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Security report for moodysanalytics.com

Moody's Analytics · Finance · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Moody's Analytics is a well-established enterprise providing financial intelligence and risk management solutions primarily targeting financial institutions and business leaders. The company operates under the parent company Moody's Corporation and holds a strong market position in the finance sector. However, the website content is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) block triggered by an ASN restriction, which prevents direct content analysis. The technical infrastructure includes Cloudflare for security and performance, but the SSL configuration lacks modern TLS protocol support and some security best practices such as HSTS and OCSP stapling are not enabled. Security headers are partially implemented, providing a basic security posture. The WHOIS data confirms the domain's legitimacy and consistency with the corporate identity. Overall, the website's security posture is basic but could be improved, and the lack of accessible content limits the ability to assess privacy compliance and user experience.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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. 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 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

    • 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
100
Security headers
35
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
66

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

Moody's Analytics operates in the finance sector, delivering analytical tools and risk management solutions to a B2B audience. The company benefits from the strong brand and backing of Moody's Corporation, which enhances its credibility and market reach. The business model focuses on providing subscription-based or license-based financial intelligence services to institutional clients. The domain age and WHOIS data align with the company's established history. The website is protected by Cloudflare, indicating a focus on security and availability, though the current ASN block restricts access for some users. No direct evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries beyond the parent company was found in the accessible data. The lack of visible contact or policy information on the blocked page limits insights into customer engagement and compliance strategies.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is moderate with a valid SSL certificate issued by a reputable CA and basic security headers such as X-Frame-Options and Referrer-Policy implemented. However, the absence of modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or 1.3), lack of HSTS, OCSP stapling, and session resumption mechanisms indicate room for improvement. The Cloudflare WAF is actively protecting the site and blocking access based on ASN, which is a strong security control but also impacts accessibility. No vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed, POODLE, or FREAK were detected. The site does not expose sensitive data in headers or cookies. Incident response and security policy information are not publicly accessible, limiting assessment of organizational security maturity. Overall, the site demonstrates basic security hygiene but should enhance TLS configuration and security headers for improved protection.

Recommendations

  1. Enable TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols to ensure modern encryption standards.
  2. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  3. Enable OCSP stapling to improve SSL certificate revocation checking performance and security.
  4. Add Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS) and related attacks.
  5. Publish clear privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies accessible without WAF restrictions to improve compliance and user trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted behind Cloudflare, which provides CDN, DDoS protection, and WAF services. The SSL certificate is valid and issued by Entrust OV TLS Issuing RSA CA 1 with a 2048-bit key. However, no modern TLS protocols are enabled, which is a technical deficiency. Security headers are present but incomplete. The site uses Cloudflare's performance beacon script for analytics. The HTML content is minimal and serves only an access denied message due to ASN blocking, preventing analysis of CMS, frameworks, or other technologies. Performance metrics are unavailable due to blocked content. The DNS setup uses multiple authoritative nameservers under moodys.com, indicating a robust DNS infrastructure. No DNSSEC or CAA records are configured. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from updated TLS support and enhanced security headers.
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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