Certera – Modern Certificate Authority and PKI Solution Provider announced the launch of BIMI Verified Mark Certificates (VMC) and Common Mark Certificates (CMC) tailored to organizations & individuals to ward off email spoofing, phishing attacks and provide that extra level of trust and confidence with customers.

Email is still the major weapon in a computer criminal's arsenal. Recent security reports show that attacks are increasingly targeting businesses, with more than 70% of the increase each year, with some losses coming from phishing for email addresses and others from business email compromise (BEC). Business organizations encounter serious issues with the following risks: authenticity of legitimate text messages and prevention of lookalike domain attacks. Certera's innovative BIMI Mark Certificates directly tackle these threats by allowing customers to verify their brand at the inbox level visually.

About Certera
Certera is a trusted vendor of digital trust certificates and solutions--including PKI infrastructure, SSL/TLS certificates, code and email security. Having worked on various aspects of certificate lifecycle management, DMARC authentication, and email security frameworks, Certera specializes in email security and brand protection. It caters to businesses in all sectors, letting them create trust among customers while avoiding credential breaches using cutting-edge authentication solutions.

About Verified Mark Certificate (VMC)
VMC is the gold standard in email authentication and gives organizations the ability to have trademarked brand logos clearly displayed directly in the BIMI-compliant email inbox. When VMCs align with DMARC, SPF, and DKIM and add visual brand verification, it's an effective way to stop the confusion and limit attacks on users by phishing. Legitimate messages are instantly recognized, and this establishes an extra trust level not offered by the traditional email header.

Link: https://certera.com/mark-certificates/digicert-verified-mark-certificate

VMC Key Features:
● For email platforms supported by BIMI, brands will have the option to place a logo in the inbox.
● Eliminates deception and impersonation attacks on lookalike domain names
● Needs full DMARC enforcement (p=reject) for the highest level of security
● Enables business-wide deployments for multiple brands and subsidiaries
● Works with the big email services (Gmail, Yahoo, Fastmail, etc.)

About Common Mark Certificate (CMC)
CMCs offer extended protection of BIMI to organizations that are in the process of strengthening their DMARC posture to allow for phase-by-phase implementation of BIMI protection. CMCs offer businesses intermediate protection until they're ready to implement a full DMARC policy without having to implement p=reject policies, thereby making email security easier at all levels of maturity. No Trademark Required to get CMC.

Link: https://certera.com/mark-certificates/digicert-common-mark-certificate

CMC Key Features:
● Sending email that does not comply with SPF and DKIM policies and allowing them to pass anyway. Allowing emails to pass through that are not SPF compliant and not DKIM compliant.
● Helps to make sure the email content is gradually forced to be authentic
● Helps minimize the surface for spoofing on new businesses
● Does not disrupt the current email infrastructure.
● Reduced risk of implementation compared to VMC requirements

Improve your Email Authentication and Brand Visibility
Any organization that is prepared to take another step towards securing email interaction and protecting their brand is encouraged to reach out to Certera to determine their readiness and requirements for DMARC and certificate. Certera's email security experts offer recommendations on deployment schedule, DNS settings and more. Learn more from Certera's website or by reaching out to the sales team for a BIMI certification assessment and start safeguarding customer trust today.

Certera is a trusted vendor of digital trust certificates and solutions--including PKI infrastructure, SSL/TLS certificates, automation solutions, code and email security, document signing, and BIMI Mark Certificates.
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