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Security report for arentals.ca

ARentals · Real Estate · Canada

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

45/100

Risk levelHigh

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

ARentals is a boutique property management company based in Toronto, established in 2004, specializing in residential, loft, and commercial leasing primarily in the Annex and surrounding neighborhoods. The company emphasizes personalized service, proactive management, and maintaining high standards by owning and managing their buildings. Their website is built on WordPress using Elementor and JetEngine plugins, hosted by iPage, and optimized with WP Rocket. The site is well-designed, mobile responsive, and provides a good user experience with clear navigation and relevant content. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data, but lacks DNSSEC and explicit security headers. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies and no consent mechanism. Contact information is available mainly through contact forms and social media links. Overall, the website reflects a legitimate, small-sized real estate business with room for improvement in privacy and security practices.

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. 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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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
52
Security headers
15
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
45

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 company positions itself as a boutique, locally owned property management firm with a focus on personalized tenant services and proactive building maintenance. Their business model revolves around leasing and managing residential and commercial properties in Toronto. The domain age of 20 years aligns with the company's founding year, indicating stability and longevity. The website targets residential and commercial tenants seeking rental properties in Toronto neighborhoods. The company leverages social media for outreach but lacks visible direct contact emails or phone numbers on the main pages. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries. The business appears focused on quality service and community involvement in neighborhood transformations.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and modern WordPress plugins, which is positive. However, the absence of DNSSEC and HTTP security headers reduces the overall security posture. There is no visible security or incident response policy, nor vulnerability disclosure information. The lack of privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and other privacy regulations. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The security score is moderate but could be improved by implementing DNSSEC, security headers, and formal privacy and incident response policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security.
  3. Add HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Provide explicit contact information for security incidents, including an incident response or abuse email address.
  5. Implement a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations and improve user trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
ARentals
Description
ARentals is a boutique property management company based in Toronto, established in 2004, offering residential, loft, and commercial units for lease primarily in the Annex and other neighborhoods. They provide personalized service, proactive management, and maintain repair schedules for tenants and contractors. The company owns and manages the buildings they operate in, emphasizing high standards.
Key services
Residential property leasing, Commercial property leasing, Property management, Tenant repair request management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.2, Elementor 3.28.2, JetEngine plugin, JetSmartFilters plugin, jQuery 3.7.1, WP Rocket (performance optimization)
Frameworks
WordPress, Elementor
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security plugins (implied by JetEngine and WP Rocket)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (gtag.js)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed with clear navigation and responsive layout.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage or header/footer.
  3. Contact information is primarily via contact forms and social media links; no direct emails or phone numbers explicitly labeled found in the provided content.
  4. Uses modern WordPress plugins and performance optimizations.
  5. No DNSSEC enabled, which is a minor security gap.
  6. No explicit security headers detected in the provided data.
  7. Google Analytics is used for tracking without visible cookie consent mechanism.
  8. No visible vulnerability disclosure or incident response information.
  9. Content is safe and appropriate for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS with Elementor page builder and JetEngine for dynamic content and filtering. It uses jQuery and WP Rocket for performance optimization. Hosting is provided by iPage. The site is mobile optimized and has good SEO meta tags. Performance is moderate, with lazy loading and minified CSS/JS. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. No major technical debt or outdated technologies were detected. The site lacks DNSSEC and some security headers, which are recommended for technical hardening.
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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