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Security report for lusa.pt

Lusa · Media · Portugal

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

89/100

Risk levelLow

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

Lusa.pt is the official website of Lusa, the largest Portuguese language news agency worldwide. The site offers news content, press releases, photo and video galleries, and podcast services targeting Portuguese-speaking audiences. The business model centers on news distribution and media services, positioning Lusa as a key player in the Portuguese media industry. The website is professionally designed with consistent branding and good content quality, catering to a general audience interested in news.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  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.

    • Medium

      Missing Permissions-Policy header

      Controls browser features and APIs

      What to do: Implement a Permissions-Policy to restrict feature access

      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Permissions-Policy: accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), cross-origin-isolated=(),…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • Medium

      Privacy policy may not be GDPR compliant

      Privacy policy lacks explicit GDPR compliance elements

      What to do: Update privacy policy to explicitly address GDPR requirements and user rights

  3. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  4. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Medium

      DNSSEC Not Enabled

      DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

      What to do: Enable DNSSEC to prevent DNS spoofing attacks

      • CAPEC-142
      • RFC 4033
      • RFC 4035

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  • 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
100
Security headers
80
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
89

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

Lusa holds a strong market position as the leading Portuguese language news agency. Its competitive advantage lies in its extensive news coverage and media services. The business model is based on content provision to media outlets and the public. While direct revenue streams are not visible, advertising and partnerships with ad networks like Google DoubleClick suggest monetization through ads. The target customers are media professionals and the general public seeking news. The partnership ecosystem includes major advertising and analytics providers, enhancing its digital presence.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses a reputable cookie consent mechanism (Cookiebot), indicating good privacy compliance. However, no explicit security headers were detected in the HTML content, and no published security or incident response policies were found. The use of multiple third-party scripts introduces potential risk vectors, though no immediate vulnerabilities were identified. Overall, the security posture is moderate with room for improvement in headers and transparency about security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a clear privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve transparency and compliance.
  3. Add explicit incident response contact information to facilitate reporting and handling of security incidents.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet compliance standards and improve user experience for all users.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate risks from vulnerable libraries.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Lusa
Description
A Lusa é a maior agência de notícias de língua portuguesa no mundo.
Key services
News distribution, Press releases, Photo and video galleries, Podcast services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 2.0.3, jQuery UI 1.10.3, Bootstrap, Toastr, Moment.js, Select2, BxSlider, FancyBox, Font Awesome 4.7.0 and 6.x, Cookiebot
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with Cookiebot
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Cookiebot tracking
Marketing tools
Cookiebot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional Portuguese news agency
  2. Uses modern web technologies and cookie consent mechanisms
  3. No direct contact information or privacy policy page found in provided content
  4. Strong use of third-party analytics and advertising services
  5. No security headers detected in HTML content
  6. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the iBox Portal Builder CMS and uses a modern technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, and Cookiebot for cookie consent. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and SEO practices. The site uses Google Analytics for visitor tracking and Google DoubleClick for advertising. While the infrastructure is solid, the absence of security headers and limited accessibility features indicate technical debt and modernization opportunities. Hosting provider details were not identified from the content.
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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