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title: "DACH MSP Email Security Benchmark 2026 | Guardian360"
description: "We scanned the DMARC configuration of 1,311 Managed Service Providers across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 74.5% are not protected against email spoofing. Download the free benchmark."
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DACH MSP Email Security Benchmark · July 2026

# How protected are DACH MSPs against email spoofing?

Together with DMARC Advisor we scanned the public DMARC configuration of 1,311 Managed Service Providers across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Applying a strict test in which only a policy of p=reject counts as protected, nearly three quarters fall short. Because MSPs run email and IT for thousands of downstream customers, an unprotected provider domain is a credible attack path into its entire client base.

74.5%of DACH MSPs are not protected against spoofing

25.5%enforce DMARC with p=reject

1,311MSPs scanned across DE, AT and CH

42.0%have no DMARC reporting (RUA) configured

The single largest group, 30.4% of providers, sits on p=quarantine, a policy that routes spoofed mail to the spam folder rather than blocking it, and does not count as protected.

## Download the full benchmark

The complete report with the country breakdown, a Nordrhein-Westfalen spotlight, protection by company size and market segment, the specialist paradox, and RUA reporting visibility.

[Download report (PDF)](https://guardian360.net/reports/guardian360-dach-msp-dmarc-benchmark-2026-en.pdf)

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## Key findings

- Only 1 in 4 is protected. 334 of 1,311 MSPs enforce p=reject; the largest group (30.4%) sits on p=quarantine, which does not stop spoofing.
- Nearly 1 in 5 has no DMARC record at all (19.6%), leaving the domain fully open to impersonation.
- The gap is structural, not national: protection sits at 27.7% in Switzerland, 25.2% in Germany and 22.4% in Austria.
- The specialist paradox: MSPs that sell cyber or email security (26.4% protected) barely beat the average and fail to protect their own domain in almost three out of four cases.
- Reporting is a blind spot: 42.0% have no DMARC aggregate reporting (RUA), so they have zero visibility into who sends mail in their name.

## About this benchmark

The data analysis was performed by [DMARC Advisor](https://dmarcadvisor.com/) and the report was produced by Guardian360, based on a non-intrusive external scan of public DNS and DMARC records for 1,311 DACH MSPs, collected on 8 July 2026. It was prepared for the Cross-border Cybersecurity Networking Event for MSPs and IT system houses (TopGolf Oberhausen, 2 September 2026), organised by the Netherlands government and InnovationQuarter, with Passguard, SecuMailer, SecureMe2, DMARC Advisor and Guardian360.

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