On-Demand Certified Email Authentication Specialist
Completion Deadline is Monday, March 31st at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET
Back by popular demand: our complimentary Proofpoint Certified Email Authentication Specialist certification is now available on-demand! Enroll today for free.
Email continues to be the leading threat vector, with nearly all targeted cyberattacks starting from it, largely because it was not originally designed with security in mind. Over time, various protocols and techniques have been developed to authenticate email origins and prevent different types of abuse, including spam, phishing, and email fraud. Today, email authentication is strongly recommended or mandated by an increasing number of organizations, including Google, Yahoo, Apple, PCI DSS 4.0, NIST, and HIPAA, among others.
Join our leadership certification program to learn how email authentication can improve security, deliverability and help protect your brand, your partners, and your customers.
Register and watch three 1-hour courses, pass the exam at the end of each course, and earn your certificate! We will issue all completed certificates the first week of February, March and April.
*This track is intended for all levels of cybersecurity administration roles. These are NOT technical training sessions. All courses are eligible for CPE credits through ISC(2).
Courses
Course 1
Introduction to Email from a Security Perspective
Having a high-level understanding of how email works and why it is inherently unsecure will help set the stage for how bad actors exploit email vulnerabilities. From there we will cover common tactics and dive into detailed examples of various email attack types. The session will then finish with an introduction to email authentication methods and how they can help close the gaps in your email security.
In this session, In our first session our instructors will cover:
- An overview of email’s inner workings
- How email can be used for malicious activities
- Real examples of various email-based attacks
- Background and timeline of Email Authentication
Course 2
The Ins and Outs of Email Authentication
Building on the first session’s introduction to the vulnerabilities of email, we will dive deeper into email authentication methods that can be used to help stop sender impersonation. We will discuss the concept of DMARC, its benefits and challenges, and introduce the role BIMI can play in deliverability.
In the second session, our instructors will cover:
- Email authentication methods
- The concept of DMARC
- The steps and challenges with implementing DMARC
- The concept of BIMI
Course 3
DMARC as a Journey, Not a Destination
For our final certification session, we will pull together all the previous concepts and outline the process of creating a plan for success. We will also cover how you can effectively evaluate AI/ML-based products that can help you on your journey and share our insights into the importance of maintaining a plan beyond reaching your p=reject policy goal.
In this third session, our instructors will cover:
- Setting a plan for success
- Aligning SPF and DKIM
- Reaching p=reject
- Shifting to maintenance mode
- Identifying and resolving domain impersonation
- Exploring solutions available to help address these
FAQs
Keep in mind that in order to be able to take the exams, you must use a business email. Please do not register with a personal email such as those with the domain “gmail” or “yahoo.”
Please consistently use the same email you registered with throughout the program to ensure the accuracy of tracking your attendance towards getting certified.
After filling out the form on this page to enroll in our certification program, you will receive an email from us confirming your spot reservation. We will send you separate emails within 3-5 business days for you to log in to our Cybersecurity Academy training platform to access your recordings and exams. Please double check your spam folder and email security settings for these emails.
To pass a course, you would have to watch at least 80% of the on-demand recordings for all three sessions and take the three exams. You need to score 100% on each exam to pass the course. You will have unlimited attempts to take your exams.
You have unlimited attempts to take the exams to get 100% scores to pass the courses.
You will have until Monday, March 31st, 2025 at 5 PM PT to access the course recordings and exams to complete your certification.
Each session is about 1 hour long. Each exam will be about 15 minutes.
The Cybersecurity Leadership courses and certifications are free.
Yes. You are required to watch at least 80% of all three sessions to be eligible for your certification in addition to passing all of your exams.
The exam(s) will automatically be available to you on the training platform AFTER you've completed the required session(s).
If you are running into problems logging into the Proofpoint training platform, please go to account.adobe.com. You'll create an account using the same email address you used to enroll in this course, and then you'll be able to access the course modules. If you're still running into issues try: 1) creating your account in an incognito window or a different browser, 2) create an account on a personal computer without company policy restrictions, and/or 3) clear your cache, log out and log back in again.
The deadline for the Email Authentication certification completion is Monday, March 31st at 5 pm PT. We will review all the submissions and issue all eligible certificates/badges via Credly the first weeks of February, March and April. If you've completed your requirements on time, you will receive an email from Credly once we've issued your certificate, at which point you can login to your Credly account to accept your certificate of completion.
Currently we are not offering any renewals of previous badges and certificates. Once we open renewals back up again, we'll notify you via email.
We will submit all certificates to ISC2 for three CPE credits at the beginning of February, March and April after we've issued all Credly certificates for Email Authentication for those who have entered in their ID number at the point of registration. If you did not enter your ISC2 ID at the point of registration or is not a member, then you may take your digital certificate from Credly and send it to ISC2 yourself or apply it another organization you may be affiliated with for three credits.