How Federal Agencies Can Use FortiMail to Comply with BOD-18-01

On October 16th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to have all federal agencies revamp their email security protocol. The Binding Operational Directive (BOD-18-01) will require all federal agencies to deploy STARTTLS, Secure Policy Framework (SPF), Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) within three months of the directive’s announcement. While having these email security features enabled is generally considered to be a cybersecurity best practice, many federal organizations do not currently have them in place. In fact, data shows that 82 percent of federal organizations do not use the DMARC protocol.

https://blog.fortinet.com/2017/10/30/how-federal-agencies-can-use-fortimail-to-comply-with-bod-18-01