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The address of the sender looks familiar.Maybe only one point is missing.It has already happened.Industry associations and the BSI explain how the important communication channel becomes safer. Advertisement With a new online email checker, users can check in the future whether your email provider meets central criteria for safe communication.Because emails are the most important gateway for hackers-whether it is about identity theft, espionage or the intersection of malice code.Specifically, the email checker of the Federal Office for Information Technology (BSI) deals with the question of whether the respective provider has implemented two guidelines of the Federal Office for Information Technology (BSI) or actively works for their implementation.In these guidelines, the BSI has determined criteria, which should ensure safe transportation of emails and secure authentication.This should make it more difficult to read or change emails. It is also about recognizing email programs which sender sent a message and whether his address may be fake.This should prevent criminals from pretending to be someone with whom the user is normally in contact.Warning and protection as the tasks of the BSI "As a cyber security authority in Germany, it is our claim to not only sensitize the citizens to the dangers on the Internet, but to actively protect them," says BSI President Claudia Plattner. Advertisement Susanne Dehmel, member of the management of the digital industry association Bitkom, adds: "Only if emails are effectively secured are business processes and customer data protected and trust in digital services is strengthened."26 percent of companies in Germany have suffered damage caused by phishing in the past twelve months.Bitkom, BSI and the Association of the Internet Economy (ECO) have now placed a “Hall of Fame of E-Mail Safety” online, with 150 companies that take part in the implementation of contemporary e-mail security measures according to their criteria.This includes companies such as Commerzbank, but also organizations such as the Paderborn district craftsmanship.But there are also companies that were strongly committed to email security but did not want to be listed in the "Hall of Fame", it said.As the initiators of the campaign announced for secure emails, each professional mailbox reaches an average of 42 emails every day.90 percent of all cyber attacks come via email traffic. dpa-infocom GmbH