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Security report for aka.ms

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Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Email security, DNS health and 3 other checks.

Security score

56/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The Aka Link Manager Tool is a web-based internal tool hosted on a Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager subdomain, designed for managing links or redirections within a corporate or restricted environment. The website content is minimal and inaccessible without connection to an approved VPN or corporate network, indicating it is not intended for public use. The lack of WHOIS data is consistent with the domain being a subdomain of a cloud service provider rather than a standalone registered domain. Technically, the site shows no advanced features, scripts, or metadata, and lacks mobile optimization and accessibility enhancements. Security posture is limited by the absence of visible security headers and policies, but the VPN requirement provides a strong access control mechanism. Overall, the site is safe with no adult or questionable content but scores low on content quality, privacy compliance, and business credibility due to limited accessible information.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Critical

      DNS Resolution Failed

      Unable to resolve domain A records

      What to do: Verify domain is properly configured and not expired

  3. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
82
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
56

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The tool serves a niche internal function within a corporate or enterprise environment, likely Microsoft or an affiliated organization, given the use of Azure Traffic Manager and aka.ms links. Its business model is service-oriented, supporting internal operations rather than external customers. The target audience is corporate users with VPN access. There is no public-facing business information, certifications, or contact details, reflecting its internal use case. The lack of marketing or analytics tools suggests no commercial intent. The domain's relationship to Microsoft Azure infrastructure indicates a strong partnership ecosystem and reliance on cloud services.

Security posture

Security is primarily enforced through network access controls requiring VPN connectivity, which is a strong perimeter defense. However, the website itself lacks visible security headers, privacy policies, or incident response information, which are important for comprehensive security and compliance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the accessible content, but the minimal surface area limits assessment. The absence of GDPR or other compliance indicators suggests this tool is not designed for public data processing. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators cannot be evaluated due to lack of information.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish privacy and cookie policies to improve compliance and transparency.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to harden the web application.
  3. Provide clear contact and incident response information to support security and compliance efforts.
  4. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility to improve user experience for authorized users.
  5. Consider adding metadata and structured data to improve maintainability and future integration capabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Page content indicates access is blocked unless connected via VPN or corporate network. The page shows a VPN required notice with no actual content accessible. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Description
Aka Link Manager Tool is a web-based tool requiring VPN access for usage, likely intended for internal or corporate users to manage links or redirections.
Key services
link management, redirection management
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Mobile
poor
Accessibility
basic
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
25/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
basic
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is minimal and blocked behind VPN requirement
  2. No metadata such as Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data present
  3. No forms or input fields detected
  4. No contact information or policies found
  5. No scripts or external libraries detected
  6. External links only to Microsoft aka.ms domains
  7. No security headers or SSL configuration details available
  8. WHOIS data not available for the subdomain, consistent with Azure Traffic Manager usage
  9. Content safety is safe with no adult or questionable content
  10. WAF or access control detected due to VPN requirement notice
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager, indicating a cloud-based infrastructure. The HTML content is minimal and static, with no detected scripts, frameworks, or CMS. There is no evidence of analytics or marketing technologies. Performance and SEO optimization cannot be fully assessed due to limited content. The site lacks mobile responsiveness and accessibility features. The domain is a subdomain without WHOIS registration data, typical for cloud service subdomains. The technical implementation is basic, suitable for an internal tool but lacking modern web best practices.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 56/100Medium33 findingsView report
  2. 56/100 −7Medium33 findingsView report
  3. 63/100Medium31 findingsView report
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