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Access your Fastmail Account with existing Security Features

by Lara Beckham Business Analyst

The popularity of Fastmail has seen a rapid surge and more and more security concerned users are switching to Fastmail to own a more secure account. The changes came after the email provider company came up with some new features, which strengthened the already secure and swift platform. In this post, we will find out what are the key new features launched by Fastmail. Go ahead at Fastmail signin form where you can easily manage your Fastmail account speedily to make their platform safe to use and store data:

Existing security features:

Fastmail is very specific about keeping the Customer Data safe and encrypted. They have capable systems in place to ensure that the information is passed on from the sender the receiver in the most confidential manner. 

Secure access:

No matter you are webmail or IMAP/POP/SMTP email client accesses you have to mandatorily use Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. The Perfect Forward Secrecy ensures that no breach in the system can allow decryption.

Content Security Policy:

A strict policy to ensure that any malicious email that manages to trespass the filters anyway might not be able to make any harmful changes.

Some additional measure to ensure security includes:

Kernel Level Firewalling

Check on bugs during software updates

Debian and Joyent SmartOS to ensure the highest level of security. 

New features of Fastmail:

Fastmail has come up with a new Two-step verification system/ two-factor authentication/ 2FA to increase the security of the accounts.  In this authentication, the user will require a phone or a special security key and match it with a password to login safely in its account.

There are three ways this can be used to verify your account either through an app, a device for security that is plugged into your computer or a passcode sent by SMS. 

Besides this, there are also some other changes including:

App password to enable third-party app access to a Fastmail account.

An easier way to recover password in case you forget.

By Fastmail login you can easily access Fastmail account. If you have any problem in Fastmail Sign up or Sign in, you can go at Signin Email for complete login guide.


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About Lara Beckham Senior   Business Analyst

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Created on Oct 31st 2018 05:23. Viewed 870 times.

Comments

Aarif Mohammad Senior  Sr. Digital Marketing
nice info on Fastmail security features........
Oct 31st 2018 05:35   
Lara Beckham Senior  Business Analyst
Thanks, Robson for reading my article. Hope it will help you!
Nov 2nd 2018 05:46   
Mobiloitte Technologies Advanced  Marketing Manager
nice one the best i got.
Nov 2nd 2018 06:28   
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