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Is .ae safe? The state of .ae domain security — United Arab Emirates
.ae is safer than the internet average. Across 140,373 graded .ae domains, 57.4% score an F — cleaner than the 73.8% global average — better company than most of the web. 2.4% earn a B or better. Most .ae domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
Note: .ae is used as a proxy for United Arab Emirates based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .ae domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .ae domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 29 | 0% |
| A | 245 | 0.2% |
| B | 3,165 | 2.3% |
| C | 15,567 | 11.1% |
| D | 40,811 | 29.1% |
| F | 80,556 | 57.4% |
Does .ae make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .ae doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .ae domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .ae safe?
On average, .ae is safer than the internet average: 57.4% of its 140,373 graded domains score an F as of 2026-07-29, against a 73.8% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .ae domains?
42.6% of .ae domains score above an F and 2.4% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .ae make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .ae too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .ae domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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