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Security report for comparably.com

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.comparably.com is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare PerimeterX captcha challenge that blocks all content access. This prevents extraction of any meaningful business, security, or compliance information. The domain WHOIS data is unavailable, indicating either the domain is unregistered or WHOIS information is protected or missing, which raises concerns about legitimacy and trustworthiness. Without access to the site content, no privacy policies, contact information, or business details can be confirmed. The technical infrastructure shows use of advanced security services like PerimeterX and Cloudflare Insights, but the inability to access the site limits further assessment. Overall, the site’s security posture and compliance status cannot be reliably evaluated in this state.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

8 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 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 Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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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  • 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
52
Security headers
55
Email security
70
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
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

Due to the blocked content and lack of WHOIS data, no detailed business intelligence can be derived. The domain appears to be related to Comparably, a known company in the employee compensation and workplace culture space, but this cannot be confirmed from the current data. No partner or subsidiary domains were identified. The lack of accessible business information and contact details severely limits any competitive or market positioning analysis.

Security posture

The presence of a Cloudflare PerimeterX captcha indicates a strong security posture aimed at mitigating automated attacks and bots. However, the absence of accessible security headers, privacy policies, or incident response contacts limits the evaluation of compliance and operational security maturity. The missing WHOIS data further reduces trust. No vulnerabilities or security best practices can be confirmed due to the blocked content. The site’s security score is low primarily due to inaccessibility rather than detected flaws.

Recommendations

  1. Work with Cloudflare or PerimeterX to allow trusted security scanners or analysts to bypass the captcha for assessment purposes.
  2. Ensure WHOIS data is properly registered and publicly available to improve domain legitimacy and trust.
  3. Publish clear privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies accessible without security challenges.
  4. Expose contact and incident response information to enhance transparency and trustworthiness.
  5. Implement and verify security headers and HTTPS configuration to improve security posture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. Page displays a Cloudflare PerimeterX captcha challenge blocking access to content. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Technology

Stack
PerimeterX, Cloudflare Insights

Analytics and tracking

Services
Cloudflare Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights

Site quality

Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is fully blocked by a Cloudflare PerimeterX captcha challenge.
  2. No metadata, structured data, or business information is accessible.
  3. No contact information, privacy, cookie, or terms policies found.
  4. No forms or user input fields detected due to blocked content.
  5. External resources are limited to security and font providers.
  6. Security posture cannot be fully assessed due to lack of content access.
  7. WHOIS data is missing, indicating possible domain registration issues or privacy protection.
  8. Analysis incomplete due to WAF/security mechanisms. For accurate analysis, please contact guard@offseq.com.
Technical notes

Notes

The site uses PerimeterX for bot mitigation and Cloudflare Insights for analytics, indicating a modern security and monitoring infrastructure. However, the inability to access the site content prevents evaluation of CMS, frameworks, or hosting details. The site loads Google Fonts and PerimeterX scripts. Performance, accessibility, and SEO cannot be assessed due to blocked content. The domain’s WHOIS data is missing, which is unusual for an active commercial site and suggests possible registration or privacy issues.
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. 69/100 −9Medium29 findingsView report
  2. 78/100Low20 findingsView report
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