at a Federal Breakfast Workshop on January 18, 2018, where DHS Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Jeanette Manfra will provide keynote remarks.

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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.).