UK Higher Education Security Posture
Email and DNS controls across UK university domains.
DNS-only benchmark
Public DNS records are checked every Monday from 00:00 UTC. Web checks (HTTPS, HSTS, CSP, security.txt) are not measured and are hidden.
146 / 146 domains scanned · UK-wide working directory; completeness is still being verified.
Sector posture score
38/ 100
5 strong
21 fair
120 weak
Email authentication
DMARC enforced64%
SPF hard-fail49%
Mail transport
MTA-STS18%
TLS-RPT35%
DNS resilience
DNSSEC3%
CAA16%
| # | Institution | Key checks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulster University ulster.ac.uk | A+95 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 2 | Aberystwyth University aber.ac.uk | B77 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 3 | University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk | B77 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 4 | University of Derby derby.ac.uk | B72 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 5 | University of Sheffield sheffield.ac.uk | B72 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 6 | Bath Spa University bathspa.ac.uk | C69 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 7 | University of Aberdeen abdn.ac.uk | C64 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 8 | University of Hull hull.ac.uk | C64 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 9 | Bangor University bangor.ac.uk | C63 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 10 | University of York york.ac.uk | C63 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 11 | University of Leicester le.ac.uk | C61 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 12 | University of the West of England uwe.ac.uk | C61 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 13 | Regent's University London regents.ac.uk | D58 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 14 | University of Southampton soton.ac.uk | D58 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 15 | Liverpool Hope University hope.ac.uk | D56 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 16 | De Montfort University dmu.ac.uk | D55 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 17 | Southampton Solent University solent.ac.uk | D55 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 18 | Anglia Ruskin University aru.ac.uk | D53 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 19 | Canterbury Christ Church University canterbury.ac.uk | D53 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 20 | Newcastle University ncl.ac.uk | D53 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 21 | Northumbria University northumbria.ac.uk | D53 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 22 | University of Bath bath.ac.uk | D53 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 23 | University of St Andrews st-andrews.ac.uk | D53 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 24 | Aston University aston.ac.uk | D52 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 25 | University of Chichester chi.ac.uk | D50 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 26 | University of the West of Scotland uws.ac.uk | D50 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 27 | Kingston University kingston.ac.uk | E48 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 28 | University of Exeter exeter.ac.uk | E48 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 29 | University of Warwick warwick.ac.uk | E48 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 30 | City St George's, University of London citystgeorges.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 31 | Queen Mary University of London qmul.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 32 | University of Buckingham buckingham.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 33 | University of Cumbria cumbria.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 34 | University of Huddersfield hud.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 35 | University of Lancashire uclan.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 36 | University of Liverpool liverpool.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 37 | University of Surrey surrey.ac.uk | E45 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 38 | Edinburgh Napier University napier.ac.uk | E44 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 39 | Hartpury University hartpury.ac.uk | E44 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 40 | Health Sciences University hsu.ac.uk | E44 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 41 | University of Greater Manchester greatermanchester.ac.uk | E44 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 42 | University of Salford salford.ac.uk | E44 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 43 | Wrexham University wrexham.ac.uk | E44 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 44 | Imperial College London imperial.ac.uk | E42 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 45 | Lancaster University lancaster.ac.uk | E42 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 46 | University of Reading reading.ac.uk | E42 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 47 | Arts University Bournemouth aub.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 48 | BIMM University bimm.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 49 | Birkbeck, University of London bbk.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 50 | Bournemouth University bournemouth.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 51 | Brunel University London brunel.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 52 | Cardiff Metropolitan University cardiffmet.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 53 | Coventry University coventry.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 54 | Edge Hill University edgehill.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 55 | Falmouth University falmouth.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 56 | Keele University keele.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 57 | Lincoln Bishop University lincolnbishop.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 58 | Liverpool John Moores University ljmu.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 59 | Middlesex University mdx.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 60 | Nottingham Trent University ntu.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 61 | Ravensbourne University London ravensbourne.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 62 | Robert Gordon University rgu.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 63 | Royal Holloway, University of London royalholloway.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 64 | SOAS, University of London soas.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 65 | Swansea University swansea.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 66 | The Open University open.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 67 | University of Brighton brighton.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 68 | University of Gloucestershire glos.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 69 | University of Hertfordshire herts.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 70 | University of Lincoln lincoln.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 71 | University of Portsmouth port.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 72 | University of Roehampton roehampton.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 73 | University of Winchester winchester.ac.uk | F38 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 74 | Heriot-Watt University hw.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 75 | Queen Margaret University qmu.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 76 | University of Bristol bristol.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 77 | University of Kent kent.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 78 | University of Leeds leeds.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 79 | University of Nottingham nottingham.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 80 | University of Oxford ox.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 81 | University of Plymouth plymouth.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 82 | University of South Wales southwales.ac.uk | F36 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 83 | Norwich University of the Arts nua.ac.uk | F34 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 84 | University of Bedfordshire beds.ac.uk | F34 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 85 | University of Greenwich gre.ac.uk | F34 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 86 | University of Sunderland sunderland.ac.uk | F34 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 87 | Goldsmiths, University of London gold.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 88 | King's College London kcl.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 89 | Leeds Trinity University leedstrinity.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 90 | London Metropolitan University londonmet.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 91 | London South Bank University lsbu.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 92 | Northeastern University London nulondon.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 93 | Plymouth Marjon University marjon.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 94 | Queen's University Belfast qub.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 95 | Sheffield Hallam University shu.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 96 | University College London ucl.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 97 | University of East Anglia uea.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 98 | University of Essex essex.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 99 | University of London london.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 100 | University of Manchester manchester.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 101 | University of Staffordshire staffs.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 102 | University of Sussex sussex.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 103 | University of West London uwl.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 104 | University of Westminster westminster.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 105 | University of the Highlands and Islands uhi.ac.uk | F30 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 106 | BPP University bpp.com | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 107 | Birmingham City University bcu.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 108 | Cardiff University cardiff.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 109 | Harper Adams University harper-adams.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 110 | Leeds Arts University leeds-art.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 111 | Leeds Beckett University leedsbeckett.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 112 | London School of Economics and Political Science lse.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 113 | Manchester Metropolitan University mmu.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 114 | Oxford Brookes University brookes.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 115 | Richmond, The American International University in London richmond.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 116 | Royal Agricultural University rau.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 117 | Teesside University tees.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 118 | University for the Creative Arts uca.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 119 | University of Bradford bradford.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 120 | University of Dundee dundee.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 121 | University of East London uel.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 122 | University of Wales wales.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 123 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David uwtsd.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 124 | University of the Arts London arts.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 125 | York St John University yorksj.ac.uk | F27 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 126 | Cranfield University cranfield.ac.uk | F25 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 127 | University of Strathclyde strath.ac.uk | F25 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 128 | Abertay University abertay.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 129 | Arden University arden.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 130 | Arts University Plymouth plymouthart.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 131 | Buckinghamshire New University bucks.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 132 | Durham University durham.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 133 | Glasgow Caledonian University gcu.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 134 | Loughborough University lboro.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 135 | Newman University newman.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 136 | St Mary's University, Twickenham stmarys.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 137 | University of Birmingham bham.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 138 | University of Chester chester.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 139 | University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 140 | University of Glasgow gla.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 141 | University of Law law.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 142 | University of Northampton northampton.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 143 | University of Stirling stir.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 144 | University of Suffolk uos.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 145 | University of Wolverhampton wlv.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
| 146 | University of Worcester worcester.ac.uk | F19 | SPFDMARCMTA-STSTLS-RPTDNSSECCAA |
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About this data
Directory expanded to 146 UK university domains. This is a working directory, not a verified exhaustive register. Scores are based only on public DNS records (SPF, DMARC, BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, DNSSEC, CAA) from stored weekly scans. Domains without a stored scan stay blank.