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Security report for nomura.com

Nomura Holdings · Finance · Japan

Partial score · DNS & email only

47/100

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

Nomura Holdings operates as a major global financial services group headquartered in Japan, providing investment banking, asset management, and corporate services. The website analyzed serves as a portal to group companies, news releases, and career information, targeting investors, clients, and job seekers. The business model focuses on comprehensive financial services with a strong market position in the finance sector. Technically, the website relies on a frameset structure loading main content from a related domain, with Google Tag Manager implemented for analytics. However, the site suffers from very slow load times and lacks modern web performance optimizations. Security posture is weak due to the absence of HTTPS/SSL on the analyzed domain, no security headers, and no advanced SSL configurations, exposing users to potential risks. Privacy and compliance features such as privacy policies, cookie consent, and GDPR indicators are missing, which could impact regulatory compliance and user trust. Overall, the website presents moderate trustworthiness but requires urgent security and privacy improvements to meet industry standards.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
Checks completed
6of 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. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
47

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention nomura.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
406
Employees
0
Customers
156
Third parties
250
Weak passwords
15%

34 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

Nomura Holdings is positioned as a leading financial institution with a broad service portfolio including investment banking and asset management. The website content is basic but consistent with corporate branding. The business targets a professional audience including investors and job seekers. The lack of visible contact information and policies on the root domain suggests these may be hosted on subsidiary or related domains. The company leverages Google Tag Manager for marketing and analytics but does not disclose privacy or cookie policies, which may affect user trust and compliance. The domain registration data aligns well with the company's profile, indicating legitimacy and a mature online presence. No suspicious domains or partners were identified from the provided data.

Security posture

The security posture is currently poor due to the absence of HTTPS/SSL on the nomura.com domain, which is a critical vulnerability. No security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options are present, increasing exposure to common web attacks. The site does not implement HSTS or OCSP stapling, and session resumption is disabled, indicating outdated SSL/TLS practices. No vulnerability disclosures, incident response contacts, or security policies are found, limiting transparency and readiness. The DNS configuration lacks DNSSEC and CAA records, reducing DNS security. Overall, the site requires immediate remediation to secure communications and improve trustworthiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a valid SSL/TLS certificate on nomura.com to enable HTTPS and protect user data.
  2. Add and enforce security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
  4. Enable DNSSEC and configure CAA records to enhance DNS security and certificate issuance control.
  5. Establish and publicize an incident response policy and vulnerability disclosure program to improve security transparency and readiness.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a frameset to load main content from www.nomuraholdings.com, which may impact SEO and accessibility negatively. Google Tag Manager is the primary analytics tool detected. The site suffers from slow load times (13.75 seconds) and a large page size (~395 KB), indicating potential performance optimization opportunities. No modern web frameworks or CMS platforms are detected. The DNS setup includes multiple TXT records for domain verification with various third-party services, but lacks DNSSEC and CAA records. SSL/TLS is not configured on the analyzed domain, and no advanced security features are enabled. The overall technical infrastructure appears outdated and requires modernization to improve performance, security, and compliance.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 76/100Low25 findingsView report
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