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Security report for businesscatalyst.com

Adobe System Incorporated · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, DNS health 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 a formal end-of-life announcement for the Adobe Business Catalyst hosting platform, which was shut down on September 26, 2021. The site provides no active services or user interaction and primarily serves to inform former users of the platform's closure. The business behind the site is Adobe System Incorporated, a large enterprise technology company. The website content is minimal and focused solely on the shutdown notice, with links to Adobe's official privacy and terms pages. Technically, the site uses Adobe Business Catalyst CMS, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Typekit fonts. Hosting is inferred to be on AWS infrastructure based on DNS servers. The site lacks advanced SEO optimization, accessibility features, and security headers. There is no cookie consent mechanism despite the use of tracking scripts, which is a privacy compliance gap. The site is mobile responsive at a basic level but offers limited navigation and content quality. From a security perspective, the domain is well-established since 2002 with proper domain status locks but lacks DNSSEC. No security policies or incident response information is provided on the site. The absence of security headers and cookie consent reduces the security posture score. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the content. Overall, the site is low risk but minimal in security maturity. The overall risk assessment is low due to the site being informational only and no active services. Strategic recommendations include enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, implementing cookie consent, and improving privacy disclosures to enhance trust and compliance.

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. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain:

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

  3. 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

  4. 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

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • Security headers
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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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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 SaaS hosting platform targeting businesses needing website hosting and related services. The platform has been discontinued, and this site serves as a legacy announcement. Adobe, as a large enterprise, has a strong market position in technology and digital media. The business model was subscription-based SaaS. The target audience was small to medium businesses using the platform. The site shows consistent Adobe branding but minimal content, reflecting the end-of-life status. There are no active partnerships or subsidiaries indicated on the site. The lack of contact information or support channels suggests the service is fully retired.

Security posture

The security posture is basic with no HTTPS status explicitly confirmed but likely present given modern standards. The domain has registrar locks but no DNSSEC. No security headers are detected, and no incident response or security policies are published. The use of Google Analytics without cookie consent is a privacy compliance gap. No forms collect sensitive data, reducing risk. Overall, the site is informational only, limiting attack surface but also showing minimal security maturity. Recommendations include adding security headers, enabling DNSSEC, and publishing security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to improve domain name system security.
  2. Implement standard 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 Google Analytics.
  4. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Enhance website content and navigation to improve user experience and SEO.
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 effective September 26, 2021. It informs users that all services including site archives, SFTP, API, and email are no longer accessible.
Key services
Website hosting, Site archives, SFTP, API, Email services
Content quality
basic
Branding
consistent

Technology

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

Security

Observed score
40/100

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an end-of-life announcement page with minimal content.
  2. No active services or user interaction possible on the site.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers provided on the site.
  4. Site uses Adobe branding and links to Adobe's official privacy and terms pages.
  5. No cookie consent mechanism detected despite use of Google Analytics.
  6. No security headers detected in the HTML content.
  7. No forms collecting user data except a hidden search form.
  8. No social media links found on the page.
  9. Site hosted on AWS infrastructure inferred from DNS servers.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Business Catalyst CMS, now discontinued, with legacy code and minimal modern frameworks. It uses Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for tracking and Typekit for fonts. Hosting is on AWS infrastructure as inferred from DNS servers. The site has basic mobile responsiveness but lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features. No modern JavaScript frameworks or security enhancements are detected. Performance is moderate given the minimal content. The site would benefit from modernization and improved technical SEO and security configurations.
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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