Compliance Specialists protect the smallest U.S. businesses. Specializing in True Small Business Data Security. We protect a small business the right way with the security technology required to thwart Internet Criminals and to obey all the Data Security & Privacy Laws that apply to your business. Here is what three federal announcements on October 13, 2026 mean for any business that hires a virtual assistant, and the decisions that protect your business before the assistant’s first day.

It seems every business expo has offers for virtual assistants. Similar offers arrive in my email. The assistants live and work in Central and South America, Africa, the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Those offers come from staffing agencies, businesses that find virtual assistants and place them with clients. These are real businesses, offering real people who do real work. In this article, the term “virtual assistant” does not mean the AI assistant software built into phones and computers. It means a real person working for your business from somewhere else. You might see your virtual assistant on a video call, but you might never meet them in person. Many small business owners have hired one. More will.

This is not a warning against hiring a virtual assistant.

This is a warning about protecting your business before their first day. Protecting begins by controlling what your assistant receives from the start, like:

• the passwords to your email account or to your social media accounts,
• access to your client files, and
• the ability to work in your accounting software.

Early protection considers where those passwords might end up.

Every Task Comes With Access

All of your assistant’s work arrives over the internet. Think about what you would ask them to do. Answer email. Post on social media. Send invoices. Book appointments.

Now think about what each of those tasks requires. To answer your email, the assistant has to get into your email. To post for you, they need your social media accounts. To send invoices, they need your accounting software. Every task you hand over comes with access to part of your business.

And all of the work your assistant does happens on a computer you have never seen, in a location you have never visited, thousands of miles away.

Heed The Warning: Three Federal Announcements on One Day!

On October 13, 2026, three federal announcements came out on the same day about workers who get hired into remote jobs — done entirely over the internet.

The first announcement was a warning from the FBI.¹ North Korean workers are using stolen identities to get hired by American employers. The workers apply using the stolen name and the background of a real person. That person has no idea it is happening.

The second announcement came from Texas. Federal agents searched more than 40 homes and seized 187 laptops. Each laptop had been mailed by an employer to a worker it thought it had hired. Instead, the laptops sat switched on in those Texas homes, and the actual workers from overseas used the laptops. The FBI calls these homes “laptop farms” and says each seized laptop “potentially represents one company that has hired a DPRK IT worker.”² DPRK means the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.

The third announcement came from Ohio. A federal grand jury indicted 14 people. The government charges that people in the United States helped North Korean workers get hired into remote technology jobs, in some cases “subcontracting entire jobs to third-party foreign nationals.”³ In plain terms, a business decided to hire one person to work remotely, then a different person was actually doing the work. In the government’s words, the scheme “impacted more than 70 U.S. company employers.” Those employers included health care, communications, retail and manufacturing businesses.

Those cases were about computer technology jobs, not virtual assistants. However, they raise the same question for any business that hires a person without physically meeting them. Is the person you decided to hire actually the person doing your business’ work?

“The Staffing Agency Checks Them”

Most owners have an answer ready. “The staffing agency checks them.”

That is a reasonable answer. The FBI’s warning shows why it does not settle the question. The workers it describes pay Americans to sit their job interviews and their identity checks for them. They also hand off the work to other people. The FBI’s words are that they “subcontract employment-related remote labor to third-party freelancers.”¹ In plain terms, the person you hired hands off your work to another person.

Your new hire passes their interview. Their ID check also passes. And yet, the person doing your work is not the person you hired.

From your desk, you have no way to tell whether the person typing is the person you hired. That is not a charge against any staffing agency. Distance hides who is at the keyboard.

Who the assistant is really matters, and we will come back to why. First, let’s talk about early protection, the part the business must control correctly: what access the assistant is given.

Count What Left the Business

Here is a setup many owners would recognize. The assistant uses their own laptop, wherever they work. The owner sends over the password to the business email. The same password opens the social media accounts, because that was easiest. The owner shares a screen for an hour to get the accounting software working.

Now count what left the business that day. The passwords to the email, the social media and the accounting software are now on a computer the business does not own. Every email the assistant opens, and every file they download, is saved on the assistant’s laptop too. And if the arrangement ends, the owner has to remember every password that was shared, and still has no way to know who else has them now.

And if the assistant only posts on social media, they still post as the business. Every message they send carries the business’ name, to every customer who reads it.

That setup is the fastest way to get a helpful person working. However, it is not secure. Every password, email and file the assistant was given now sits on the assistant’s laptop, where the business does not see it and does not protect it. Protecting your business the right way requires a designated person to review the setup before the assistant starts. That is mission critical for your business’ security and for compliance with all the Data Security & Privacy Laws that apply to your business.

The Duty Stays With the Business

The data belongs to your business. That means customer data, financial data, intellectual property data, all data. The duty to protect it belongs to your business too, no matter who is doing the work or where they are.

For some businesses, federal law spells this out. If your business prepares taxes, keeps books or arranges loans, your business must obey the Federal Trade Commission’s Safeguards Rule.⁴ Its definition of an authorized user is “any employee, contractor, agent, customer, or other person” allowed into your systems. A virtual assistant is on that list.

The rule then states two requirements for each of those people. The business must “limit authorized users’ access only to customer information that they need to perform their duties and functions.” In plain terms, each person accesses only what their job needs. And the business must put the same protections in a written contract with any outside provider. The rule excuses some smaller businesses from parts of it. That applies to businesses holding information on fewer than 5,000 consumers. The rule’s two requirements still apply to them.

The setup above fails both. The assistant accesses everything the owner’s password accesses, and the business does not see what is on the assistant’s laptop.

If this rule does not cover your business, the Data Security & Privacy Laws that apply to your business still do. Your customers trust you with their information. Protecting it is your business’ duty, wherever the work is done.

What the Business Owns and Decides

Vulnerability Awareness, Element 1 of the 19 Essential Elements in True Small Business Data Security, starts with seeing the risk to the whole business. The risk here is not the assistant. It is everything the business gave away to get the assistant started.

There is a way to set this up that protects your business the right way, and it starts with ownership.

The business owns the work, so the work stays on a computer the business controls. One way is to provide a virtual computer, a computer that lives online, and require the assistant to use it. The assistant signs in to it from wherever they work. Nothing is shipped, so there is no laptop to end up in a laptop farm. The virtual computer stays under the business’ control the whole time, and the work and the files never land on the assistant’s own laptop.

The business owns every account. Every password is kept in a password manager the business controls, and the assistant is required to use it. The assistant gets their own sign-in, never the owner’s. The business decides what that sign-in accesses.

The business also decides where that sign-in comes from. The question is: “Where are you?” When you hire an assistant who lives in one country, the business allows sign-ins to that account only from that country, where its systems support it. A sign-in from anywhere else is blocked, and the attempt is recorded. If the work is handed off to another person somewhere else, the business has a record of it instead of never knowing.

A location limit does not prove who is typing. So the next question is who is watching the work. If you hire through a staffing agency, ask whether it gives the assistant a manager in the same country, close enough to oversee the work day to day. That matters most when you pay by the hour. An hourly bill is a claim about who worked and for how long. A manager on the ground is the person who confirms it.

A U.S. office is not the same as oversight. Ask who manages the assistant day to day, and where that manager sits.

Some owners skip the staffing agency and hire an assistant directly. It costs less, and the reason is plain: there is no manager on the ground. When I spoke with a representative of a staffing agency in the Philippines, they described what that manager does. The manager keeps the assistant on task and accountable to the client. The manager is also a second contact for the client if the assistant goes missing or is out sick. Hire directly, and every one of those jobs comes back to you, from thousands of miles away. Everything else in this section matters more, not less.

The business also puts one rule in writing: the assistant does the work personally. The FBI found North Korean workers handing off their work, but it does not take a scheme. Any assistant is able to hand off part of the job to another person and still deliver on time. The work arrives, the bill is paid, and the business never learns who did it, or who has now seen its information. The agreement with the staffing agency says the work is not handed off, and the manager on the ground is there to see that it is not.

Plan the Last Day First

Last, the business plans the assistant’s last day before their first one. Every arrangement ends sometime. On that day the business has to remove every sign-in, lock every account and get back every file. It is only able to do that if it knows exactly what was given.

So the exit plan comes first, and it shapes the first day. If an account is not on the list, it is not handed out. The exit plan and the start plan are the same list, read in two directions.

Each of those decisions protects your business. Each is made before the assistant starts, by a designated person, and written down.

Summary Action Checklist: The First Day and the Last Day

Each action gets two dates. On the first day, work from the top down. On the last day, work from the bottom up.

☐ Designated person: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Written agreement: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Email: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Password manager: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Virtual computer: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Sign-in location: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Social media: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Accounting software: First day ________ / Last day ________

☐ Client files: First day ________ / Last day ________

Every action on this checklist gets a date, because protecting your business starts with knowing when each decision was made, and who made it. We will send you the fillable, printable PDF.

Compliance Specialists does not place virtual assistants, and we do not recommend one staffing agency over another. Whether you hire through an agency or directly is your decision. Protecting your business while you do it is ours. Our Solid Foundation Compliance Programs are built to make the decisions in this article with you, before the assistant starts, and to keep your business protected as the work changes. We run the same program on our own business first. The Data Security & Privacy Laws apply to the smallest businesses too, and those businesses deserve protection built for their size.

If your virtual assistant left tomorrow, which accounts would you need to lock, and who in your business holds that list?

Protecting You to Grow

Let’s look at what your virtual assistant accesses today, and build your dated First Day and Last Day checklist together.

Book your 30-minute review

Sources

1. FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, Alert I-101326-PSA, North Korean IT Workers Expanding Use of Facilitators, Broadening Recruitment, October 13, 2026. https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA261013

2. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas, Operation Lonestar Roundup Dismantles North Korean IT Worker Network, October 13, 2026. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/operation-lonestar-roundup-dismantles-north-korean-it-worker-network-used-penetrate-us

3. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio, 14 Indicted in North Korean Remote IT Worker Conspiracy Affecting More Than 70 U.S. Companies, October 13, 2026. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/14-indicted-north-korean-remote-it-worker-conspiracy-affecting-more-70-us-companies

4. Federal Trade Commission, Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, 16 CFR Part 314, §§ 314.2(a), 314.4(c)(1) and (f), 314.6. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-314

A Login That Looked Fine — Until We Looked Closer

A client’s offshore tax consultant logged in from Puerto Rico yesterday.

The first security system — Conditional Access (CA) — approved it right away. The client uses an offshore tax consultant based in Puerto Rico. International access was already authorized for that user. Green light.

But our second security layer flagged it anyway. Why? Three reasons: it was international, it was a first-time login from that specific location, and the system wanted one more check before clearing it completely.

We investigated. It was legitimate. Crisis averted. The consultant was an authorized offshore resource — already known to the client. Everything was fine.

Most small business owners would never know that check happened. That is exactly the point.

Why One Layer of Protection Is Not Enough

Most standard security setups stop at one check. Green light means green light. Done.

That makes sense on the surface. But here is the problem.

A stolen credential from an Internet Criminal looks identical to a legitimate offshore consultant.

The only difference is verification.

Internet Criminals — the organized groups that break into small business systems — know exactly how to use a stolen username and password. They log in quietly. They look just like you.

If your security only checks policy — and not patterns — you will never know the difference.

True Small Business Data Security Has Layers — Here Is How That Works

True Small Business Data Security is built in layers — because no single tool can catch everything.

Think of it like a bank vault. There is a lock on the front door. There is a guard inside. There is a camera watching the hallway. One lock is not enough — because locks can be bypassed.

Your business data works the same way.

At Compliance Specialists, we run Endpoint Detection and Response alongside your Conditional Access policies. Endpoint Detection and Response watches your computers and login activity for unusual patterns. Think of it as a second set of eyes that never blinks: it does not just check whether a login follows the rules — it checks whether the behavior behind that login makes sense.

One catches policy violations. The other catches unusual behavior patterns. That is what security experts call defense in depth — using multiple layers so that if one misses something, the next one catches it. No single tool handles everything alone.

With Compliance Specialists, you have two systems talking to each other. Both are skeptical. Both verify. That is the difference between hoping you are protected and knowing you are.

This is what True Small Business Data Security looks like in practice. Not just technology — active monitoring, pattern recognition, and a human being who investigates before assuming everything is fine.

If you want to know exactly what is protecting your business — and whether there are gaps — reach out to Compliance Specialists. Our commitment is simple: keep you protected, keep you in compliance with all data security and privacy laws related to your business, and make sure you never face a business-killing event alone.

That is our commitment to your protection and compliance — and that is what True Small Business Data Security looks like.

Stop Giving Your AI Agent Automation Tools Full Access to Everything

It’s A Simple Security Rule Every Small Business Owner Must Follow Before Connecting Any AI Agent Automation Tool

Something important changes the moment you allow an AI Agent Automation Tool to start doing things on its own.

Not just answering questions. Acting. Reading your email. Writing responses. Logging into your CRM. Moving files. Sending messages. Running in the background while you sleep.

That is where we are today. AI Agent Automation Tools — programs that operate without you clicking a single button — are now being promoted to small businesses as time-saving productivity solutions.

They are powerful. They are also a serious security problem if you set them up the wrong way.

Here is what most vendors are not telling you.

The Risk No One Explains (But Internet Criminals Know!)

When you connect an AI Agent Automation Tool to your email, your client files, or your business software, you are granting that tool permission to act on your behalf.

The tool does not know the difference between a legitimate instruction and a malicious one. It simply executes.

Internet Criminals know this. A technique called prompt injection — hiding malicious instructions inside an email, a document, or a web page — hijacks an AI Agent Automation Tool and redirects it to do exactly what the attacker wants. Steal your data. Send a file. Forward login credentials to an outside server.

The tool you trusted to save you time becomes the tool that exposes your business data.

This is not a theoretical risk. It is an active and documented attack method¹, and small businesses using AI Agent Automation Tools without proper containment are the most exposed.

¹ MITRE ATLAS, AML.T0051.001 — LLM Prompt Injection (Indirect). atlas.mitre.org/techniques/AML.T0051.001

The Four-Layer Containment Model

At Compliance Specialists, we call this building a “digital airlock.” Before any AI Agent Automation Tool connects to your business, four containment layers are put in place to protect you.

Layer 1 — Separate Identity

The trap: Running AI Agent Automation Tools under your everyday login — the same account where your tax documents, client files, and personal data live.

The fix: We create a completely separate user account on your computer dedicated solely to automation.

If that account is ever compromised, the damage stays contained inside that account — a walled-off space with no access to your sensitive data.

Your primary account remains untouched.

Layer 2 — Browser Containment

The trap: Letting an AI Agent Automation Tool run inside a browser that is already logged into your bank, your Google account, or your client portal.

The fix: We make the automation run inside a clean browser profile that is not connected to any of your personal accounts.

We layer Atakama secure browser protection on top of that — decentralized encryption and precise administrative control over what the browser profile is permitted to execute.

Layer 3 — Gated File Access

The trap: Giving an AI Agent Automation Tool read and write access to your entire hard drive.

The fix: We give the tool access to exactly one “handoff” folder. Nothing more.

If you want the AI Agent Automation Tool to process a file, you place that file in the handoff folder manually.

When it finishes, the output appears in that same folder.

Your business data, customer records, and sensitive documents never enter the equation.

Layer 4 — Hardware-Locked Identity

The trap: Assuming a username and password is enough to protect the automated account.

Internet Criminals steal active login sessions — taking over an account without ever needing the password.

The fix: We use identity management tools — like Microsoft Entra ID, which controls who can securely log in and from where — to lock the automation account to your specific hardware.

If Internet Criminals steal the login session for that account, it does them no good.

The credentials stop working the moment someone tries to use them from a different machine or an unapproved location.

This is one of the layers most small business owners feel unqualified to manage by themselves — and exactly why they need a service like ours handling it for them.

One More Layer: Keep Each Tool in Its Lane

The four layers above protect you when a single AI Agent Automation Tool goes wrong.

But there is a bigger mistake worth avoiding before you even get there.

Most AI Agent Automation Tools will ask you for full access — to your email, your files, your calendar, your contacts. All at once. One permission screen. One click.

That single click feels like a security decision, but it is not.

It is a convenience decision — and it undoes everything the four layers above were built to protect.

A smarter approach: Use each AI Agent Automation Tool for the specific job, limiting its permissions to only what the job actually requires.

Then build a handoff between tools instead of giving any single tool the keys to everything.

Here is what that looks like in practice.

One tool reads your incoming information and produces a summary.

You review that summary.

You decide what happens next.

You pass the approved output to the next tool, which handles the next step.

No single tool ever holds complete access to your business.

The human review step is not a limitation.

It is the review point that enables you to explain to the auditor what you allowed.

It means you know what your tools did.

You reviewed it.

You approved it.

That’s not inefficiency — that is control.

Some tools even build in these limits by design.

A tool is permitted to read your email but not send it.

To create a new document but not modify an existing one.

Those defaults exist for a reason.

Overriding them with full-access permissions because it is faster is how your small business ends up with a problem it cannot explain and cannot undo.

The goal is not to use fewer tools.

It is to make sure no single tool can take down everything at once if it is compromised.

Why This Matters for Your Business

Every small business runs on data.

Customer names, orders, contracts, employee records, vendor accounts.

That information powers everything you do.

Losing control of your data, even briefly, costs you customers, money, and the reputation you spent years building.

AI Agent Automation Tools are not going away.

Used correctly, they save time and improve your service.

“Correctly” means contained, controlled, tested, and layered — not just convenient.

The rule is simple:

Before you plan to connect any AI Agent Automation Tool to your email, your files, or your client software, plan for containment and control.

What should this tool access?

What happens if it goes wrong?

You are responsible.

Set up containment first.

Connect the tool second.

What Compliance Specialists Does

We install and manage these containment layers for every client.

You do not need to become an expert at data containment or data security technologies yourself.

We use the right kinds of security technology so that businesses are protected the right way, providing all 19 Essential Elements of True Small Business Data Security.

What does True Small Business Data Security look like in practice?

Multiple layers of protection stacked where the risk actually lives, so that the moment your AI Agent Automation Tool starts acting on its own, your business is still the one in control.

Contact Compliance Specialists today with your questions about how your business is using AI Agent Automation Tools.

Schedule a few minutes on our calendar and we will walk through it with you.

Why?

You use a password to log into your email every day. You might even have a really strong password with numbers and symbols. That’s great for keeping you safe when you check your email.

But here’s the problem: Your password is not stopping Internet Criminals from pretending to be you.

The Problem?: Internet Criminals Fake Your Email Address

An Internet Criminal is sending an email to your customer.                                   

The fake email says it’s from you! It has your company name. It looks exactly like your regular emails. Your customer thinks it’s real.

But it’s not from you. An Internet Criminal sent it, and they’re trying to steal money or information from your customer!

This is called email spoofing, and it happens every single day to small businesses across the country.

The worst part? Your customer doesn’t know it’s fake. They think you sent them a bill asking for payment to a different bank account. Or you sent them a link to click. Or you asked them to share their password.

When Internet Criminals fake your emails, it hurts your business in two big ways:

• Your customers lose trust in you
• Your real emails might get blocked or sent to spam

Your Password Can’t Stop This

Your email password only protects you from getting into your email account. It’s like the lock on your front door—it keeps strangers out of your house.

But email spoofing is different. Internet Criminals don’t need your password. They don’t break into your email account at all. Instead, they just write “From: yourbusiness@yourcompany.com” on their fake email, and it looks real to everyone who receives it.

Think of it this way: Anyone can write a fake return address on a letter and mail it. The Post Office will deliver it even though it’s not really from you. Email works the same way—unless you add special protection.

The Solution: DMARC Email Authentication

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) was developed by a consortium of industry leaders to standardize how email senders and receivers prevent email spoofing.

Published as an industry standard in 2015, DMARC is a security standard that verifies to any computer that receives an email saying it is from you that the email   is truly from you.

When your business uses the DMARC standard to verify its emails, you are telling all the email platforms (like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook), “Here’s how to test if an email really came from my business. If an email fails the test, do not deliver it.”

DMARC counters email spoofing—it prevents Internet Criminals’ fake emails from being delivered in your name. 

Why This Matters Right Now!!

Email platforms like Google and Yahoo started requiring DMARC verification in 2024. If your business does not yet use the DMARC standard to verify its emails, here’s what happens:

• Your real emails go to spam folders or are blocked instead of being delivered to the intended recipient’s inbox
  Example: Google’s bounce errors include phrasing like “Unauthenticated email from [domain] is not accepted due to DMARC policy” or “5.7.26 Unauthenticated email… due to domain’s DMARC policy.” 

• Internet Criminals keep using your name to scam people
• Your emails are not delivered, because they are not verified as real (by the DMARC security system), and your customers do not know that you are emailing them 

When your business uses the DMARC security standard properly set up:

• Your emails are delivered to your intended recipient’s inbox (not blocked or sent to spam)
• Internet Criminals’ email spoofing attempts pretending to be you are blocked, because those emails are not verifiable by DMARC. 
• Your customers know to trust your verified emails
• Your business looks professionally secure

Real Examples of What Happens Without DMARC Protection

Example 1: The Fake Invoice

An Internet Criminal sends an email to your customer(s). The email looks like it came from your billing department. It says: “Please pay this invoice to our new bank account.” Your customer(s) sends money to the criminal’s bank account, thinking they are paying you. 

Example 2: The Blocked Proposal

You send an important proposal to a potential client. Because you don’t have DMARC, their email system cannot verify it to the DMARC standard and does not deliver it. Your potential client never sees it.  This does not make a very good first impression.  

Example 3: The Data Theft

An Internet Criminal sends an email to employees pretending to be the boss. It says: “I need you to send me the customer list right away.” An employee sends the file. Now the criminal has all your customer information to sell or use for more scams.

All three of these example problems are solved when your business uses the DMARC security standard to verify its emails.

How Compliance Specialists Sets Up DMARC for you. (The Simple Version)

You don’t have to be a computer expert to get DMARC protection. Here’s how it works:

1. We identify all the real ways your business sends email (your email program, your website forms, your customer management system, etc.)
2. We set up DMARC to watch your email and learn what’s normal
3. We gradually turn up the protection level
4. We monitor reports to make sure everything works correctly
5. Once everything is confirmed, we turn on full protection that blocks fake emails

This process usually takes a few weeks, and we do it carefully, so your real emails keep working the whole time.

The Difference Between Your Password and DMARC Protection

Let’s make this crystal clear:

Your Email Password	DMARC Protection
Protects your email account from being broken into	Protects your email address from being faked
Stops anyone else from reading your email	Stops Internet Criminals from pretending to be you
Something you need to log in	Something that runs automatically in the background
Important for keeping your account safe	Important for keeping your business reputation safe

Table 1: Key differences between password security and DMARC authentication

You need both. Your password keeps your account secure. DMARC keeps your reputation secure.

What This Looks Like from Your Customer’s Side

When you have DMARC operating correctly, your customers might notice these things:

• Your emails show up in their inbox reliably
• Email programs show your business name clearly
• They don’t see warning messages about unverified senders
• Your logo might appear next to your emails (with advanced DMARC)

They probably won’t notice these things consciously. But they’ll feel more confident when they see emails from your business. And they’ll never receive fake emails pretending to be from you.

Common Questions from Small Business Owners

Q: Is this only for big companies?

No. Internet Criminals target small businesses more often because they know many small businesses don’t have this protection yet.

Q: Will this mess up my email?

Not when it’s done correctly. We set it up gradually and carefully to make sure your legitimate emails keep working perfectly.

Q: How much does this cost?

Much less than dealing with one incident where an Internet Criminal fakes your email and scams your customer(s). One fake email can cost you thousands in lost money and lost trust.

Q: Can’t I just use a stronger password?

A stronger password is always good, but it doesn’t solve this problem. Remember: Internet Criminals don’t need your password to fake your email address.

Q: What if I use Gmail or another email service? Don’t they handle this?

Your email service provider can help you receive emails safely. But DMARC is about making sure emails sent from your business are verified as real. You have to have this for your domain name.

What Happens If You Wait

Every day without DMARC is another day when:

• Internet Criminals can use your business name to scam people
• Your legitimate emails might end up in spam folders
• Your customers might receive fake emails that look like they’re from you
• Your business reputation is at risk

The good news is that DMARC protection can be set up in a few weeks, and then it works automatically to protect your business every single day.

How We Help

We set up DMARC protection for businesses just like yours. We handle the technical details, so you don’t have to worry about them.

Here’s what we do:

• Analyze how your business currently sends email
• Set up the proper authentication records
• Monitor the system to make sure everything works correctly
• Gradually increase protection levels safely
• Give you simple reports that show your email is protected
• Watch for any problems and fix them quickly

You’ll get peace of mind knowing that Internet Criminals can’t pretend to be your business anymore, and your customers will receive your emails reliably.

The Bottom Line

Email authentication through DMARC isn’t optional anymore. It’s required for:

• Enabling email platforms to verify and deliver your emails
• Protecting your business reputation
• Stopping Internet Criminals from faking your emails
• Demonstrating to your customers you’re serious about security

Your password protects your email account. DMARC protects your business.

Be sure that your business email is protected the right way.

When you’re ready for your business to use the DMARC security standard properly, we’re ready to help. Contact us today.