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Security report for nasdaqprivatemarket.com

Nasdaq Private Market · Finance · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Nasdaq Private Market operates as a leading platform providing liquidity and equity management solutions for private companies and their shareholders. Backed by Nasdaq, Inc., it holds a strong market position in the private finance sector, facilitating secondary market transactions and capital raising. The website reflects a professional and well-branded digital presence targeting private companies, investors, and employees seeking private market solutions. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern performance and SEO optimizations, including Google Tag Manager and New Relic monitoring. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and security headers, though explicit incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are absent. The lack of WHOIS data is a minor concern but does not detract significantly from the overall legitimacy given the Nasdaq affiliation. Strategic recommendations include publishing security policies and improving accessibility features to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
80/ 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

4 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 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 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

  3. DNS health

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

    • High

      Potential Subdomain Takeover

      Subdomain staging.nasdaqprivatemarket.com points to unregistered service staging-elasticloa-fg8ygc3ulcs-1419890704.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com

      What to do: Remove or fix CNAME record to prevent subdomain takeover

      • WSTG-CONF-10
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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  • 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
85
Security headers
25
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
80
Average
70

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

Nasdaq Private Market leverages its parent company's reputation to offer specialized private market liquidity services. Its business model focuses on B2B and B2C interactions, serving private companies and investors with equity transaction facilitation. The platform integrates marketing and analytics tools to optimize user engagement and conversion. Partnerships with entities like SecondMarket enhance its service offerings. The company targets a niche but growing market segment, with a focus on compliance and investor relations. Growth indicators include active social media presence and comprehensive policy disclosures. The website content and structure support a clear value proposition and professional image.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, presence of key security headers, and use of monitoring tools like New Relic. However, it lacks publicly available incident response contacts and a vulnerability disclosure policy, which are important for transparency and rapid response to security issues. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analysis. The site uses standard WordPress security practices but could benefit from enhanced CSP headers and explicit security documentation. Overall, the security maturity is good but with room for improvement in transparency and policy publication.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to improve transparency and trust.
  2. Add incident response contact information prominently on the website.
  3. Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate cross-site scripting risks.
  4. Enhance website accessibility to meet WCAG standards for broader user inclusivity.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and plugins to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Nasdaq Private Market
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Nasdaq Private Market
Description
Nasdaq Private Market provides private market liquidity solutions, enabling private companies and their shareholders to manage and monetize equity. It serves private companies, investors, and employees by facilitating secondary transactions and capital raising.
Key services
Private company liquidity solutions, Secondary market transactions, Capital raising facilitation, Equity management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Gravity Forms, Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, New Relic Browser monitoring, WP Rocket (performance optimization), Ajax Search Pro
Frameworks
Yoast SEO
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Security headers present
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security plugins (implied by WordPress ecosystem)

Analytics and tracking

Services
New Relic Browser, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
New Relic
Marketing tools
Pardot (marketing automation)
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. Content is finance-focused and professional.
  3. Uses modern web technologies and performance optimizations.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are present and comprehensive.
  5. No explicit security.txt or incident response info found.
  6. WHOIS data is missing, which is unusual for a Nasdaq affiliated domain.
  7. Social media presence is consistent with Nasdaq Private Market branding.
  8. Forms use Gravity Forms plugin with standard fields.
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern tech stack including Gravity Forms for data collection, Google Tag Manager for marketing and analytics, and New Relic for performance monitoring. It uses WP Rocket for caching and performance optimization, and Google Fonts for typography. The site loads quickly and is mobile optimized with responsive design. SEO is enhanced by Yoast SEO plugin and proper meta tags including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. The technical implementation is robust with no major issues detected, though accessibility features are basic and could be improved. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified from the data.
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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