Proper implementation of DMARC

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Proper implementation of DMARC

For Bhagwat Swaroop, executive vice president and general manager for email security at Proofpoint, use of the DMARC protocols is a matter of maintaining trust ...

Tom Temin

November 3, 2017 4:41 pm

2 min read

For Bhagwat Swaroop, executive vice president and general manager for email security at Proofpoint, use of the DMARC protocols is a matter of maintaining trust within an organization, among agencies, and between agencies and external constituents.

He points out that when properly implemented, DMARC not only alerts of, and can be configured to reject, email from inauthentic sources. It can also alert the using agency when its own domain is being spoofed.

That’s why he says he’s “personally really excited to read about the binding operational directive” from Homeland Security for agencies to start planning to use DMARC. “As the leading email security vendor we believe everybody should authenticate it.”

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Bhagwat Swaroop, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Email Security, Proofpoint

Bhagwat Swaroop leads Proofpoint’s industry-leading email security business unit. His global team delivers advanced email security, targeted attack protection, information protection and business continuity solutions to protect organizations worldwide. With more than 20 years of leadership success during tenures with Intel, McKinsey & Company, NetApp and Symantec, Mr. Swaroop excels in strategy, product development, go-to-market excellence and building high performance teams. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Mr. Swaroop served as vice president of Global Solutions, Product Management and Product Marketing at Symantec. He brings a deep understanding of the enterprise security landscape, technology ecosystem and cloud-driven business models to his role. Mr. Swaroop holds multiple degrees including a B.E. in instrumentation and control from Delhi Institute of Technology, a M.S. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.