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Army Times · Media · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Army Times is a specialized media publication providing independent news and information focused on soldiers and military personnel. It offers news articles, benefits guides, and subscription services targeting active-duty soldiers, veterans, and their families. The website is well-branded and maintains a consistent professional appearance, positioning itself as a trusted source in the military news sector. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager, Prebid.js for advertising, and Akamai CDN for content delivery, ensuring moderate to good performance and mobile optimization. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and inferred security headers, though explicit privacy and cookie policies are not found, indicating room for compliance improvement. The WHOIS data is unavailable, which reduces transparency but does not detract significantly from the site's credibility given the professional content and branding. Overall, the site is a reliable and professional media outlet with moderate technical maturity and good security practices, but it should enhance privacy compliance and domain transparency to improve trust further.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
70/ 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

6 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"

  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

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
62
Security headers
30
Email security
95
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
71

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

Army Times operates in the media sector with a focus on military news and information. It leverages a subscription-based business model alongside advertising revenue. The site is part of a network of sister publications including Air Force Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times, indicating a strong partnership ecosystem. Its target customers are military personnel and veterans, with content tailored to their needs such as pay, benefits, and military culture. The presence of special projects and guides suggests diversified content offerings. The lack of publicly available WHOIS data is a minor concern but the site’s market position as an established military news source is strong. The use of multiple third-party ad and analytics services indicates a mature digital marketing approach. Strategic partnerships with subscription and defense news providers enhance its market reach and revenue streams.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security posture with HTTPS enabled and multiple inferred security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security. The use of origin-trial meta tags suggests controlled deployment of experimental web features. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit privacy and cookie policies and lack of visible security or incident response contact information indicate gaps in compliance and incident readiness. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information was found, which is a best practice for transparency and security culture. The site should improve privacy compliance and provide clear security contact channels to enhance its security maturity and user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Publish clear and comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR and privacy compliance.
  2. Add visible and dedicated contact information for security incidents and abuse reports, including security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file to foster transparency and responsible disclosure.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet compliance standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities and maintain security hygiene.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Army Times
Description
Army Times is your independent voice for news about soldiers at home and deployed around the world.
Key services
News articles, Military benefits information, Subscription magazine, Special projects and guides
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Prebid.js (header bidding), DoubleClick for Publishers (Google Ad Manager), jQuery 3.7.1, Akamai CDN, Boomerang (performance monitoring), Queryly (search enhancement), AdRecover (ad blocker recovery)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security headers (inferred)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of origin-trial tokens for experimental features

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Boomerang
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ad Manager, AdRecover
Tracking pixels
Boomerang
Marketing tools
Queryly
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is fully accessible and not blocked by WAF or security challenges.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies were found in the HTML content provided.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly labeled as company contacts were found.
  4. The site uses multiple third-party scripts for analytics, advertising, and performance monitoring.
  5. The domain WHOIS data is not publicly available, which limits domain trust verification.
  6. The site is well-branded and targets military personnel and related audiences.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information was found.
  8. The site uses HTTPS and modern web technologies with good performance and mobile optimization.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack including Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager, Prebid.js for header bidding, and Akamai CDN for content delivery, which supports good performance and scalability. The presence of Boomerang for performance monitoring and Queryly for search enhancement indicates attention to user experience and site optimization. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and uses structured data (JSON-LD) for SEO benefits. However, the CMS or backend platform is not explicitly identified. The site could benefit from improved accessibility features and explicit privacy and cookie management implementations. Overall, the technical infrastructure is robust but could be enhanced with better compliance and security transparency features.
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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