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Security report for lever.co

Lever · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Lever operates as a flexible recruiting software platform designed to help hiring teams find, nurture, and hire talent efficiently. The company positions itself as a significant player in the recruiting technology sector, offering SaaS solutions tailored to modern hiring needs. The website reflects a professional and business-oriented approach, targeting HR professionals and recruitment teams. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern integrations including New Relic for monitoring, OneTrust for cookie consent, and marketing tools such as Marketo and Mouseflow. The site demonstrates good SEO practices and mobile optimization, though accessibility features appear basic. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no exposed sensitive data, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with cookie consent but no visible privacy or terms of service pages in the provided content. Overall, the domain registration data aligns well with the business identity, supporting legitimacy. Recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing privacy and security policies, and adding vulnerability disclosure mechanisms to improve trust and 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 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
95
Security headers
30
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
74

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

Lever's market positioning as a flexible recruiting software provider targets enterprise and large organizations seeking efficient talent acquisition solutions. The SaaS business model leverages digital marketing and analytics tools to drive lead generation and customer engagement. The company integrates with marketing automation platforms and employs tracking services to optimize user experience and conversion. While direct contact information is not evident in the analyzed content, the presence of structured data and SEO metadata supports discoverability. The absence of explicit privacy and security policies suggests areas for compliance improvement. Lever's ecosystem includes partnerships with marketing and analytics providers, enhancing its digital maturity and operational reach.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses reputable third-party services for monitoring and analytics, indicating a baseline security maturity. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No security policy or incident response contact information is published, limiting transparency for security researchers and users. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Cookie consent is managed via OneTrust, supporting GDPR compliance to some extent. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be strengthened by adopting additional headers, publishing security policies, and establishing a vulnerability disclosure program.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages accessible from the website footer or main navigation.
  3. Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance with standards such as WCAG.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to ensure privacy compliance and minimize user tracking.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Lever
Description
Find, nurture, and hire the best talent easily and efficiently with Lever’s powerful recruiting software. Elevate your hiring results and book a demo today.
Key services
Recruiting software, Talent nurturing, Hiring process management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, jQuery, New Relic Browser monitoring, OneTrust Cookie Consent, Google Tag Manager, Mouseflow, Marketo Forms
Frameworks
WordPress CMS
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of OneTrust for cookie consent
  • No exposed sensitive data detected in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Plausible, Mouseflow, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Mouseflow, Plausible
Marketing tools
Marketo Forms
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 recruiting software platform
  2. Content is business-focused and well structured
  3. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage HTML
  4. Cookie consent implemented via OneTrust
  5. Multiple analytics and marketing tools integrated
  6. No explicit security or privacy policies found in provided HTML
  7. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information
  8. No signs of WAF or content blocking
  9. Good SEO metadata and structured data present
Technical notes

Notes

Lever's website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern tech stack including jQuery, New Relic for performance monitoring, OneTrust for cookie consent, and marketing automation via Marketo. The site uses lazy loading for scripts and images to optimize performance. SEO is well addressed with Yoast SEO plugin and structured data in JSON-LD format. The site loads multiple external scripts from trusted domains, including analytics and marketing providers. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization. No hosting provider details were explicitly detected. The technical implementation is solid but could benefit from enhanced security headers and accessibility improvements to reduce technical debt and improve user experience.
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. 79/100 −11Low27 findingsView report
  2. 90/100Low21 findingsView report
  3. 75/100Medium12 findings · partial scanView report
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