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Security report for globelink.ca

Globe Media Group · Media · Canada

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

47/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Globe Media Group is a Canadian media and marketing company operating under The Globe and Mail Limited. The company specializes in providing advertisers with content marketing solutions and advertising platforms targeting ambitious Canadians, business decision makers, and affluent households. The website demonstrates a strong market position with claims of #1 reach to key Canadian demographics and offers a suite of marketing capabilities including data intelligence, programmatic advertising, and creative services. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with a modern theme and plugins, leveraging Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel for tracking. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly but lacks explicit privacy and cookie policies, which impacts privacy compliance scores. Security posture is good with HTTPS and domain transfer protections, but DNSSEC is not enabled and security headers are not evident. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but would benefit from enhanced privacy disclosures and security policies.

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

8 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.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. 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 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';…

  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

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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
30
Email security
40
DNS health
55
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
53
Average
47

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

The business operates in the media sector with a focus on advertising and content marketing. It leverages its association with The Globe and Mail to maintain a strong brand and market presence. The company targets high-value audiences such as business decision makers and affluent Canadians, which is reflected in its marketing messaging and service offerings. The website integrates multiple marketing and tracking tools to support data-driven advertising strategies. The lack of visible contact information and privacy policies suggests room for improvement in transparency and customer engagement. The partnership with adforward.globeandmail.ca indicates an ecosystem supporting ad material submissions and campaign management.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and has domain transfer protections, indicating a baseline security posture. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security robustness. No explicit security policies or incident response contacts are published, which could hinder rapid response to security incidents. The use of multiple third-party scripts introduces potential risk vectors that require ongoing monitoring. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies, which is a significant compliance gap especially under GDPR and similar regulations.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details to improve privacy compliance and user trust.
  2. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  3. Implement and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to harden the website against common attacks.
  4. Add explicit security and incident response policies on the website, including dedicated contact channels for security issues.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure secure operation.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
The Globe and Mail Limited
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Globe Media Group
Description
Globe Media Group is a media and marketing company that empowers advertisers with solutions and content to influence ambitious Canadians.
Key services
Content marketing, Advertising solutions, Data intelligence and audience targeting, Creative services, Programmatic advertising, Direct response marketing
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Themify Ultra theme, LayerSlider plugin, UberMenu plugin, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Vimeo Player, Yoast SEO
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status
  • Use of Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
LayerSlider, UberMenu
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional media and marketing platform associated with The Globe and Mail Limited.
  2. Content is rich and targeted at advertisers and business decision makers in Canada.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies are explicitly found on the homepage or main navigation.
  4. Multiple external analytics and tracking scripts are used, including Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel.
  5. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers are found in the provided HTML content.
  6. Social media links to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn are present in structured data.
  7. The website uses WordPress CMS with Themify Ultra theme and several plugins.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information is found.
  9. No explicit security or incident response contact information is provided.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS using the Themify Ultra theme and several plugins including LayerSlider and UberMenu. It uses Google Fonts and loads multiple external scripts asynchronously for analytics and marketing purposes. Hosting appears to be with DreamHost based on asset URLs. The site is mobile optimized and uses modern web fonts and lazy loading for images. SEO is enhanced by Yoast SEO plugin with structured data in JSON-LD format. Performance is moderate with some heavy slider images but generally good technical implementation. Accessibility is basic with some ARIA and semantic elements but could be improved. No major technical debt or deprecated technologies detected.
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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