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Security report for paylocity.com

Paylocity · Finance · United States

Low risk. 1 critical or high finding in Security headers.

Security score

90/100

Risk levelLow

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

Paylocity is a leading enterprise SaaS provider specializing in unified human capital management, payroll, finance, and IT solutions. The company targets businesses of all sizes, offering a comprehensive platform that simplifies HR and payroll processes. Their market position is strong, supported by recognized certifications such as SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001, indicating a mature security posture. The website reflects a high level of professionalism, with excellent design, clear navigation, and robust privacy and cookie policies that comply with GDPR standards. Technically, Paylocity employs a modern technology stack including Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Launch, HubSpot, and Google Tag Manager, ensuring a scalable and maintainable infrastructure. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices. Security measures include HTTPS enforcement, comprehensive security headers, and cookie consent mechanisms, though there is room for improvement in publishing explicit security policies and incident response details. Overall, the security posture is strong with no detected vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. The absence of WHOIS data is a notable anomaly but does not detract significantly from the site's legitimacy given the other trust signals and certifications. Strategic recommendations include enhancing transparency around security policies and incident response, and implementing a vulnerability disclosure program. This assessment concludes that Paylocity maintains a secure, compliant, and professional online presence suitable for its enterprise clientele, with minor areas for improvement to further strengthen trust and security culture.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 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

1 finding 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"

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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
100
Security headers
65
Email security
95
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
90

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

Add-on

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

Total records
27,069
Employees
3
Customers
27,008
Third parties
58
Weak passwords
14%

Latest record dated 2026-05-03 · 47 subdomains affected

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  • –int-crm-sp-01.paylocity.com2026-05-03
  • –secure.paylocity.com2025-07-03
  • –post.paylocity.com2025-06-24

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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

Paylocity operates in the finance and technology sectors, providing SaaS solutions for HR, payroll, and finance management. Their business model focuses on subscription-based software services targeting small to enterprise-level businesses. The company leverages partnerships and integrations with marketing and analytics platforms like HubSpot and Adobe to enhance customer engagement and operational efficiency. Their certifications and compliance efforts position them competitively in a regulated market. Growth indicators include a comprehensive service offering and strong brand presence across multiple digital channels. The company’s ecosystem includes related domains such as info.paylocity.com for marketing and tracking purposes.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented, including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options. The presence of SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 certifications further underscores their commitment to security best practices. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analysis. However, the site lacks a dedicated security policy page and explicit incident response contact information, which are recommended for transparency and readiness. The cookie consent mechanism aligns with GDPR compliance, indicating good data protection practices. Overall, the security culture appears robust but could benefit from enhanced public-facing security documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page detailing security practices and controls.
  2. Provide explicit incident response contact information and procedures on the website.
  3. Implement a public vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet or exceed compliance standards and improve user experience.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Paylocity Holding Corporation
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Paylocity
Description
Paylocity unifies HR, payroll, finance, and IT on a single, innovative platform—so you can stop piecing things together, and start moving forward together.
Key services
Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll Processing, Finance Management, IT Solutions
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Adobe Launch, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot Forms, OneTrust Cookie Consent, jQuery, FontAwesome, Typekit Fonts
Frameworks
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
90/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of CSP headers
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
HubSpot Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
HubSpot Ads Pixel
Marketing tools
HubSpot, Adobe Launch
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. Comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms are implemented.
  3. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  4. Strong branding and professional design.
  5. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
  6. WHOIS data is missing which is unusual but does not detract from overall legitimacy given other trust signals.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager, leveraging Adobe Launch for tag management and HubSpot for marketing automation and analytics. It uses modern web fonts (Typekit), FontAwesome icons, and jQuery for client-side scripting. The site loads asynchronously loaded scripts for performance optimization and includes a cookie consent framework (OneTrust). Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. The technical infrastructure supports scalability and maintainability but could improve hosting transparency and performance metrics.
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. 89/100 −2Low16 findingsView report
  2. 91/100Low16 findingsView report
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