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Security report for arup.com

Arup · Energy · N/a

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Arup is a global consultancy specializing in planning, designing, and engineering sustainable infrastructure and buildings. The company offers expertise across more than 150 disciplines, focusing on shaping the built environment with sustainability and innovation. Their market position is that of a leading enterprise-level consultancy with a broad international presence and a strong reputation for quality and impact. The website reflects a mature digital infrastructure with modern analytics, consent management, and multimedia content, indicating a high level of digital maturity. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and monitoring tools in place, though explicit security headers and a public security policy are absent. Privacy compliance is well addressed with clear policies and cookie consent mechanisms. Overall, the site presents a professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained digital presence aligned with the company's global stature.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
73/ 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 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 SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
75
Security headers
30
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
73
Average
74

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

Add-on

Leaked records that mention arup.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
4,211
Employees
274
Customers
2,761
Third parties
1,176
Weak passwords
10%

Latest record dated 2026-06-18 · 144 subdomains affected

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  • –sts-prod.arup.com2026-06-18
  • –gitlab.arup.com2026-06-13
  • –timesheets-app.arup.com2026-06-13
  • –extranet.arup.com2026-06-10
  • –sts-prod.arup.com2026-06-10

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Brand lookalikes

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Domains that imitate arup.com and could be used for phishing or spoofed email, tracked in OffSeq Breach.

Tracked
81
Registered
81
Resolving
81
High or critical
0

Last checked 2026-06-20

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  • a5•••.comMediumreplacement
  • ar•••.comMediumbitsquatting
  • ir•••.comMediumbitsquatting

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Arup operates in the energy, transport, and real estate sectors, providing advisory and technical consultancy services. Their business model centers on delivering multidisciplinary engineering solutions and sustainability consulting to clients worldwide. The company targets clients and communities involved in infrastructure development and environmental sustainability. The website's content and structure support a strong brand identity and client engagement strategy, with clear navigation to markets, services, projects, and insights. The presence of corporate reports and commitment statements further reinforces their market credibility and ethical positioning. The lack of direct contact emails or phone numbers suggests a controlled client engagement approach, likely via contact forms and regional offices.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and integrates monitoring and analytics tools such as Microsoft Application Insights and Google Tag Manager. Cookie consent is managed via OneTrust, indicating attention to privacy regulations. However, the absence of explicit security headers like Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security robustness. No public incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is available, which could be improved to enhance transparency and trust. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is good but could benefit from additional hardening and public security documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish explicit security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Develop and make publicly available a security policy and incident response plan to improve transparency and preparedness.
  3. Consider publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Enhance contact information availability for security and privacy inquiries, including dedicated security contact channels.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and minimize user tracking.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Arup
Description
A global consultancy providing expertise across 150+ disciplines: shaping infrastructure, buildings, energy and sustainability for the built environment.
Key services
Planning, Designing, Engineering, Sustainability consulting, Building retrofit
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Application Insights, OneTrust Cookie Consent, Azure Monitoring
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security and monitoring scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), Microsoft Application Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Microsoft Application Insights, Marketo
Marketing tools
Marketo
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and multimedia
  2. Strong corporate branding and consistent messaging
  3. Comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms
  4. No direct email or phone contact info visible; contact via form
  5. Use of modern analytics and monitoring tools
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response page found
  7. WHOIS data unavailable, which is unusual but not necessarily suspicious
  8. No signs of adult or questionable content
  9. Good SEO and accessibility practices observed
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager for analytics, Microsoft Application Insights for monitoring, and OneTrust for cookie consent management. Hosting appears to be on Microsoft Azure, inferred from monitoring scripts. The site is well-optimized for performance, mobile responsiveness, and accessibility, with comprehensive meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD) for SEO. The content is rich with multimedia elements such as videos and images optimized for various screen sizes. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a high-quality user experience with room for security enhancements.
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. 70/100Medium21 findingsView report
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