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Security report for dmca.com

DMCA.com · Technology · Canada

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

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

DMCA.com is a specialized service provider focused on protecting online content and brands through DMCA takedown services, compliance solutions, and content protection tools. The company positions itself as a leading provider in the digital rights protection space, serving a broad audience including content creators, brand owners, musicians, authors, and software companies. Their business model revolves around subscription and service offerings that include takedown management, monitoring, watermarking, and compliance support. The website demonstrates a strong market presence with over 1.13 million websites protected daily and a comprehensive suite of services accessible via a user-friendly platform. Technically, DMCA.com leverages a modern technology stack including ASP.NET, Bootstrap, jQuery, and various analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, and Intercom. Hosting is provided via Microsoft Azure, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure. The website is optimized for mobile devices and SEO, with good performance and accessibility standards. Structured data is implemented for enhanced search engine understanding. From a security perspective, the site maintains a valid SSL certificate issued by GeoTrust but currently disables modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and 1.3), which is a notable security gap. The absence of HSTS and other security headers reduces the overall security posture. No explicit security policy, incident response information, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms were found, indicating areas for improvement in transparency and security governance. Overall, DMCA.com presents a professional and trustworthy online presence with strong business and technical foundations. However, enhancements in security configurations and explicit security governance documentation would further strengthen their risk management and customer trust.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

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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  • 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
80
Security headers
15
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
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

DMCA.com operates in the digital content protection industry, targeting a diverse customer base that includes individual content creators, businesses, and legal professionals. Their competitive advantage lies in offering an integrated platform that combines automated tools (such as watermarking and monitoring) with managed takedown services and compliance solutions. The company generates revenue through subscription plans and service fees for takedown and monitoring. Their partnership ecosystem includes email services (Fusemail) and cloud hosting (Azure). The presence of social media channels and extensive knowledge resources supports customer engagement and brand authority. Growth indicators include a large number of protected items and badges delivered daily, as well as continuous feature updates and plugin offerings. Strategic observations suggest a focus on ease of use, scalability, and comprehensive service coverage to maintain market leadership.

Security posture

The current security maturity level of DMCA.com is moderate. The site employs a valid SSL certificate and avoids deprecated SSL/TLS protocols, which is positive. However, the disabling of TLS 1.2 and 1.3 protocols is a significant vulnerability that could expose users to downgrade attacks or insecure connections. The lack of HSTS and other security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options further weakens the security posture. No published security policy or incident response plan is visible, which may impact compliance with regulations such as GDPR and NIS2. Data protection practices include the use of reCAPTCHA for form submissions and cookie consent mechanisms, indicating awareness of privacy requirements. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not explicitly documented, suggesting room for improvement in transparency and preparedness.

Recommendations

  1. Enable TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols to ensure secure encrypted communications.
  2. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  3. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  4. Publish a clear security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  5. Create and maintain a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
Technical notes

Notes

DMCA.com is built on a robust ASP.NET platform hosted on Microsoft Azure, leveraging modern front-end frameworks like Bootstrap and jQuery for responsive design and user interaction. The integration of analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, and Intercom demonstrates a mature digital marketing strategy. Performance is optimized with caching headers and CDN usage for static assets. The site supports mobile devices well and includes SEO best practices with structured data and meta tags. However, the absence of modern TLS protocols and incomplete security headers indicate technical debt in security configuration. Opportunities exist to modernize the security stack and enhance compliance with evolving data protection regulations.
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. 78/100Low25 findingsView report
  2. 78/100Low25 findingsView report
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