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.”
But wha… Read More
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.
We assume that you already know what BIMI (brand indicators for message identification) is and want to learn more about the technical of how to create a BIMI record for your domain name system.
Knowing this, we’ll cover the detailed steps you must complete in order to set up a BIMI record. Click this link to jump straight to the 3 steps.
Otherwise, there are a few quick last-minute housekeeping items… Read More
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
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
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
In one word? Yes. Requirement 11.3.4.1 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) does mandate penetration testing — but not for everyone. In this article, we’ll discuss penetration testing and who is required by PCI DSS to perform it.
PCI DSS penetration testing a method for finding internal and external vulnerabilities on a network. This differs … Read More
Perhaps the most oft-misunderstood Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirement is number 11: the vulnerability scanning requirement. Requirement 11 is all about scanning — what to scan, when to scan, how to scan, and whom to report the scan results to. Fun stuff like that. And knowing where to find an approved scanning vendor is a huge part of that.
Fortunately, there’s an ea… Read More
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) mandates that all organizations, regardless of size or level, must perform quarterly ASV scans.
What does all of this mean? It entails:
All of this can be a considerable headache if you don… Read More
