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Security report for cabotcorp.com

Cabot Corporation · Manufacturing · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Cabot Corporation is a well-established global specialty chemicals and performance materials company with over 140 years of history. The company serves industrial sectors including transportation, infrastructure, environment, and consumer industries by providing a broad portfolio of advanced materials such as reinforcing carbons, battery materials, and specialty carbons. Their market position is strong, supported by NYSE listing and comprehensive sustainability initiatives. Technically, the website employs modern JavaScript libraries and analytics tools, with good mobile optimization and SEO practices. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and no visible vulnerabilities, though improvements can be made in security headers and incident response transparency. The absence of WHOIS data is a notable anomaly but does not detract significantly from the overall legitimacy given the professional web presence and external references. Overall, the website reflects a mature, credible business with room for enhanced privacy and security disclosures.

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

5 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
90
Security headers
20
Email security
55
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
66

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

Cabot Corporation operates in the manufacturing sector with a focus on specialty chemicals and materials. Their business model is B2B, targeting industrial customers requiring advanced materials solutions. The company leverages sustainability as a competitive advantage and maintains a strong brand presence with consistent messaging and comprehensive content. Their partnership ecosystem includes investor relations and product showcase subdomains. Revenue streams likely derive from product sales in reinforcing carbons, battery materials, and related specialty chemicals. Growth indicators include recent DOE grant announcements and sustainability reporting. The company maintains a professional digital footprint with moderate to high technical maturity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security baseline with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and absence of a published vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file indicate areas for improvement. No direct incident response contacts or security policies were found, which could hinder rapid response to security incidents. Privacy compliance is generally good with a comprehensive privacy policy, but the lack of a cookie consent mechanism is a gap for GDPR compliance. Overall, the security posture is mature but could benefit from enhanced transparency and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  3. Add a cookie consent banner/mechanism to improve GDPR compliance and user privacy transparency.
  4. Provide explicit incident response contact information, such as a security@ or abuse@ email address.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and analytics tools to mitigate supply chain risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Cabot Corporation
Description
Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company that has delivered innovative performance solutions to customers for over 140 years. They provide reinforcing carbons, battery materials, engineered elastomer composites, specialty carbons, fumed metal oxides, masterbatches and conductive compounds, inkjet colorants and aerogel.
Key services
Reinforcing carbons, Battery materials, Engineered elastomer composites, Specialty carbons, Fumed metal oxides, Masterbatches and conductive compounds, Inkjet colorants, Aerogel
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, YouTube iframe API, Mapbox, Modernizr, Dust.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager and analytics scripts asynchronously

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, LinkedIn Insight
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
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 fully accessible with rich content and multimedia.
  2. Strong focus on sustainability and corporate responsibility.
  3. Multiple language options available.
  4. No direct company emails or phone numbers found on homepage; contact via contact form.
  5. No explicit cookie consent banner detected.
  6. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy.
  7. WHOIS data missing, which is unusual for a large corporation domain.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, YouTube iframe API, Mapbox, and Modernizr, indicating a moderately modern tech stack. The site is mobile optimized with responsive images and accessible navigation. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of analytics scripts. No CMS or hosting provider details were detected. The site structure and meta tags support good SEO. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party scripts and lack of advanced security headers. Opportunities exist to modernize frameworks and improve security configurations to reduce attack surface.
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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