CYBERWAR/DHS: “The Trump administration on Monday [10-16-17] will order federal agencies to adopt common email security standards in an effort to better protect against hackers, a senior Department of Homeland Security official said.
DHS Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra, speaking at an event in New York, said the agency would issue a binding directive to require implementation of two cyber security measures, known as DMARC and STARTTLS, intended to guard against email spoofing and phishing attacks…
DMARC, or domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance, is a decade-old popular technical standard that helps detect and block email impersonation, such as when a hacker might try to pose as a government official or agency.
STARTTLS is a form of encryption technology that protects email traveling between servers, making it more difficult for a third-party to intercept.
Civilian agencies will have 90 days to implement the new security measures, Manfra said.”
-Dustin Volz, “Trump administration imposing new email security protocols for agencies,” Reuters, Oct. 16, 2017 07:17am