OryxLabs releases pioneering ‘State of the Nation – Email Authentication in the UAE’ report

OryxLabs releases pioneering ‘State of the Nation – Email Authentication in the UAE’ report

- The calculation of the final EADS was based on data drawn from over one million domains utilizing the .AE extension, with 134,000 domain names used for email exchanges in the UAE being selected for in-depth analysis

- Email-based atacks are one of the most popular attack vectors leveraged by cyber criminals and hence email security is of paramount importance

- Report provides recommendations on how companies can enhance their email security

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: OryxLabs, a leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) cybersecurity firm providing Internet-scale platforms for monitoring and protection, has published a report that assigns an Email Authentication Deployment Score (EADS) at a national level in the UAE for the first time. This rating is based on actual network data that was collected, processed, and analyzed to give an accurate, on-the-ground account of the state of email authentication in the country.

The research paper, titled State of the Nation – Email Authentication in the UAE, is based on data drawn from over one million domains utilizing the .AE extension. From that set, 134,000 domain names used for email exchanges in the UAE were selected for further analysis. The report utilized over 4 million Domain Name System (DNS) queries with more