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Security report for dazeddigital.com

Dazed Digital · Media · N/a

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

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Dazed Digital is a well-established online media brand focusing on youth culture, fashion, art, music, film, and ideas. The website presents high-quality content with a professional design and consistent branding, targeting a young, culturally engaged audience. The business model revolves around digital publishing, advertising, and newsletter subscriptions, positioning itself as a key player in the media sector with several related brands and subsidiaries. Technically, the site leverages a modern technology stack including multiple analytics and advertising platforms, hosted on Microsoft Azure. It demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, ensuring a positive user experience across devices. The presence of comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms indicates a strong commitment to regulatory compliance. From a security perspective, the website enforces HTTPS, employs security headers, and uses consent management platforms to protect user data. However, the absence of explicit Terms of Service, security policy, and incident response contacts are areas for improvement. The lack of WHOIS data transparency is a moderate concern, although the overall site professionalism mitigates some trust issues. Overall, Dazed Digital presents a mature digital presence with strong content and technical foundations. Strategic enhancements in transparency and security documentation would further strengthen its risk posture and trustworthiness.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
70/ 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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  2. 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

  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
47
Security headers
15
Email security
50
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
60

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

Dazed Digital holds a competitive position in the digital media landscape, focusing on niche youth and pop culture markets. Its diversified content offerings and related brands create a robust ecosystem that supports audience engagement and monetization through advertising and subscriptions. The company benefits from partnerships with recognized media entities and maintains active social media channels to extend its reach. Growth indicators include consistent content updates and integration of modern marketing and analytics tools. However, the opaque WHOIS data and limited direct contact information suggest a cautious approach to public business disclosures.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security posture with enforced HTTPS, multiple security headers, and a comprehensive consent management platform aligned with GDPR requirements. The use of reputable third-party analytics and advertising services is balanced with asynchronous loading to minimize performance impact. No immediate vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Nonetheless, the absence of a published security policy, incident response plan, and vulnerability disclosure mechanism limits transparency and preparedness. Enhancing these areas would improve compliance and incident management capabilities.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a clear and accessible Terms of Service page to define user and company obligations.
  2. Develop and disclose a formal security policy and incident response contact information.
  3. Implement a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure.
  4. Increase transparency by providing verified company contact emails and phone numbers.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate potential security risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Dazed Digital
Description
Youth and pop culture provocateurs since 1991. Fearless fashion, music, art, film, politics and ideas from today's bleeding edge. Declare Independence.
Key services
Fashion news and features, Art and photography content, Music coverage, Film and TV articles, Newsletter subscription
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, TikTok Analytics, Crazy Egg, Pinterest, Hotjar, Quantcast, DoubleClick, Google Analytics, BeOp SDK, Swiper.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management platform implemented
  • Multiple analytics and tracking scripts loaded asynchronously
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, TikTok Analytics, Crazy Egg, Hotjar, Quantcast, Chartbeat, Facebook Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick, InMobi, Teads
Tracking pixels
TikTok Pixel, Pinterest Tag, Crazy Egg, Hotjar, Facebook Pixel, Quantcast, Chartbeat
Marketing tools
BeOp SDK
Transparency
good

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 presence of privacy and cookie consent mechanisms
  3. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage
  4. Multiple social media official accounts linked
  5. Use of modern analytics and advertising technologies
  6. No signs of malware or phishing detected
  7. WHOIS data missing, which reduces domain trustworthiness
  8. No explicit Terms of Service page found
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern and scalable infrastructure, likely custom CMS hosted on Microsoft Azure. It integrates a variety of third-party tools for analytics, advertising, and user behavior tracking, including Google Tag Manager, TikTok Analytics, Crazy Egg, Hotjar, and Facebook Pixel. The site demonstrates good mobile responsiveness and accessibility features, with optimized images and lazy loading techniques. Performance is moderate, with room for improvement in load times due to multiple external scripts. SEO is well addressed through meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). The absence of a known CMS suggests a proprietary or heavily customized platform.
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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