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Security report for albertsons.com

Albertsons Companies, Inc. · Retail · United States

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Albertsons Companies, Inc. is a leading retail grocery chain in the United States operating numerous supermarket brands. The company provides grocery and pharmacy services through physical stores and online platforms, targeting general consumers across the country. The business is well-established with a long history dating back to 1939 and operates at an enterprise scale with multiple subsidiaries. The website's technical infrastructure includes protection by Incapsula Web Application Firewall (WAF), which currently blocks access to the site's content, preventing detailed analysis of the site's technical maturity and user experience. Due to this blocking, no metadata, forms, or contact information could be extracted, limiting the assessment of digital maturity and compliance. From a security perspective, the presence of a WAF indicates a focus on protecting the site from attacks, but the lack of accessible content prevents evaluation of security headers, SSL configuration, or privacy compliance. WHOIS data confirms the domain is legitimately registered to Albertsons Companies, Inc., consistent with the business claims and history. Overall, the site is rated safe in terms of content safety, with no adult or questionable content detected. However, the blocking by the WAF significantly limits the ability to assess the website's full security posture, privacy compliance, and user experience. Strategic recommendations include improving content accessibility for analysis, publishing clear privacy and security policies, and enhancing security headers and compliance disclosures.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

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  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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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
20
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
67

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

Albertsons Companies holds a strong market position as one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S., operating multiple well-known supermarket brands. The company’s business model focuses on retail grocery sales, pharmacy services, and online ordering/delivery. Revenue streams are primarily from consumer grocery purchases and pharmacy sales. The target customer segment is broad, encompassing general consumers nationwide. The company benefits from a large partnership ecosystem through its subsidiaries and brand portfolio. Growth indicators include expansion of online services and digital grocery platforms. Strategic observations highlight the importance of maintaining strong digital security and compliance to protect customer data and ensure trust.

Security posture

The current security posture shows the use of a robust WAF (Incapsula) to protect the website from attacks, indicating a mature security approach. However, the inability to access the site content prevents verification of security headers, SSL strength, and privacy compliance. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is publicly available from the accessible content. Compliance with GDPR or other privacy regulations cannot be confirmed. The security culture appears focused on perimeter defense but lacks visible transparency and user-facing security information. This limits trust and may impact regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Improve website accessibility by configuring WAF rules to allow security analysis and legitimate user access.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  3. Implement and expose standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security.
  4. Provide public incident response and vulnerability disclosure information to enhance transparency.
  5. Enhance website content quality and navigation to improve user experience and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Incapsula detected. Website content is blocked by Incapsula WAF, showing an incident ID and iframe with no accessible content. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
Description
Albertsons Companies operates a network of grocery stores and supermarkets across the United States offering food, pharmacy, and related retail services.
Key services
Grocery retail, Pharmacy services, Online grocery ordering and delivery
Content quality
poor

Technology

Stack
Incapsula (Imperva WAF)

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is inaccessible due to Incapsula WAF blocking.
  2. No metadata, forms, or contact information found in the provided HTML.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected in the accessible content.
  4. No scripts or external links could be extracted due to blocked content.
  5. WHOIS data confirms legitimate ownership by Albertsons Companies, Inc.
  6. Website is a major retail grocery chain with enterprise scale.
  7. Content safety is rated safe with no adult or questionable content.
  8. Technical and security observations are limited due to blocked content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is protected by Incapsula WAF, indicating a focus on security. However, no other technical details such as CMS, hosting provider, or frameworks could be identified due to blocked content. The lack of accessible metadata and scripts prevents assessment of SEO, performance, and accessibility. The site likely uses modern security infrastructure but may have technical debt or configuration issues causing content blocking. Opportunities exist to modernize the site for better performance and compliance visibility. Technical risks include potential user experience degradation due to over-restrictive WAF settings.
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

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