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Security report for amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. · E-commerce · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Amazon.com, Inc. operates one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, offering a wide range of products and services globally. The company is a market leader in online retail, serving a broad general audience with a business model centered on direct sales and marketplace facilitation. The website content provided is limited due to a security challenge page, restricting full content visibility. The technical infrastructure leverages proprietary Amazon UI frameworks and scripts, hosted likely on Amazon AWS, but lacks visible security headers and detailed performance metrics in the provided data. Security posture assessment is limited by the presence of a WAF or captcha challenge blocking normal access, which reduces the ability to fully evaluate security best practices and compliance. WHOIS data is unavailable from the raw query, which is unusual for a major domain, impacting trust verification. Overall, the site shows basic privacy and terms of service presence but lacks visible contact or security policy details in the sample. The risk assessment is moderate due to content blocking and missing WHOIS data, with recommendations to improve transparency and security header implementation.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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

4 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 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 Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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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
100
Security headers
30
Email security
72
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
73

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

Amazon.com holds a dominant position in the global e-commerce market with a comprehensive product offering and a large enterprise scale. Its business model includes direct retail sales and a third-party marketplace, supported by extensive cloud infrastructure (AWS). The company targets a general consumer audience worldwide. Revenue streams are diversified across product sales, cloud services, and affiliate programs. The presence of affiliate program links and tracking pixels indicates a mature marketing ecosystem. The lack of visible contact information or detailed business disclosures in the provided content is typical for a large enterprise relying on brand recognition. The captcha challenge suggests strong security controls to prevent automated scraping or abuse. Partnerships and subsidiaries are not explicitly identified in the provided data.

Security posture

The website is protected by a security mechanism (likely a WAF or captcha challenge) that blocks direct content access, indicating a high-security posture against automated threats. However, the absence of visible security headers and explicit security policies in the provided HTML limits the assessment of internal security practices. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the limited content. The missing WHOIS data reduces transparency and trust verification. There is no evidence of incident response or vulnerability disclosure information. Overall, the security posture appears cautious but lacks publicly visible security documentation and headers in the sample.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publicly expose comprehensive security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  2. Provide clear and accessible security policy and incident response information on the website.
  3. Improve WHOIS data availability or transparency to enhance trust and legitimacy verification.
  4. Add cookie consent mechanisms and detailed cookie policies to improve privacy compliance.
  5. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility features for better user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Page content is a minimal captcha/validation page indicating a security challenge or WAF blocking normal content access. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
Amazon.com, Inc.
Description
Amazon.com is a global e-commerce platform offering a vast selection of products including electronics, apparel, books, and more. It serves consumers worldwide with online retail services.
Key services
Online retail, Marketplace services, Cloud computing (AWS)
Content quality
basic
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
AmazonUI, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Analytics and tracking

Services
ClientSideMetricsAUIJavascript
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
fls-na.amazon.com
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is blocked behind a captcha/validation page, limiting full content analysis.
  2. No direct contact information or security policy pages found in the provided HTML.
  3. Privacy and terms of service links are present and appear legitimate.
  4. Use of Amazon proprietary UI scripts and domains confirms authenticity of the page.
  5. No explicit security headers or SSL details visible in the provided data.
  6. No forms collecting personal data except a captcha validation form.
  7. No social media links or phone numbers found in the provided content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Amazon's proprietary UI framework and JavaScript libraries, indicating a custom-built, scalable infrastructure likely hosted on AWS. The HTML content is minimal due to a security challenge page, limiting performance and SEO analysis. No CMS or third-party frameworks were detected. The site includes tracking pixels and affiliate program scripts, showing integration with marketing and analytics tools. The lack of visible security headers and SSL details in the provided data suggests areas for improvement. The captcha challenge indicates strong bot mitigation but also restricts content accessibility for analysis.
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. 73/100Medium27 findingsView report
  2. 73/100 +1Medium27 findingsView report
  3. 72/100 −2Medium25 findingsView report
  4. 74/100Medium23 findingsView report
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