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Security report for footlocker.hk

Foot Locker, Inc. · Retail · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Foot Locker, Inc. is a globally recognized leader in the retail footwear and apparel industry, operating approximately 2,400 stores across multiple continents. The company’s website serves as a corporate and investor relations portal, providing comprehensive financial reports, proxy statements, and webcast event information. The site targets sneaker enthusiasts, investors, and retail consumers, emphasizing its portfolio of well-known brands such as Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos. The business model focuses on retail sales through physical stores and licensed locations, maintaining a strong market position as a sneaker authority. Technically, the website is built on Adobe Experience Manager, leveraging Adobe Helix RUM and CQ Analytics for performance monitoring and user tracking. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, with a professional design and clear navigation. However, some security best practices such as explicit security headers and cookie consent mechanisms are not evident. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain www.footlocker-inc.com raises concerns about domain registration legitimacy, although the website content and linked domains strongly align with the official Foot Locker brand. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data in its HTML content. Nonetheless, the lack of published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests room for improvement in transparency and security maturity. Overall, the website is trustworthy and professional but would benefit from enhanced security and privacy compliance features. The overall risk assessment is moderate with recommendations to improve domain registration transparency, implement security headers, establish cookie consent, and publish security-related policies to strengthen user trust and regulatory 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

4 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 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

  3. 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

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • 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
62
Security headers
55
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
71

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

Foot Locker, Inc. holds a dominant position in the retail footwear and apparel sector, leveraging a broad international footprint and a portfolio of strong subsidiary brands. The company’s revenue streams primarily derive from retail sales in physical stores and licensed outlets. Its target customers include sneaker enthusiasts, athletes, and general consumers interested in athletic footwear and apparel. The company actively engages investors through detailed financial disclosures and webcast events, indicating a mature investor relations strategy. Growth indicators include ongoing community engagement programs such as scholarships and a robust social media presence with millions of followers. The partnership ecosystem includes financial services and webcast platforms for investor communications. Strategic observations highlight the company’s focus on brand authority, market expansion, and digital engagement to maintain competitive advantage.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. The lack of a published security policy, incident response contact information, and vulnerability disclosure program indicates gaps in security governance and transparency. Compliance with GDPR is partially demonstrated through the presence of a privacy policy, but the missing cookie consent mechanism is a compliance gap. The site does not expose any obvious vulnerabilities or outdated libraries in the provided content. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a corporate informational site but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory expectations fully.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Establish and display a cookie consent mechanism to ensure GDPR compliance and enhance user privacy transparency.
  3. Publish a detailed security policy and incident response contact information to improve security governance and user trust.
  4. Create and maintain a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Investigate and resolve the missing WHOIS data for the domain to improve domain legitimacy and reduce potential trust concerns.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Foot Locker, Inc.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Foot Locker, Inc.
Description
Foot Locker, Inc. is a leading footwear and apparel retailer with approximately 2,400 retail stores in 20 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The company operates a portfolio of brands including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos.
Key services
Retail footwear and apparel sales, Investor relations and financial reporting, Community relations and scholarship programs
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Adobe Helix RUM, CQ Analytics, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
Frameworks
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by URL scheme)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML content

Analytics and tracking

Services
Adobe Helix RUM, CQ Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Adobe Helix RUM
Marketing tools
CQ Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is professionally presented with comprehensive investor relations materials.
  3. Strong social media presence with millions of followers on major platforms.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner detected, though privacy policy is present.
  5. WHOIS data for the domain is missing, indicating possible domain registration issues or use of alternate domains.
  6. No security.txt or explicit vulnerability disclosure found.
  7. No explicit security policy or incident response contact information published.
  8. Website uses Adobe Experience Manager CMS and Adobe Helix RUM for analytics.
  9. No forms detected on the main page; contact information is provided via email and phone.
  10. Multiple external links to trusted financial and webcast platforms.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager, a robust enterprise CMS platform, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. It uses Adobe Helix RUM and CQ Analytics for real user monitoring and analytics, supporting performance optimization and user behavior insights. The site demonstrates good mobile responsiveness, accessibility features, and SEO optimization with proper meta tags and structured navigation. Performance is moderate, with deferred JavaScript loading and optimized CSS. No major technical debt or outdated technologies are evident in the provided content. However, the hosting provider and SSL configuration details are not explicitly available, limiting a full technical risk assessment. Overall, the technical implementation supports a professional and user-friendly corporate website.
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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