Government Leads Major Industries In Email Security

NextGov: The federal government is now using anti-phishing security on its emails at a higher rate than any major industry sector, according to a report released Thursday.

The study from the email security firm ValiMail comes roughly six months after the Homeland Security Department mandated the email security tool called DMARC for all federal agencies.

As of the first quarter of 2018, 68 percent of federal government email domains had the tool installed compared with only 50 percent of tech sector domains, 36 percent of bank domains, and 26 percent of health care sector domains.

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