Outlook.com to add two new security certifications

The service now has about 25 million users since it released its new outlook.com this July. Today, Microsoft announces that they will bring more security features to outlook.com users-the introduction of DMARC and EV certification. DMARC is an abbreviation of the English domain-based message authentication, Reporting and conformance. With this authentication feature, users will be able to avoid being attacked by phishing emails.

EV is the abbreviation for Extended validation, which means that when a user clicks into a Web site, the EV certification will require a minimum of 2048 bits of encryption, which is more secure than the standard SSL currently available on the market.

Microsoft also said that in the near future SkyDrive will also be added to the EV feature support.