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Security report for businesscatalyst.com

Adobe System Incorporated · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website businesscatalyst.com serves as an official end-of-life announcement for the Adobe Business Catalyst hosting platform, which was shut down on September 26, 2021. The site no longer provides any hosting or related services and functions primarily as an archival notice. The business behind the domain is Adobe System Incorporated, a large technology company with a long-established presence. The website content is minimal and focused on informing former users of the service discontinuation. Technically, the site uses Adobe Business Catalyst CMS, which is now discontinued, and is hosted on AWS infrastructure as indicated by DNS nameservers. The site includes Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager scripts for tracking, and uses Adobe Typekit fonts and Ionic icons. The site is basic in design and mobile optimization, with limited SEO and accessibility features. No advanced frameworks or modern CMS platforms are detected. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS (implied by Google Analytics usage and domain), but lacks DNSSEC and visible security headers such as CSP or HSTS. No security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present. Privacy compliance is partially addressed through links to Adobe's corporate privacy and terms pages, but no cookie consent mechanism is implemented despite tracking scripts. Overall, the site is low risk given its archival nature and lack of active services, but improvements in security headers and privacy compliance could be made. The domain registration is consistent and legitimate, with no suspicious patterns detected. The site is safe for general audiences and contains no adult or questionable content.

Scanned

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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. 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 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

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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
77
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
67

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

Adobe Business Catalyst was a website hosting and management platform offered by Adobe, targeting businesses needing hosted website solutions. The platform was discontinued in 2021, and this site serves as a formal announcement of that end-of-life. The business model was SaaS platform hosting. The target customers were small to medium businesses using Adobe's ecosystem. The domain is long-standing and associated with Adobe branding, lending credibility. The site does not reveal revenue streams or detailed partnerships but links to Adobe corporate policies. The platform's discontinuation indicates a strategic shift by Adobe away from this service. No active partnerships or subsidiaries are indicated on this site.

Security posture

The security posture of the site is basic. HTTPS is used, but DNSSEC is not enabled, and no security headers are present in the HTML content. There is no visible security policy or incident response information. The presence of Google Analytics without a cookie consent mechanism is a privacy compliance gap. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the content. The domain is protected against unauthorized transfer and deletion via domain status flags. Overall, the site is low risk due to its static archival nature but would benefit from improved security headers and privacy controls.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Add a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations given the use of tracking scripts.
  4. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency.
  5. Consider migrating away from the discontinued Adobe Business Catalyst platform to a modern CMS for future projects.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Adobe System Incorporated
Description
The website announces the end of life and shutdown of the Adobe Business Catalyst hosting platform service as of September 26, 2021. It no longer provides any website services including archives, SFTP, API, and email.
Key services
Website hosting, Site archives, SFTP access, API services, Email services
Content quality
basic
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Typekit Fonts, Ionic Framework Icons
Platforms
Adobe Business Catalyst
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by domain and Google Analytics setup)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an end-of-life announcement for Adobe Business Catalyst platform.
  2. No active services or content beyond the announcement.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on the page.
  4. Privacy and terms policies link to Adobe corporate pages.
  5. No cookie consent mechanism detected despite use of Google Analytics.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. No visible security headers or advanced security configurations.
  8. Site uses Adobe Business Catalyst CMS which is now discontinued.
  9. Site hosted on AWS infrastructure (based on DNS nameservers).
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses legacy Adobe Business Catalyst CMS technology, which is now discontinued. The tech stack includes Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Adobe Typekit fonts, and Ionic icons. Hosting is on AWS as indicated by DNS nameservers. The site has basic mobile optimization and accessibility but lacks advanced SEO features. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts. No modern JavaScript frameworks or CMS platforms are detected. The site could benefit from modernization to improve performance, security, and maintainability.
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. 67/100Medium33 findingsView report
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