Gmail Deploys Support BIMI Security Standard

Google has rolled out support for the new Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard to all Gmail users as part of an effort to improve email-sender authenticity. From a report: The new standard is hard to comprehend for non-technical users, but it basically allows companies that have implemented email security standards like DMARC, DKIM, and SPF for their email domains to show "authenticated logos" inside email clients. Since all these security protocols rely on digital certificates and advanced cryptography, the verified logos will only appear for a company's real email domain and not for spoofed emails sent by scammers or cybercrime groups.

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