The DMARC risk vector determines whether domains have a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) policy or not and evaluates how effective it is at ensuring only verified senders are able to use this domain for email.
DMARC authenticates that the sender of an email is legitimately authorized to send email on a company’s behalf, providing a measure of protection against spoofing.
This risk vector is non-graded. It is assigned an N/A grade.
See data collection methods or the criteria for classifying findings as DMARC.
Risks
See Bitsight Blog, “Domain (in)security: the state of DMARC” to learn more about DMARC and why it is important.
Grading
See how the DMARC risk vector is graded.
| Concept | Behavior |
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| Lifetime | Duration: 60 Days |
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A default risk vector grade is assigned. |
Default: |
| Weight | Percentage (out of 70.5% in Diligence): This risk vector does not currently affect security ratings. |
Remediation
Resources
Finding Behavior
| Concept | Behavior |
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The Bitsight platform regularly checks for new observations. Bitsight findings are updated as these observations change, e.g., newly observed Diligence findings or an existing finding was remediated. |
Automated Scan Duration: 30 Days User-Requested Refresh Duration: 3 Days |
| Remediated | Existing bad findings are end-dated and a new finding reflecting remediation is created. |
- April 23, 2024: Linked to guide for setting a DMARC policy; Linked to Bitsight Blog on the importance of DMARC.
- April 16, 2024: Linked to finding considerations.
- March 25, 2024: “No findings/low findings” changed to “insufficient data.”
Feedback
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Is it planned that the Risk Vector will affect security ratings in the future?
What percentage of the overall grade will this new Risk Vector account for? What will be the impact on companies scores? What is the date that this grade will start counting toward overall scores? Does this measure SPF or only DMARC?
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