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Security report for go.com

The Walt Disney Company · Media · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Walt Disney Company's website go.com serves as a central portal to its extensive digital and media properties, including Disney+, ESPN, Marvel, and more. The site is professionally designed with rich content targeting a broad audience of entertainment consumers and Disney fans. The technical infrastructure leverages modern web technologies, CDNs, and monitoring tools, reflecting a mature digital presence. However, a critical security issue is the invalid or missing SSL certificate, which undermines user trust and security. Privacy and cookie policies are comprehensive and GDPR compliant, supporting strong privacy practices. Overall, the site demonstrates high business credibility but requires urgent remediation of SSL issues to maintain security posture.

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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

6 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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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
50
Security headers
15
Email security
50
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
55

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

Disney holds a dominant position in the global media and entertainment industry, operating through multiple subsidiaries and brands. The website reflects a diversified business model encompassing streaming, theme parks, merchandising, and news media. The presence of multiple partner and subsidiary domains indicates a broad ecosystem. The site supports Disney's brand strategy by linking to key services and promoting content. The business model is enterprise-scale with a focus on digital content distribution and consumer engagement. Growth indicators include active promotion of new content and offers. The partnership ecosystem is robust, including internal subsidiaries and external partners.

Security posture

The current security posture is weakened by the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of modern TLS protocols, which are critical for secure communications. The site lacks HSTS, OCSP stapling, and session resumption, which are best practices for HTTPS security. No explicit security policies or incident response contacts are found on the site. However, the domain registration is strongly protected, and no immediate vulnerabilities like exposed credentials or WAF blocking are detected. Privacy compliance is strong, with clear policies and consent mechanisms. The site should prioritize fixing SSL issues and enhancing security headers to improve its security maturity.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately replace or renew the SSL certificate to a valid trusted certificate.
  2. Enable TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 protocols and disable deprecated protocols.
  3. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload.
  4. Enable OCSP stapling to improve certificate revocation checking.
  5. Add explicit security policy pages and incident response contact information.
  6. Regularly audit and update security headers and cookie settings.
  7. Maintain comprehensive privacy and cookie consent mechanisms.
  8. Enhance accessibility and mobile optimization continuously.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern React-based frontend with a proprietary CMS (Matterhorn FITT) and is hosted on a combination of Akamai CDN and AWS CloudFront with Nginx and Varnish caching layers. Performance is moderate with deferred loading of scripts and prefetching of assets. SEO is well implemented with meta tags and Open Graph data. Accessibility features are present but could be improved. The site uses New Relic for monitoring and Ensighten for tag management. The invalid SSL certificate is a major technical risk. The site is mobile optimized and uses modern fonts and styling. Technical debt appears low, but SSL and security header improvements are needed.
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 +6Medium30 findingsView report
  2. 63/100 +7Medium32 findingsView report
  3. 56/100Medium37 findingsView report
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