Overview

• The online E‑Mail‑Checker is live and evaluates whether providers meet or are working toward two BSI guidelines.
• The criteria cover secure transport and sender authentication to make reading, altering, or spoofing messages harder.
• A public Hall of Fame lists 150 participating organizations, including Commerzbank and Kreishandwerkerschaft Paderborn, with others opting out of publication.
• BSI president Claudia Plattner stresses active protection for citizens, while Bitkom reports phishing damage at 26% of German companies in the past year.
• Organizers cite an average of 42 work emails per day and say roughly 90% of cyberattacks arrive via email traffic.