<p>Microsoft's Outlook.com, a webmail service designed to replace Hotmail, will support the DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) email authentication standard. This standard is designed to strengthen protection against email spam and phishing attacks.</p><p>For the IT community at midsize firms, any improvements to email security are very good news. This applies even if the service is targeted primarily to individual users, not directly at IT departments themselves. Security breaches in an employee's personal email can open the way to "social engineering" attacks that can end up compromising IT security.</p><p>Strengthening Email Security</p><p>As Juan Carlos Perez reports at InfoWorld, the Microsoft Outlook.com webmail service, currently in its testing phase, is intended to eventually replace the familiar Hotmail. And now Microsoft has announced that its new webmail security will incorporate robust, current-generation authentication and security protections.</p><p><a href="http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/microsoft-outlookcom-gets-dmarc-securit">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/644590/microsoft-steps-up-outlook-com-upgrade-push">Microsoft steps up Outlook.com upgrade push</a> (IT PRO)</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/microsoft-tightens-outlookcom-security-encourages-hotmail-users-to-upgrade-018711.php">Microsoft Tightens Outlook.com Security, 'Encourages' Hotmail Users To Upgrade</a> (CMSWire)</p><p><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/12/outlook-com-readies-for-hotmail-migration-skype-integration/">Outlook.com Readies For Hotmail Migration, Skype Integration</a> (Lifehacker Australia)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-kZJaDRvgvEFMMd7wGfJAV-yQacM&ned=us">29 additional articles.</a></p>