# Department of Education, Skills and Employment Security Rating, Vendor Risk Report, and Data Breaches

> This is a plain-markdown summary of [https://www.upguard.com/security-report/department-of-education-skills-and-employment](https://www.upguard.com/security-report/department-of-education-skills-and-employment), generated for AI agents and LLMs. Security scores and check results reflect UpGuard's independent analysis and are kept in sync with the source page. Visit the source URL for the full interactive report.

Department of Education, Skills and Employment is an Australian Government department responsible for national policies and programs relating to early childhood, schools, higher education, and vocational training. The department also oversees employment services and workplace relations matters.

## Overview
- Domain: dese.gov.au
- Grade: A (Excellent)
- Score: 902 / 950
- Last scan: August 26, 2026
- Industry: Government
- Website: https://www.dese.gov.au
- Employees: 4k+
- Location: Australia

## Vendor risk summary
This vendor risk report is based on UpGuard's continuous monitoring of Department of Education, Skills and Employment's security posture using open-source, commercial, and proprietary threat intelligence feeds. The results are summarized into a security rating based on the analysis of hundreds of individual checks across five risk categories: website security, email security, phishing & malware, brand & reputation risk, and network security.

## Security categories

### Email

- Pass — DMARC policy is not p=none
  - DMARC reject policy provides the most effective protection against fraudulent emails being sent from a domain.
- Pass — DMARC policy exists
  - DMARC protects against fraudulent emails being sent from a domain.
- Pass — Strict SPF filtering - not using +all
  - Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record strictly enforces specific domains allowed to send email on its behalf.
- Pass — SPF syntax correct
  - Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record passes basic syntax checks.
- Pass — DMARC policy percentage is default
  - DMARC policy percentage is set to default 100%, ensuring all mail is covered by the policy.
- Pass — SPF ptr mechanism not used
  - Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record does not include the ptr mechanism.

### Network

- Pass — No ports are open
  - No open ports were detected.

### DNS

- Fail — DNSSEC not enabled
  - DNSSEC records prevent third parties from forging the records that guarantee a domain's identity. DNSSEC should be configured for this domain.
- Pass — No unregistered MX records detected
  - No unregistered MX records that could lead to receiving mail on behalf of the target organization were detected.

### IP/Domain Reputation

- Pass — No reports of botnet activity in the last 30 days
  - This IP/domain has not been reported as a source of botnet activity in the last 30 days.
- Pass — No reports of brute force login attempts in the last 30 days
  - This IP/domain did not appear on any list of IPs and domains known to perform brute force login attempts in the last 30 days.
- Pass — No reports of malware distribution in the last 30 days
  - This IP/domain has been reported for distributing malware in the last 30 days.
- Pass — No reports of unsolicited scanning in the last 30 days
  - This IP/domain has not been reported for performing unsolicited scanning in the last 30 days.
- Pass — No reports of phishing activity in the last 30 days
  - This IP/domain has not been reported as a phishing site in the last 30 days.
- Pass — No reports of botnet activity in the last 90 days
  - This IP/domain has not been reported as a source of botnet activity in the last 90 days.
- Pass — No reports of brute force login attempts in the last 90 days
  - This IP/domain did not appear on any list of IPs and domains known to perform brute force login attempts in the last 90 days.
- Pass — No reports of malware distribution in the last 90 days
  - This IP/domain has been reported for distributing malware in the last 90 days.
- Pass — No reports of unsolicited scanning in the last 90 days
  - This IP/domain has not been reported for performing unsolicited scanning in the last 90 days.
- Pass — No reports of phishing activity in the last 90 days
  - This IP/domain has not been reported as a phishing site in the last 90 days.

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