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Is .cm safe? The state of .cm domain security — Cameroon
.cm is riskier than the internet average. Across 16,651 graded .cm domains, 84.1% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.1% earn a B or better. Most .cm domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
In the .cm zone — covering Cameroon — 76.6% of 13,470 graded domains earn an F, above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 6.6% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.
Note: .cm is used as a proxy for Cameroon based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .cm domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .cm domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4 | 0% |
| A | 15 | 0.1% |
| B | 162 | 1% |
| C | 850 | 5.1% |
| D | 1,616 | 9.7% |
| F | 14,004 | 84.1% |
Does .cm 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 .cm doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .cm domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .cm safe?
On average, .cm is riskier than the internet average: 84.1% of its 16,651 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .cm domains?
15.9% of .cm domains score above an F and 1.1% 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 .cm 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 .cm too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .cm 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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