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Is .it safe? The state of .it domain security — Italy
.it is safer than the internet average. Across 3,302,386 graded .it domains, 61.1% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 1.1% earn a B or better. Most .it 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 .it zone — covering Italy — 46.7% of 2,268,561 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 5% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.
Note: .it is used as a proxy for Italy based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .it domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .it domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 284 | 0% |
| A | 2,466 | 0.1% |
| B | 34,783 | 1.1% |
| C | 298,795 | 9% |
| D | 948,944 | 28.7% |
| F | 2,017,114 | 61.1% |
Does .it 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 .it doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .it domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .it safe?
On average, .it is safer than the internet average: 61.1% of its 3,302,386 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 .it domains?
38.9% of .it 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 .it 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 .it too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .it 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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