Issues of the Gulf Cybersecurity Baseline

Issue 2, 19 October 2026

2026-10-19T02:17:00Z

81.1% of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf can be impersonated in email, because they have no enforced DMARC policy.
3.2% of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf carry DNSSEC signatures that validate.
18.6% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf hold browsers to HTTPS for a year or more.
32.2% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf still accept TLS 1.0 or 1.1.
52.2% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf accept post quantum key exchange.
2.1% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf say how to report a vulnerability.

2026-10-16T02:17:00Z

81.2% of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf can be impersonated in email, because they have no enforced DMARC policy.
3.2% of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf carry DNSSEC signatures that validate.
18.9% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf hold browsers to HTTPS for a year or more.
32.4% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf still accept TLS 1.0 or 1.1.
52.0% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf accept post quantum key exchange.
2.1% of the websites of the measured domains in the Arabian Gulf say how to report a vulnerability.