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Security report for penskeautomotive.com

Penske Automotive Group · Transportation · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Penske Automotive Group operates as a diversified international transportation services company specializing in automotive and commercial truck retailing. The website presents a professional and consistent brand image, targeting consumers and businesses interested in automotive and commercial truck retail services. The company positions itself as a premier retailer in its sector, offering a broad range of transportation-related services. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Font Awesome Pro icons, and Google Fonts, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. The site is mobile-optimized and demonstrates good SEO practices, although accessibility features are basic. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS likely enabled but lacking visible security headers and explicit security policies. The absence of WHOIS data limits domain trust assessment, but the website content and design suggest a legitimate enterprise. Privacy and cookie policies are not detected in the provided content, indicating potential compliance gaps. Overall, the site is functional and professional but would benefit from enhanced security and privacy disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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

5 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 Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

  3. 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
57
Security headers
35
Email security
88
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
72

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

Penske Automotive Group holds a strong market position as a leading international automotive and commercial truck retailer. Its diversified business model includes transportation services, targeting a broad audience from individual consumers to commercial clients. The company likely generates revenue through vehicle sales, leasing, and related transportation services. The website's integration with Google marketing and analytics tools suggests active engagement in digital marketing and customer analytics. The lack of visible contact information and privacy policies on the site may indicate areas for improvement in customer engagement and regulatory compliance. No explicit partnerships or subsidiaries are identified from the website content, but the brand consistency and enterprise scale imply a well-established corporate structure.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS usage implied but no explicit security headers detected in the provided HTML content. There is no evidence of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries in the snippet analyzed. However, the absence of privacy policies, cookie consent mechanisms, and incident response information indicates compliance gaps, particularly with GDPR and other data protection regulations. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are found, limiting transparency in security practices. The lack of contact channels for security incidents reduces incident response readiness. Overall, while the site is professionally built, it would benefit from enhanced security headers, explicit privacy and cookie policies, and clear incident response mechanisms to improve its security posture and regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance security.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Provide clear contact information including company emails and phone numbers for customer and security inquiries.
  5. Conduct a WHOIS domain registration audit to ensure domain registration data is accurate and publicly available.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Penske Automotive Group
Description
Penske Automotive Group is a diversified international transportation services company and a premier automotive and commercial truck retailer.
Key services
Automotive retail, Commercial truck retail, Transportation services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Font Awesome Pro, Google Fonts (Roboto)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
50/100

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible with full content and no blocking detected
  2. WHOIS data is missing or unavailable, limiting domain trust analysis
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided HTML snippet
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided content
  5. Use of modern web fonts and iconography indicates professional design
  6. Google Tag Manager and Analytics scripts present indicating tracking and marketing analytics
  7. No visible forms detected in the provided HTML snippet
  8. No social media links explicitly found in the provided snippet
  9. No security headers or explicit security policies detected in the HTML content
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack including Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for tracking, Font Awesome Pro for icons, and Google Fonts for typography. The HTML structure is valid and includes responsive design elements for mobile optimization. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts. No CMS or hosting provider information is explicitly detected. Accessibility features are basic, and SEO optimization is good with proper meta tags and descriptions. The site lacks visible forms in the provided snippet, indicating limited direct data collection on the homepage. Technical risks include missing security headers and incomplete privacy disclosures, which could impact compliance and user trust.
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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