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Security report for mandg.com

M&G plc · Finance · United Kingdom

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

85/100

Risk levelLow

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

M&G plc is a well-established international leader in savings and investments, serving over five million customers globally. The company offers a broad range of financial services including savings products, investment management, and institutional client services. Their website reflects a mature business with a strong market position in the finance sector, targeting investors, intermediaries, and private clients. The presence of multiple regional and partner sites indicates a significant international footprint. Technically, the website is built on a modern stack including Sitecore CMS, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Google Tag Manager, hosted likely via Akamai CDN. The site demonstrates good performance, mobile optimization, and accessibility standards. SEO practices are well implemented with comprehensive meta tags and Open Graph data. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and includes cookie consent mechanisms with opt-in for performance cookies. However, some security headers are missing, and no public incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is found. The WHOIS data is unavailable or protected, which is common for large enterprises but reduces transparency. Overall, the security posture is solid but could be improved with additional headers and published security policies. The overall risk assessment is low, with the website presenting a professional, trustworthy front for a major financial institution. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing vulnerability disclosure and incident response contacts, and improving transparency around registrant data where possible.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
73/ 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

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 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.

    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
65
Security headers
90
Email security
97
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
73
Average
85

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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
257
Employees
0
Customers
176
Third parties
81
Weak passwords
7%

19 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

M&G plc operates in the finance sector as a savings and investment company with a large customer base and international presence. Their business model focuses on providing investment products and services to a diverse audience including institutional clients, intermediaries, and private investors. The company leverages partnerships with Prudential International and Infracapital, and maintains subsidiaries such as the South African domain mandg.co.za. The website content and structure indicate a mature organization with strong governance, sustainability commitments, and investor relations focus. Revenue streams likely include asset management fees, savings product commissions, and institutional services. The company targets a global market with localized websites and services. Growth indicators include extensive content on sustainability, corporate policies, and investor communications.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security maturity level with enforced HTTPS, cookie consent with opt-in for analytics, and no visible exposure of sensitive data. The use of Google Tag Manager is controlled with opt-in mechanisms, reducing privacy risks. However, the absence of several important security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options is a gap that could be exploited in certain attack scenarios. No public incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is available, which limits transparency and readiness perception. The WHOIS data is not publicly available, likely due to privacy protection, which is justified but reduces trust signals. Overall, the security posture is solid but could be enhanced with additional headers and published security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce additional security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy to strengthen browser security.
  2. Publish a security.txt file or dedicated vulnerability disclosure page to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  3. Provide clear incident response contact information, such as a security@ or abuse@ email address, to improve transparency and trust.
  4. Review and audit third-party scripts and libraries regularly to ensure no vulnerable components are used.
  5. Enhance WHOIS transparency if possible, or provide corporate registration details on the website to improve trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
M&G plc
Description
M&G plc is an international leader in savings and investments with more than five million customers
Key services
Savings products, Investment management, Institutional client services, Intermediary services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Bootstrap, Slick Carousel, jQuery UI
Frameworks
Sitecore
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager with opt-in for performance cookies

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed with clear navigation and comprehensive content.
  2. Strong focus on investor relations, corporate governance, and sustainability.
  3. Multiple regional and subsidiary sites linked, indicating a large international presence.
  4. Cookie consent and privacy policies are implemented with opt-in mechanisms.
  5. No exposed sensitive data or obvious security vulnerabilities in the HTML content.
  6. WHOIS data is unavailable or protected, which is common for large enterprises but reduces transparency.
  7. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on the homepage; contact is via forms.
  8. Use of modern web technologies and CMS (Sitecore).
  9. No signs of adult or questionable content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a robust technical infrastructure using Sitecore CMS, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Google Tag Manager. Hosting appears to leverage Akamai CDN for performance and security. The site loads moderately fast with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well implemented with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. The use of multiple external domains for fonts, video players, and analytics is well managed. There is no evidence of deprecated or vulnerable libraries in the HTML content. The site uses cookie consent with opt-in for performance cookies, indicating attention to privacy compliance. Opportunities exist to modernize security headers and publish security policies to reduce technical risks.
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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