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Security report for lionbridge.com

Lionbridge · Technology · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Lionbridge is a mature, enterprise-level global language services provider specializing in translation, localization, AI data services, and content creation for diverse industries including technology, healthcare, finance, and e-commerce. The company leverages advanced AI and automation tools to deliver multilingual content solutions, positioning itself as a leader in the digital-first economy. The website reflects a strong brand presence with excellent content quality, comprehensive service offerings, and a global reach supported by multiple language options and localized content. Technically, the website is built on Adobe Experience Manager with integrations of modern marketing and analytics technologies such as Marketo, OneTrust, Vidyard, and Google Analytics. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly, with good accessibility features. However, the SSL/TLS configuration is currently broken, lacking a valid certificate and modern TLS protocol support, which significantly impacts the security posture. Security-wise, the site implements strong security headers and content security policies but suffers from critical SSL issues that must be addressed to ensure secure communications. Privacy compliance is well handled with clear cookie consent mechanisms and a comprehensive privacy policy. Business credibility is high, supported by long domain age, strong WHOIS data consistency, ISO certifications, and visible trust indicators such as customer testimonials and case studies. Overall, Lionbridge presents a professional and trustworthy digital presence with advanced technological adoption but requires urgent remediation of SSL/TLS issues to maintain security standards and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Security headers
75
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
52

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

Lionbridge operates in a competitive global market for language and localization services, leveraging AI and automation to differentiate its offerings. Its business model focuses on B2B enterprise clients across multiple sectors, providing scalable and technology-driven solutions. The company maintains a strong partnership ecosystem with marketing and analytics platforms, enhancing its digital marketing capabilities. Growth indicators include active webinars, case studies, and a broad portfolio of AI-powered services. The company’s long domain history and strong domain protection reflect operational stability and legitimacy. Lionbridge’s strategic focus on generative AI and machine translation positions it well for future market demands. The presence of a dedicated games division and extensive industry coverage indicates diversification and market penetration. The company’s retention and satisfaction metrics suggest strong client relationships and service quality.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with implementation of key security headers such as HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of support for modern TLS protocols represent significant vulnerabilities that expose users to potential interception and downgrade attacks. The lack of OCSP stapling and session resumption further weakens the SSL/TLS security. No evidence of exposed sensitive data or known vulnerabilities in libraries was found. Privacy compliance is supported by cookie consent and a detailed privacy policy. Incident response contact information is not explicitly found, which could be improved. Overall, the security posture is adequate but requires urgent SSL/TLS remediation to meet enterprise security expectations.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately fix SSL certificate issues to enable HTTPS with valid certificates and support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols.
  2. Implement OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  3. Review and tighten Content Security Policy to remove any unsafe-inline or unsafe-eval directives if possible.
  4. Add explicit incident response and vulnerability disclosure contact information to enhance security transparency.
  5. Continue monitoring and updating third-party libraries and marketing scripts to avoid introducing vulnerabilities.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager CMS, leveraging a modern tech stack including jQuery, Axios, Typed.js, and various marketing and analytics integrations such as Marketo, OneTrust, Vidyard, and Google Analytics. Hosting is supported by Akamai CDN for performance and availability. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and accessibility features. SEO is well implemented with meta tags, hreflang, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Performance metrics were not provided but the use of CDN and asynchronous script loading suggests moderate to good performance. The main technical risk is the broken SSL/TLS configuration which impacts secure communications and user trust.
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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