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Security report for inc.com

Inc. · Media · N/a

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

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Inc.com is a well-established business media platform dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and business owners with resources, news, and advice to start, run, and grow their businesses. The site offers a mix of free content and premium subscription services, including exclusive articles, events, and awards such as the Inc. 5000. The brand is recognized for its authoritative position in the business media sector, targeting a broad audience of entrepreneurs and startup founders. Technically, the website leverages modern web technologies including Next.js and React, ensuring fast performance and excellent mobile optimization. It integrates multiple third-party marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager, ScorecardResearch, and Tinypass, which support its advertising and subscription models. The site employs strong security practices with HTTPS enforcement and comprehensive security headers, contributing to a robust security posture. From a security and compliance perspective, while the site demonstrates good technical security measures, it lacks explicit privacy and cookie policies in the provided content, which could be improved to enhance GDPR compliance and user trust. The WHOIS data is unavailable or restricted, a common practice for high-profile domains, which slightly reduces transparency but is justified given the brand's prominence. Overall, Inc.com presents a professional, secure, and content-rich platform with a strong market position. Strategic improvements in privacy disclosures and contact transparency would further strengthen its compliance and trustworthiness.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
70/ 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 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

  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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  • 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
82
Security headers
45
Email security
50
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
70

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention inc.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
7,518
Employees
2
Customers
7,288
Third parties
228
Weak passwords
20%

Latest record dated 2026-02-08 · 49 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Inc.com operates as a leading media brand in the entrepreneurship and business growth sector, offering news, insights, and premium content to a large audience of business professionals. Its business model combines advertising revenue with subscription-based premium content and events. The site’s extensive use of marketing and analytics tools indicates a mature digital marketing strategy aimed at audience engagement and monetization. The absence of explicit contact information and privacy policies in the visible content suggests areas for operational enhancement. The brand’s market position is strong, supported by recognized programs like the Inc. 5000 and a consistent content strategy focused on business innovation and leadership.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented, including Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security. There is no evidence of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries in the analyzed content. However, the lack of visible security or incident response contact information and absence of a published vulnerability disclosure policy represent gaps in security transparency and readiness. Compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR could be improved by publishing clear privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site’s security practices are strong but could benefit from enhanced user-facing security disclosures and incident response mechanisms.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive and easily accessible privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add clear contact information for security incidents and data protection inquiries, including a dedicated security or abuse email address.
  3. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and marketing tools to mitigate potential security risks.
  5. Enhance transparency around data retention and user data handling practices to align with best privacy practices.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Inc.
Description
Inc. media is the entrepreneurs source for ideas, resources and advice on how to successfully start, run and grow your business.
Key services
Business news and advice, Premium subscription content, Events and awards, Podcasts and videos
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Next.js, React, Google Tag Manager, DoubleClick for Publishers, ScorecardResearch, Tinypass (Piano), Marketo, Pushly SDK
Frameworks
Next.js
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
excellent

Security

Observed score
90/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security headers
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure external scripts loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
ScorecardResearch, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick, ScorecardResearch
Tracking pixels
ScorecardResearch, Marketo Munchkin
Marketing tools
Tinypass (Piano), Marketo, Pushly SDK
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional business media platform focused on entrepreneurship and business growth.
  2. Content is rich, well-structured, and includes premium subscription offerings.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  4. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages explicitly detected in the provided content.
  5. Strong use of modern web technologies and security best practices.
  6. Extensive use of third-party marketing and analytics tools.
  7. No signs of adult or unsafe content.
  8. WHOIS data is unavailable or restricted, common for high-profile domains.
Technical notes

Notes

Inc.com is built on a modern technology stack featuring Next.js and React, enabling server-side rendering and fast client-side interactions. The site is optimized for mobile devices and employs advanced SEO techniques including structured JSON-LD data and Open Graph metadata. Integration with multiple third-party services supports advertising, analytics, and subscription management. Performance is fast with efficient resource loading and font preloading. The technical infrastructure reflects a high level of digital maturity with opportunities to further improve hosting transparency and continuous security monitoring.
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. 70/100Medium29 findingsView report
  2. 70/100Medium30 findingsView report
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