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Security report for angelpodcast.com

Angel Podcast · Media · N/a

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Angel Podcast, hosted by Jason Calacanis, is a specialized media platform focusing on angel investing and venture capital insights through podcast episodes and events. The website serves a niche audience of angel investors and capital allocators, featuring interviews with prominent investors and syndicate leaders. Recently, the brand is rebranding to the Liquidity Podcast to broaden its reach to all capital allocators including limited partners and public market participants. The business model centers on content creation and event hosting within the investment community. Technically, the website is built on the Webflow CMS platform, utilizing modern web technologies such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and SumoMe for marketing and tracking. The site is well-designed with excellent content quality, good mobile optimization, and clear navigation. Hosting is provided by Webflow, and the site uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration. However, there is a lack of visible security headers and no privacy or cookie policies presented, which are areas for improvement. From a security perspective, the site employs HTTPS and standard tracking scripts but lacks explicit privacy compliance mechanisms such as GDPR notices or cookie consent banners. No contact information or security policies are provided, and no vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is available. The WHOIS data for the domain is missing or unavailable, which is unusual and slightly reduces trustworthiness. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be enhanced by adding privacy policies, security headers, and transparency about data handling. The overall risk assessment indicates a professional and trustworthy media site with minor compliance and transparency gaps. Strategic recommendations include implementing privacy and cookie policies, enhancing security headers, publishing vulnerability disclosure information, and improving accessibility and compliance features to strengthen trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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. 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';…

  3. 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

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  • 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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
57

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

Angel Podcast occupies a niche position in the media sector focused on angel investing and venture capital. Its competitive advantage lies in exclusive interviews with top investors and syndicate leaders, providing valuable insights to a specialized audience. The business model is content-driven, monetized likely through sponsorships, events, and brand partnerships. The recent rebranding to Liquidity Podcast signals strategic growth to capture a broader market of capital allocators. The target customers are angel investors, venture capitalists, and other financial professionals. The partnership ecosystem includes related domains like liquiditypod.com. Growth indicators include consistent podcast seasons and expansion of event branding. The company operates with a small team and leverages modern digital marketing tools.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and use of reputable tracking services. However, the absence of security headers, privacy policies, cookie consent mechanisms, and vulnerability disclosure information indicates gaps in compliance and transparency. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. The lack of WHOIS data for the domain is a concern for trust and legitimacy. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not visible. Compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations is not evident. Overall, the security posture is functional but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publicly display a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent banner to improve GDPR and privacy compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security or abuse email addresses to improve incident response capabilities.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize security risks and improve user privacy.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Angel Podcast
Description
Jason Calacanis interviews the greatest investors on earth.
Key services
Podcast episodes featuring interviews with investors, Event hosting (Angel Summit rebranded to Liquidity Summit)
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Webflow CMS, jQuery 3.5.1, Google Fonts, SumoMe, AdRoll
Frameworks
Webflow
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Use of Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics scripts loaded asynchronously
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
AdRoll
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
SumoMe
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
good
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
good
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and no blocking detected.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies are present or linked.
  3. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses are provided on the site.
  4. The site uses multiple third-party tracking and advertising services without visible user consent mechanisms.
  5. The domain WHOIS data is missing, which is unusual and may warrant further investigation.
  6. The site is built on Webflow CMS with modern web technologies and good design quality.
  7. Content is focused on angel investing and venture capital podcast episodes hosted by Jason Calacanis.
  8. Rebranding notice indicates expansion of target audience and business scope.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Webflow CMS platform, leveraging modern web technologies including Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and SumoMe for analytics and marketing. The site uses Google Fonts and jQuery 3.5.1 for UI enhancements. Hosting is provided by Webflow, ensuring HTTPS and SSL security. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts. The site is mobile optimized with good navigation clarity. However, accessibility features are basic and could be improved. SEO optimization is good with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. There is no evidence of server-side frameworks or additional platforms. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party scripts without visible privacy controls and missing security headers.
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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