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Security report for ausenco.com

Ausenco · Energy · United States

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, Network security and 2 other checks.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Ausenco is a global engineering, consulting, and project delivery firm specializing in the mining, metals, and industrial sectors. With over 30 years of experience and operations in more than 80 countries, Ausenco offers a comprehensive suite of services including consulting studies, project delivery, asset operations, maintenance solutions, and digital innovations such as AI and environmental planning. The company positions itself as a partner to clients, helping navigate complex mining challenges with sustainable and innovative solutions. Technically, the website is built on Craft CMS and leverages modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Flickity for carousels, and Vanilla LazyLoad for performance optimization. It integrates Google Tag Manager and LinkedIn Insight for analytics and marketing. The site is hosted with Amazon Registrar, indicating likely AWS infrastructure. The website demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, though performance is moderate. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and has domain transfer protections in place. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and there is a lack of explicit security headers and a published security policy or incident response contact. Privacy compliance is partially met with a privacy policy present, but no visible cookie consent mechanism or GDPR-specific disclosures. The business credibility is high with clear company information, professional content, and strong trust signals. Overall, Ausenco's website reflects a mature, professional organization with a solid digital presence and good security fundamentals. To enhance trust and compliance, it is recommended to enable DNSSEC, implement security headers, provide explicit cookie consent, and publish security and incident response policies.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  2. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • High

      High-Risk Service Exposed: FTP

      Port 21 (FTP) is publicly accessible - FTP - Often unencrypted file transfer

      What to do: Consider restricting access to FTP or implementing strong authentication

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

  3. 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';…

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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
85
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
53
Average
52

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

Ausenco operates as a global engineering and consulting firm focused on the mining and industrial sectors. Its competitive advantage lies in its 30+ years of experience, global footprint in over 80 countries, and a broad portfolio of services from consulting to digital solutions. The business model centers on project delivery and asset management services, targeting mining companies and industrial clients worldwide. The company leverages digital transformation and sustainability as growth drivers. Ausenco maintains a strong partnership ecosystem evidenced by social media presence and industry projects. The website content and structured data indicate a well-established, credible business with a focus on innovation and sustainability.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with HTTPS enforced and domain transfer protections. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are gaps. No explicit security policy or incident response contacts are published, which limits transparency and readiness perception. Privacy compliance is partial, lacking cookie consent mechanisms. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analysis. Overall, the security maturity is adequate for a corporate site but could be improved to meet higher compliance and trust standards.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
  3. Add a dedicated security policy page and provide clear incident response contact information.
  4. Introduce a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking pixels to minimize privacy risks and improve transparency.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ausenco
Description
Ausenco has a 30 year track record delivering innovative, value-added consulting studies, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions to the mining & metals and industrial sectors.
Key services
Consulting studies, Project delivery, Asset operations, Maintenance solutions, Digital solutions including AI and environmental planning
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Flickity, Vanilla LazyLoad, Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Weglot Translation
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Client transfer prohibited domain status

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn Insight
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
LinkedIn Insight Tag
Marketing tools
LinkedIn Insight
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well structured.
  2. Content is comprehensive and relevant to mining and industrial sectors.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner found, which may be a compliance gap.
  4. No explicit security policy or incident response contact found.
  5. Social media presence is strong and consistent.
  6. No suspicious or malicious indicators detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack with Craft CMS as the content management system, supported by JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Flickity for UI components and Vanilla LazyLoad for image optimization. Google Tag Manager and LinkedIn Insight tags are used for analytics and marketing. Hosting appears to be on AWS infrastructure. The site is mobile optimized and accessible with good SEO metadata and structured data (JSON-LD). Performance is moderate, with some lazy loading errors noted in images but overall good user experience. There is an opportunity to improve technical security configurations and cookie management to align with best practices.
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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