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Certificates

How expired certificates can cause service downtime and financial losses

Jan 21, 20263 min readIvan Ristic

Certificate expiry outages cost enterprises up to $5 million per incident and take hours to resolve. This post covers the financial impact and how to prevent them.

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Compliance

UK Cyber Action Plan sets the standard that private businesses must match

Jan 16, 20263 min readRahul Powar

The UK Government's £210M Cyber Action Plan raises the bar for public sector resilience. CEO Rahul Powar argues private businesses must now mirror this approach.

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Certificates

Cryptographic discovery requires deep infrastructure expertise and big data

Jan 13, 20264 min readIvan Ristic

Ivan Ristic explains how building a cryptographic discovery platform requires combining deep network infrastructure knowledge with large-scale monitoring of domains, DNS, and certificates.

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Certificates

Certificate Lifecycle Management needs a dedicated monitoring platform

Jan 13, 20265 min readIvan Ristic

CLM tools manage issuance and renewal, but dedicated monitoring platforms provide the real-time discovery and Certificate Transparency visibility that enterprises actually need.

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Certificates

Certificate Transparency should be the key aspect of your cryptographic discovery strategy

Jan 13, 20264 min readIvan Ristic

Certificate Transparency logs provide real-time visibility into every certificate issued for your domains. This post explains why CT should anchor your cryptographic discovery strategy.

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Certificates

Towards monthly certificate renewal

Jan 13, 20268 min readIvan Ristic

Certificate lifetimes are shrinking to 47 days by 2029. This post explains why shorter lifetimes improve security and why automation is now essential for renewal.

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Product Updates

Introducing Red Sift Radar Lite: AI-powered security analysis for everyone

Jan 12, 20265 min readFrancesca Rünger-Field

Radar Lite is a free AI-powered tool that evaluates your domain's email authentication, DNS, and website security, then benchmarks your posture against industry peers.

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Email Security

Microsoft backs DMARC as protection against Tycoon 2FA phishing surge

Jan 8, 20266 min readJack Lilley

Attackers are using Tycoon 2FA kits to send phishing emails from misconfigured servers. Microsoft now recommends strict DMARC enforcement as the primary defense.

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DMARC

52% of US insurance brokers remain vulnerable to email spoofing

Jan 5, 20264 min readJack Lilley

52% of the top 50 US insurance brokers have no effective DMARC protection, leaving them vulnerable to spoofing and phishing in an industry built on client trust.

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Brand Protection

How brand monitoring could have prevented the $400,000 Costco lobster heist

Dec 31, 20254 min readJack Lilley

Criminals stole $400,000 of lobster by spoofing a trucking company's email domain with a single added dash. Real-time brand monitoring would have caught it immediately.

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DMARC

What is DMARC and how does it work effectively?

Dec 10, 20258 min readJack Lilley

DMARC protects domains from unauthorized email by aligning SPF and DKIM results with the visible From address. This guide covers how it works and how to deploy it effectively.

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Compliance

Red Sift on G-Cloud 14: Your trusted partner for the NCSC Web Check transition

Dec 8, 20255 min readJack Lilley

NCSC discontinued Web Check on March 31, 2026. Red Sift ASM on G-Cloud 14 provides comprehensive attack surface management as the successor for UK public sector organizations.

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Email Security

IETF calls for end of ARC experiment: What it means for email authentication

Dec 3, 20256 min readJack Lilley

The IETF recommends marking ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) as obsolete after a 10-year experiment. This post explains the implications for email forwarding and authentication.

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Product Updates

Red Sift OnDMARC Tops G2's Winter Rankings to Close Out 2025

Dec 3, 20252 min readFrancesca Rünger-Field

Red Sift OnDMARC finished 2025 at the top of G2's Winter rankings. Here's what we ranked for and how the year shaped up across the platform.

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DMARC

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: the three protocols protecting your inbox (and why you need all of them)

Dec 1, 20255 min readJack Lilley

SPF and DKIM alone can't prevent spoofing because they check different headers. This guide explains how DMARC ties them together to close the gap.

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DMARC

Finding the right DMARC monitoring tool: A practical guide for security teams

Dec 1, 20255 min readJack Lilley

A practical guide for choosing the right DMARC monitoring tool based on your organization's maturity — from basic reporting needs to full enterprise enforcement.

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DNS

4 free tools for quick email security testing

Dec 1, 20254 min readJack Lilley

Four free tools from Red Sift to audit your email authentication in minutes: Investigate for DMARC, SPF Checker, BIMI Checker, and Blacklist Checker.

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Email Security

DMARC, DKIM, SPF & BIMI: 5-minute playbook for Security and Marketing

Dec 1, 20253 min readJack Lilley

A quick-reference playbook for security and marketing teams covering SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and BIMI — what each does, why all four matter, and how to implement them.

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DMARC

How to simplify DMARC, SPF, and DKIM management

Dec 1, 20253 min readJack Lilley

Managing email authentication is complex — SPF lookup limits, DKIM key rotation, configuration drift. This post shows how OnDMARC simplifies the path to full enforcement.

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DMARC

Best enterprise DMARC solution: Red Sift OnDMARC

Nov 27, 20255 min readJack Lilley

Red Sift OnDMARC unifies DMARC, SPF, DKIM, BIMI, and MTA-STS management in one platform, with the fastest enforcement timeline and dynamic DNS optimization for enterprise environments.

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