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BIMI
BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification) is a framework for displaying brand logos in supporting inboxes when email authentication requirements are met.
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Email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), messaging apps, SMS/RCS, SIM swap, and caller-ID spoofing concepts.
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Messaging, Email and Telecom
BIMI Certificate
A BIMI certificate (often a Verified Mark Certificate in supporting ecosystems) is a credential used to authorize logo display under BIMI policies.
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DMARC Aggregate Report
A DMARC aggregate report is a periodic XML summary from receivers describing authentication results for a domain’s mail.
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Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance
DMARC is an email policy layer that tells receivers how to handle messages failing SPF/DKIM alignment and how to report results.
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DomainKeys Identified Mail
DomainKeys Identified Mail is an email authentication method that uses cryptographic signatures to verify a message was authorized by a domain.
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Email Authentication
Email authentication is the set of technical checks—commonly SPF, DKIM, and DMARC—used to validate domain alignment of messages.
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Email Header Analysis
Email header analysis is inspecting Received, Authentication-Results, and related fields to understand routing and spoofing signals.
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MX Record
An MX record is a DNS resource record that specifies mail servers responsible for accepting email for a domain.
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Port-Out Fraud
Port-out fraud is unauthorized transfer of a phone number to another carrier to seize control of the number.
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Robocall
A robocall is an automated phone call that delivers a prerecorded or text-to-speech message, sometimes illegally spoofed.
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Sender Policy Framework
Sender Policy Framework is an email authentication standard that lets a domain publish which servers may send mail using its name.
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SIM Swap
A SIM swap is moving a phone number to a new SIM or eSIM—legitimately or fraudulently—to intercept calls and SMS codes.
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STIR/SHAKEN
STIR/SHAKEN is a caller-ID authentication framework intended to reduce illegal robocall spoofing on telephone networks.
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