# Shield Record — fictional sample

Example Property Group · example.com
Sample date: September 9, 2026
Status: Prepared example; not delivered to a client.

This file demonstrates the handoff format. The business, people, observations and results are fictional. No live domain or message was tested. No DNS was changed. Do not copy this sample into a production DNS configuration.

## 1. Agreed scope
- Domain: example.com.
- Example sending services: Workspace and Client CRM.
- Business purpose: Employee messages and customer updates.
- Boundary: This specimen demonstrates a record, not a completed paid engagement or a security certification.

## 2. Baseline
- Example observation: A monitoring-only DMARC policy.
- Live public-record evidence: None collected for this specimen.
- Meaning: A monitoring policy does not by itself establish a breach or verify a sender.

## 3. Change and approval record
- Change state: Fictional approved-change example.
- Example approver: The customer's domain administrator.
- Exact production DNS changes: None proposed in this specimen.
- Execution: Rehearsal only; no DNS changed.
- Rollback: The format calls for the prior values and a rollback reference. No live rollback action exists for this sample.

## 4. Sender checks
- Workspace: Rehearsal fixture only; no live message verified.
- Client CRM: Rehearsal fixture only; no live message verified.
- Authentication alignment: Not established for any live sender.
- Review: No independent live-sender verification is claimed by this example.

## 5. Open items
- Obtain the agreed domain and sender scope before real work.
- Collect authorized, non-sensitive test-message evidence.
- Record actual SPF/DKIM results, DMARC alignment, test date and any unresolved route.
- Assign each unresolved item to the customer's administrator or the agreed Shield reviewer.

## 6. Handoff
- Delivery state: Prepared example; not delivered to a client.
- Access status: No access was granted or revoked for this specimen.
- Next step: Confirm scope, access arrangements and written approval before real changes.

Email authentication can help reduce spoofing of an exact domain. It does not stop lookalike domains, compromised accounts, fake display names or all phishing, and it does not verify payment instructions or guarantee inbox placement.