Enhanced Brand Trust and Email Security with Verified Mark Certificates
Create trust and increase engagement in your business communications
Instill Trust and Improve Readability of Your Emails
Validate the authority and ownership of your brand; provide trust, reliability, and credibility; enhance email security and brand identity by using Verified Mark Certificates (VMC).
VMC is a digital certificate that enables organizations to use their validated registered trademarked logo on their outgoing email. With VMC, it confirms that you are the owner of your logo, and are authorized to use it.
Verified Mark Certificate
VMC certificates enable organizations to use their trademarked logo in outgoing emails to increase brand visibility.
Instill Trust and Improve Readability of Your Emails
Validate the authority and ownership of your brand; provide trust, reliability, and credibility; enhance email security and brand identity by using Verified Mark Certificates (VMC).
VMC is a digital certificate that enables organizations to use their validated registered trademarked logo on their outgoing email. With VMC, it confirms that you are the owner of your logo, and are authorized to use it.
Verified Mark Certificate
VMC certificates enable organizations to use their trademarked logo in outgoing emails to increase brand visibility.
- Enhanced Trust: VMCs instill confidence in recipients by verifying the authenticity of email senders, reducing the risk of falling victim to phishing attacks
- Improved Deliverability: Emails bearing VMCs are more likely to reach recipients' inboxes instead of being filtered out as spam, ensuring better deliverability rates
- Brand Protection: VMCs safeguard your brand reputation by demonstrating a commitment to security and authenticity in email communications
- Compliance Assurance: VMCs help organizations meet security standards and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with industry regulations such as DMARC
- Positive User Experience: By fostering trust and security in email interactions, VMCs contribute to a positive user experience, enhancing overall satisfaction and engagement
VMC implementation Prerequisites
The following steps outline the necessary prerequisites required for the implementation of a Verified Mark Certificate:
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Deploy Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) standards for your domain
You will have to create a DMARC record which requires at least SPF or DKIM in place to demonstrate domain authentication.
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Be able to prove ownership of your logo
Your logo must be legally trademarked to qualify for a VMC.
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Convert your logo file to the .SVG format
You will need to convert your trademarked logo to the .SVG format.
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Purchase a VMC and complete validation
A certificate is required for each individual email domain and is valid for one year.
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Upload the purchased VMC to your web server
Upload your Verified Mark Certificate file that is issued to you on to the appropriate Web Server.
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Update or create your BIMI record
Use an online BIMI record-generating tool and add the produced BIMI TXT record to your domain’s DNS.
Need Some Help with Your DMARC Process?
GlobalSign has partnered with Red Sift to help organizations achieve DMARC enforcement faster and with less effort.
With Red Sift’s automated approach, you can implement DMARC, DKIM, and SPF seamlessly unlocking the benefits of email authentication without the usual complexity.
- Automatically discover all domains and subdomains sending email
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- Continuously surface forgotten or misconfigured DNS records
- Leverage a security-trained LLM for smarter insights
- Backed by one of the highest-rated customer success teams in the industry
