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Security report for mercor.com

Energy · N/a

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website mercor.com currently displays an error page indicating an unexpected server-side issue, resulting in minimal accessible content. The domain is well-established, created in 2002, and registered through a reputable registrar, NameCheap, Inc., with AWS hosting infrastructure. The site uses modern web technologies such as React and Next.js, and integrates advertising and tracking scripts from Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Tag Manager. However, no substantive business content, privacy policies, or security information is available on the accessible page, limiting the ability to fully assess the company's offerings or compliance posture. Contact information is limited to a support email address. Security posture is weak due to lack of visible HTTPS enforcement and missing security headers. Overall, the site appears legitimate but currently suffers from technical issues and lacks transparency in privacy and security policies.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

8 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • 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 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

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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
77
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
65

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

Due to the error page, detailed business intelligence is unavailable. The domain age suggests a mature entity likely operating in the energy sector, as indicated by domain name and WHOIS data. The presence of AWS DNS and modern frameworks suggests investment in digital infrastructure. Advertising and tracking integrations indicate marketing efforts targeting professional audiences via LinkedIn and Twitter. No direct information on revenue streams, partnerships, or market positioning is available from the current content.

Security posture

The security posture is currently weak with no evidence of HTTPS enforcement or security headers. DNSSEC is not enabled, which could expose DNS spoofing risks. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is present. Tracking scripts are present but no cookie consent mechanism or privacy policy is found, indicating potential GDPR compliance gaps. The lack of visible security best practices and policies suggests a need for improvement in security governance and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce HTTPS with valid SSL/TLS certificates site-wide.
  2. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance mechanisms.
  3. Enable DNSSEC to improve DNS security.
  4. Publish security policies including incident response and vulnerability disclosure.
  5. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  6. Resolve the server-side error to restore full website content and functionality.
  7. Improve transparency by providing clear business information and contact details.
  8. Review and optimize tracking and advertising scripts to ensure privacy compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
No descriptive business content available due to error page.
Content quality
poor

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, AWS DNS
Frameworks
Next.js
Performance
moderate
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
30/100

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), LinkedIn Insight, Twitter Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Twitter Ads
Tracking pixels
LinkedIn Insight Tag, Twitter Analytics
Marketing tools
LinkedIn Insight, Twitter Ads
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website currently returns an error page with minimal content.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  3. Contact email support@mercor.com is present.
  4. No phone numbers or physical addresses found.
  5. Website uses modern JavaScript frameworks (Next.js, React) and AWS hosting.
  6. Tracking and advertising scripts from Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Tag Manager are present.
  7. No security headers or HTTPS information available from provided data.
  8. No business descriptive content available to analyze.
  9. No forms detected on the error page.
  10. No social media links explicitly found except tracking scripts for LinkedIn and Twitter.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Next.js and React frameworks, hosted on AWS infrastructure with AWS DNS servers. The site loads multiple JavaScript chunks and uses modern font loading techniques. Advertising and analytics scripts from Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Tag Manager are integrated. However, the current page is an error page with minimal content, indicating a backend or deployment issue. No CMS is detected. Performance is moderate given the number of scripts loaded, but actual content is missing. SEO and accessibility are poor due to lack of metadata and content. No security headers or HTTPS information is available from the data provided.
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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