Category: Email

Cybersecurity

The role of DMARC in email security 

Red Sift

We’ll admit it, we’re pretty nerdy for email security and are passionate about ensuring your organization is protected from harmful cyber attacks and bad actors. You’ll often hear us talk about Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Compliance (DMARC) because…it’s kind of a big deal. Yet, as Antony Seedhouse highlighted at the recent e-Crimes &…

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Mail Check: Navigating the new changes

Jack Lilley

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently proposed updates to its Mail Check coming into effect on 24 March 2025. As the service evolves to focus on accessibility and scalability, some of the features that UK public sector organisations relied on will no longer be available, including DMARC aggregate reporting. To help make sense…

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BreakSPF: How to mitigate the attack

Red Sift

BreakSPF is a newly identified attack framework that exploits misconfigurations in the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) a widely used email authentication protocol. A common misconfiguration involves overly permissive IP ranges, where SPF records allow large blocks of IP addresses to send emails on behalf of a domain. These ranges often include shared infrastructures like…

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Navigating G-Cloud 14 for DMARC solutions: A guide for former NCSC Mail…

Francesca Rünger-Field

With the NCSC discontinuing key features of its Mail Check service, including DMARC aggregate and TLS reporting, after March 2025, UK public sector organisations must prepare for this change by transitioning to alternative email security solutions. To support this shift, Red Sift is offering an extended free trial of its DMARC application, OnDMARC, providing…

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Mail Check is changing: What UK public sector organisations must know about…

Jack Lilley

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has suggested a change to Mail Check services starting on 24 March 2025. This change mainly involves ending DMARC aggregate reporting. This change comes as a measure to expand the services provided by Mail Check to any UK based organisation, while also limiting the cost and complexity of…

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Beyond DMARC: How Red Sift OnDMARC supports comprehensive DNS hygiene

Red Sift

Registrable domains and DNS play a crucial role in establishing online identity and trust, but their importance is often taken for granted. During new service setups, record updates are often overlooked, accumulating outdated entries. As infrastructure teams become increasingly overstretched,  services may be incorrectly shut down without proper cleanup, leaving behind a sprawl of…

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