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Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures · Finance · United States

Medium risk. 2 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures operates as the corporate venture capital arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance, focusing on early-stage investments in software, platform, and service companies that innovate within the (re)insurance sector. The fund primarily invests in the US and Europe, targeting strategic areas such as mobility, PropTech, FinTech, InsurTech, and enterprise solutions. The website provides detailed information about investment strategy, portfolio companies, team members, and exits, positioning LMSV as a significant player in insurance-related venture capital backed by a large insurance parent company. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10 and integrates marketing and analytics tools such as Adobe Launch and Tealium. The site is hosted behind Akamai DNS servers but lacks a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS support, which is a critical security concern. Performance is slow with a large page size and many resources. Accessibility and SEO are basic to good, with mobile optimization rated good. Security posture is weak due to missing HTTPS, lack of security headers, and no DNSSEC or CAA records. Privacy compliance is moderate with a clear privacy policy linked from the parent company but no cookie consent mechanism detected. Business credibility is strong given the detailed content, team bios, and trust signals linking to Liberty Mutual corporate resources. Overall, the site is informative and professional but requires urgent security improvements, especially SSL/TLS implementation, to ensure secure user interactions and compliance with modern web security standards.

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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

2 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

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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
90
Security headers
75
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
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

LMSV is strategically positioned as Liberty Mutual's venture capital arm, leveraging the parent company's market presence to invest in innovative startups aligned with insurance industry needs. The fund's focus on early-stage investments with check sizes from $750K to $5M and preference for co-investing alongside other venture funds indicates a collaborative investment approach. The portfolio spans multiple sectors relevant to insurance and risk management, including mobility, PropTech, and cybersecurity. The presence of detailed team bios with LinkedIn profiles enhances transparency and trust. The website's linkage to Liberty Mutual's corporate policies and social media channels further integrates LMSV within the broader corporate ecosystem. However, the absence of direct contact information and limited cookie policy presence may hinder user engagement and regulatory compliance.

Security posture

The website exhibits a low security maturity level primarily due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS support, exposing users to potential data interception risks. The lack of security headers and modern TLS protocols further weakens the security posture. No DNSSEC or CAA records are configured, increasing susceptibility to DNS spoofing and unauthorized certificate issuance. While no known vulnerabilities like Heartbleed or POODLE are detected, the fundamental lack of HTTPS is a critical issue. Privacy policies are present via parent company links, but cookie consent mechanisms are missing, which may impact GDPR compliance. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are not found, indicating limited transparency in security incident handling. Overall, the site requires immediate remediation to meet basic security standards and protect user data.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Configure and enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable deprecated protocols.
  3. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Deploy HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload directives to enforce HTTPS usage.
  5. Establish DNSSEC and CAA records to secure DNS and certificate issuance processes.
  6. Introduce a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie policy to enhance privacy compliance.
  7. Publish a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  8. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and general inquiries to improve user trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10 CMS, leveraging Adobe Launch and Tealium for marketing and analytics. It uses Google Fonts for typography and AddToAny for social sharing. Hosting is inferred to be via Akamai based on DNS NS records. The site has a large page size (~187 KB) and a high number of resources (94), resulting in slow load times (~21.7 seconds), indicating potential optimization opportunities. Mobile optimization is good, and SEO practices are adequate with canonical links and meta viewport tags. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS severely impacts security and user trust. The site lacks modern TLS support and security headers, which are critical for protecting user data and preventing attacks. Accessibility features are basic, with skip links and ARIA roles present but no advanced accessibility enhancements 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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