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Is .engineering safe? The state of .engineering domain security
.engineering is about average for the internet. Across 10,626 graded .engineering domains, 77.8% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 2.3% earn a B or better. Most .engineering domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 9,568 graded .engineering domains, 72.2% earn an F — below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 15% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .engineering domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .engineering domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 10 | 0.1% |
| A | 24 | 0.2% |
| B | 209 | 2% |
| C | 755 | 7.1% |
| D | 1,360 | 12.8% |
| F | 8,268 | 77.8% |
Does .engineering 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 .engineering doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .engineering domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .engineering safe?
On average, .engineering is about average for the internet: 77.8% of its 10,626 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 .engineering domains?
22.2% of .engineering domains score above an F and 2.3% 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 .engineering 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 .engineering too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .engineering 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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