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Email Security Best Practices 2019
Learn how to defend your organization against phishing attacks.
A digital signature is a way for individuals and organizations to know whether something can be trusted. Digital signatures bring digital trust into the fold by providing authenticity and integrity to everything, from PDF invoices from vendors and emails from colleagues to the software apps you install onto your computer and the connections that secure them.
All of this brings to mind the question: … Read More
Learn what causes this PDF-related error in Adobe Acrobat and Reader and how to fix it
Since you’re here reading this article, I’ll assume that you’ve received an error informing you that “at least one signature is invalid” in a PDF in Adobe Acrobat (which looks like this):
Image caption: A screenshot of the PDF signature error in Adobe Acrobat, which states that “at least one signature is invalid.”… Read More
Yes, you can implement BIMI without a VMC — here’s how you can (and why to reconsider)
The term brand indicators for message identity (BIMI) refers to an email authentication standard that allows you to display your company’s brand logo in recipients’ inboxes and emails.
Because BIMI isn’t dependent on having a Mark Certificate such as a VMC or a Common Mark Certificate (CMC), you can implement BIMI … Read More
Brand indicators for message identification (BIMI) is an email authentication standard that allows businesses and other organizations to display their brands’ logos in the sender field of outbound emails. Using a BIMI DNS record is a great way to prove the authenticity of your marketing and outreach messages while building trust that your emails haven’t been compromised after you hit “send.”
Wondering how to implement BIMI? It’s not just about knowing how to create a BIMI record on your domain — there’s more to the process. And those steps occur in a specific order.
If you’re looking for a quick-hit overview, check out the table below. Otherwise, keep reading or click on a link in the table below to jump to the specific BIMI implementation step you want to review.
Having a brand Indicators for message identification (BIMI) record doesn’t do you any good if it isn’t properly configured and set on your domain name system (DNS). This is why it’s crucial to check your BIMI records and logo after adding the required resources to your domain.
Ready to check BIMI to ensure you’re good to go to start displaying your logo in the email sender field? We’ve put together … Read More
We’ll examine BIMI certificate costs by looking at Common and Verified Mark Certificate pricing to understand the bang you get for your buck…
A Verified Mark Certificate is a digital certificate that allows you to display your company’s trademarked or government-claimed mark logo in the email sender field. This is great both in terms of increasing the brand recognition and email open rates of… Read More
Spoiler Alert: You can’t get a free Verified Mark Certificate (VMC) or Common Mark Certificate (CMC) due to the manual validation that’s required.
Mark certificates are key to displaying your brand’s logo upfront in recipients’ inboxes and in the sender field of emails on Gmail, Yahoo, Apple Mail, and other major email clients. But a Common or Verified Mark Certificate isn’t something yo… Read More