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Security report for honeybadger.io

Technology · N/a

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

79/100

Risk levelLow

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

Honeybadger.io is a technology company providing SaaS solutions focused on error tracking and application performance monitoring to help developers and software teams improve their software quality and speed. The website targets developers and software teams, offering tools to monitor and track application errors and performance issues. The business model is subscription-based SaaS, catering to a niche market of software development professionals. The website content is minimal and partially inaccessible, limiting a full assessment of the company's market position and detailed business information. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including ProfitWell for analytics, Adobe Typekit for fonts, and Font Awesome for icons, with performance optimizations such as preconnect and prefetch hints. However, the site lacks visible security headers, privacy policies, and contact information in the provided content, indicating gaps in compliance and transparency. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to a malformed request or privacy protection, which reduces trust and limits verification of domain legitimacy. Overall, the security posture is weak due to missing security headers and lack of visible SSL details, and privacy compliance is poor with no detected policies. Strategic recommendations include improving transparency with clear privacy and cookie policies, enhancing security headers and SSL configuration, and providing accessible contact and incident response information.

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

3 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  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 SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
72
Security headers
80
Email security
83
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
79

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

Honeybadger operates in the technology sector, specifically targeting software developers and teams with error tracking and performance monitoring tools. The company likely generates revenue through subscription plans for its SaaS offerings. The presence of ProfitWell analytics suggests active revenue tracking and customer analytics. The website's minimal content and lack of detailed business disclosures limit insights into competitive advantages or partnerships. Social media presence on Twitter and Mastodon indicates engagement with developer communities. The business model is focused on providing essential developer tools, positioning Honeybadger as a specialized SaaS provider in the software monitoring niche.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is currently weak based on the available data. There is no evidence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, or Strict-Transport-Security. SSL/TLS configuration details are not visible, and the WHOIS data is unavailable, which limits domain legitimacy verification. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating potential compliance gaps with GDPR and other privacy regulations. The absence of contact information for security incidents or abuse reporting further reduces the site's security readiness. The use of external scripts like ProfitWell and Adobe Typekit is standard but requires monitoring for vulnerabilities. Overall, the site should improve its security controls, transparency, and compliance to reduce risk and enhance trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce HTTPS with strong SSL/TLS configuration and verify via external tools.
  2. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  3. Deploy security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security incident response and abuse reporting channels.
  5. Improve website content accessibility and completeness to enable better user trust and SEO.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. WHOIS query returned 'Malformed request.' and no WHOIS data was available. The HTML content is truncated and appears minimal, indicating possible blocking or rate limiting. No privacy, cookie, or contact policies found. The site content is minimal and likely blocked or inaccessible for full analysis. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Description
Application performance monitoring & error tracking that helps developers and software teams move faster. Get started for free.
Key services
Error tracking, Application performance monitoring
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
ProfitWell (profitwell.com), Adobe Typekit (use.typekit.net), Font Awesome 6 Pro, Cloudinary, BunnyCDN
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Analytics and tracking

Services
ProfitWell
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
ProfitWell
Marketing tools
ProfitWell
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
basic
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website content is minimal and truncated, limiting full content analysis.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected in the provided HTML.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML content.
  4. External scripts include ProfitWell analytics and Adobe Typekit fonts.
  5. Font Awesome 6 Pro is used for icons.
  6. Multiple preconnect and prefetch hints indicate performance optimization attempts.
  7. No security headers or SSL configuration details provided.
  8. WHOIS data is unavailable, indicating privacy protection or blocking.
  9. Website appears to be a SaaS provider for error tracking and application performance monitoring.
  10. No signs of adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses modern front-end technologies including Adobe Typekit for font loading and Font Awesome 6 Pro for icons, indicating a focus on visual quality. ProfitWell analytics is integrated for revenue and user behavior tracking. The site uses preconnect and prefetch hints to optimize resource loading. However, the HTML content is truncated and minimal, suggesting possible access restrictions or WAF blocking. No CMS or backend platform is identifiable from the provided data. Hosting provider information is not available. Performance is likely moderate given the use of CDNs and resource hints, but full assessment is limited by incomplete content. Accessibility and SEO optimizations appear basic with standard meta tags but no advanced structured data or rich snippets 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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