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Refrigerated / Cold Chain Carriers — Email Security

78.1% of active refrigerated / cold chain carrier domains have no enforced DMARC — leaving this segment open to email impersonation, payment-redirect fraud, and cargo theft via phishing.

Edition: 2026-Q2Segment rank: #9Carriers: 16,211Domains: 14,538
By Stefan Efros, CEO & Founder, EFROS
Updated ·

No enforced DMARC

78.1%

national: 80.1%

p=reject

8.7%

national: 7.5%

Microsoft 365

35.0%

national: 38.1%

M365 + no DMARC (carriers)

3,656

national: 92,822

MTA-STS

3.2%

national: 3.3%

DNSSEC

8.0%

national: 6.1%

Dead domains

745

of 14,538 scanned

Total carriers

16,211

745 with dead domain

Risk bands — Refrigerated / Cold Chain carriers

Carrier counts by risk band (composite email-security pain score). Critical = score 70+; Minimal = score <15.

Risk bandScore rangeCarriersDomains
Criticalscore 70+1,2401,172
Highscore 50–694,6514,286
Mediumscore 30–496,5965,920
Lowscore 15–292,8352,296
Minimalscore <15144119

Refrigerated / Cold Chain vs. national average

No enforced DMARC78.1%vs 80.1% national
p=reject adoption8.7%vs 7.5% national
MTA-STS3.2%vs 3.3% national
DNSSEC8.0%vs 6.1% national

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Data as of 2026-05-20 from public DNS measurements. Statistics are domain-weighted unless noted. Cargo segment membership is based on FMCSA Company Census cargo flags. Methodology: read the full index.