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Security report for paylocity.com

Paylocity · Technology · United States

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

Security score

89/100

Risk levelLow

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

Paylocity is an enterprise SaaS provider specializing in unified human capital management (HCM), payroll, finance, and IT solutions. Their platform targets midsized to large businesses seeking to consolidate HR and payroll functions into a single cloud-based system. The company emphasizes automation, compliance, employee engagement, and global payroll capabilities. The website demonstrates a mature digital infrastructure leveraging Adobe Experience Manager, HubSpot, Pardot, and OneTrust for marketing, analytics, and privacy compliance. Security posture is strong, with ISO 27001 and SSAE 18 SOC certifications and enterprise-grade hosting. However, the absence of WHOIS registration details is unusual but likely due to registry or privacy policies rather than malicious intent. Overall, Paylocity presents a professional, trustworthy, and comprehensive platform for workforce management.

Scanned

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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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
95
Security headers
65
Email security
95
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
89

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 technology and finance sectors, offering integrated payroll, HR, and finance software solutions. Their business model is SaaS-based, with a focus on cloud delivery and extensive integrations (350+). The company targets a broad range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, retail, education, and public sector, with tailored solutions for each. Their partner ecosystem includes Airbase and Blue Marble for expense and global payroll management. Paylocity's market position is strong, supported by certifications, customer service claims, and a comprehensive feature set. The platform supports compliance, employee engagement, and analytics, positioning it as a competitive player in the HCM market.

Security posture

Paylocity maintains a robust security posture with ISO 27001:2013 certification and annual SSAE 18 SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II audits. The platform uses enterprise-class data centers and third-party auditors to ensure data protection. Cookie consent is managed via OneTrust, and HTTPS is enforced site-wide. While explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy are not visible in the provided data, the overall security framework is strong. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Incident response contact information and vulnerability disclosure policies are not publicly visible, representing an area for improvement.

Recommendations

  1. Publish and link a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service prominently on the website.
  2. Implement and report explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Provide a publicly accessible vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to enhance transparency.
  4. Include clear incident response and security contact information to improve trust and readiness.
  5. Consider publishing WHOIS registration details or clarifying domain registration to improve domain trustworthiness.
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
Payroll software, HR software, Finance and IT management, Talent management, Benefits administration, Expense management, Global payroll, Employee engagement tools
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Adobe Launch (Adobe DTM), Google Tag Manager, OneTrust Cookie Consent, HubSpot Forms and Analytics, Pardot tracking, jQuery, Adobe Helix RUM, FontAwesome, Typekit Fonts
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of enterprise-class data centers
  • Regular third-party audits
  • ISO 27001 and SSAE 18 SOC 1/2 compliance
  • Cookie consent management via OneTrust
  • No exposed sensitive data detected in HTML

Analytics and tracking

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

Advertising

Tracking pixels
HubSpot Ads Pixel
Marketing tools
Pardot, HubSpot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional, enterprise-grade SaaS platform for HR, payroll, finance, and IT management
  2. Comprehensive FAQ and structured data with extensive business and product information
  3. Strong use of modern web technologies and marketing/analytics tools
  4. Good security posture with industry certifications and HTTPS
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML content
  6. Cookie consent implemented via OneTrust
  7. No visible privacy policy or terms of service links in the provided content
  8. WHOIS data unavailable, which is unusual but not necessarily suspicious given the site content
  9. No signs of WAF or content blocking
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager CMS, leveraging Adobe Launch for tag management and integrates multiple marketing and analytics tools including HubSpot, Pardot, and Google Tag Manager. The site uses modern web fonts (Typekit, FontAwesome) and includes client-side scripts for personalization and analytics. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and preconnect hints. Mobile optimization and accessibility are good, with responsive design and user-friendly navigation. The site lacks explicit security headers in the provided data but uses HTTPS and enterprise hosting. There is no evidence of technical debt or deprecated technologies, indicating a modern and maintainable infrastructure.
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. 90/100 −1Low17 findingsView report
  2. 91/100Low16 findingsView report
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