75 Percent Increase in Sender ID Framework Adoption in the Last Three Months
The following analysis is based on more than 10 million real-world e-mail messages sent during the month of October to companies worldwide that use IronMail. The new study shows that corporations are steadily adopting Sender ID, with 23 additional Fortune 1000 companies publishing SPF records since CipherTrust last reported on the deployment of the e-mail authentication standard in August, representing an increase of nearly 75 percent in three months.
 
This progress is critical as e-mail authentication provides an effective means of stopping Internet Protocol (IP) spoofing, a technique used by criminals to fraudulently use registered domain names and execute phishing attempts that lure e-mail recipients into providing personal information.
According to Craig Spiezle, director of Microsoft Safety Technology and Strategy team, "This adoption of the Sender ID Framework and the publishing of SPF records is a testament to the broad industry and business commitment to e-mail authentication. E-mail authentication today is critical to reassuring consumers’ online confidence while protecting the brand and reputation of businesses.”
The new research demonstrates that Sender ID remains successful in identifying fraudulent e-mails that utilize IP spoofing, and for building reputation and accreditation services. In fact, the recent increase in the adoption of Sender ID has increased the number of spam messages blocked by checking SPF records by 230% since June of this year. Additionally, while some have raised concern around spammers publishing their own SPF records, a major benefit of that is the enhancement of enforcement and investigative efforts by having the ability to verify the identity of the sender.
CipherTrust and other industry and business leaders, including Amazon, eBay, Microsoft, EarthLink and Bank of America, together sent a letter to the FTC urging continued support of e-mail authentication and Sender ID. The letter demonstrates widespread industry support of Sender ID as a first step in e-mail authentication and issued a call to action for all businesses and e-mail senders to adopt the Sender ID Framework and publish their SPF records today. For additional information on how to review and implement these e-mail authentication alternatives, please visit www.truste.org/authentication.
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