NextGov.com | By: Joseph Marks | October 16, 2017:
The Homeland Security Department plans to issue a binding directive Monday requiring agencies to implement a slew of new email security protections.
The directive will give agencies three months to implement a tool called DMARC that helps prevent hackers from spoofing an email’s sender, Assistant Secretary Jeanette Manfra said during a Global Cyber Alliance event in New York.
Agencies must also implement a separate email protection tool called STARTTLS, Manfra said.
The new requirement will help citizens “trust their online engagements with all levels of the federal government,” Manfra said in a statement.
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