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Is .scot safe? The state of .scot domain security — Scotland
.scot is riskier than the internet average. Across 26,495 graded .scot domains, 84.9% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.3% earn a B or better. Most .scot 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 .scot zone — covering Scotland — 63.5% of 11,560 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.4% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
Note: .scot is used as a proxy for Scotland based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .scot domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .scot domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 5 | 0% |
| A | 37 | 0.1% |
| B | 297 | 1.1% |
| C | 1,210 | 4.6% |
| D | 2,445 | 9.2% |
| F | 22,501 | 84.9% |
Does .scot 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 .scot doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .scot domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .scot safe?
On average, .scot is riskier than the internet average: 84.9% of its 26,495 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 .scot domains?
15.1% of .scot domains score above an F and 1.3% 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 .scot 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 .scot too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .scot 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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