Your eDocument is Striata Authenticated

You may have received an email with a secure attachment (a bill, statement or document) and noticed a section that looks similar to the following:

This email is exclusively for:

And/or

And/or

These icons and links are there to assure you that your eDocument is Striata Authenticated.

What is Striata Authenticated?

This is Striata's way of assuring you that any Striata Emailed Document is from the sender that it claims to be from.

This is achieved through a significant combination of 'authentication' elements which, combined, are physically, practically and technically very difficult to copy– you will find a list of them at the bottom of your eDocument, these include:

Message Source Authentication:

		SPF record: Provides authentication to the receiving ISP (your email server – i.e. AOL, Gmail, Yahoo etc.) that the IP address is allowed to send email for that domain. This prevents forging and spoofing of the FROM address (invisible to the recipient).
		DKIM signature: Authenticates the sender of the email through a digital signature in the email headers. The receiving ISP (your email server – i.e. AOL, Gmail, Yahoo etc.) is able to query the DNS for the sender and verify that the email is valid, authentic and not tampered with. It is invisible to the recipient.
		Personalization: The email is fully personalized (name, address etc) to further enhance the communication validity.
		Partial account data: emails include partial customer data that Phishers can never gather, regardless of the size of the database. This enhances the authenticity of the email.
		Encrypted attachment: Striata email attachments are encrypted and can only be opened by a recipient in possession of 'shared secret' that is known to that particular sender and recipient. This is usually a sufficiently unique and secret piece of information or existing password.

Links within the email contain a Striata URL. The "Powered by Striata" logo is there to assure you that the email has been sent by Striata and that these links are not phishing attempts.

Reasons for Authentication:

• Creates assurance that the email is from the sender
• Extra level of personalization – so you feel more comfortable opening the email
• You are less likely to delete the email with your attached eDocument, because a phisher will not have all your personal information
• Expressing that the email is exclusively for the intended recipient. If someone else accidentally receives your email it is clear that the content is not for them.

• Learn more about phishing here