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Security report for platts.com

S&P Global · Energy · United States

Partial score · DNS & email only

50/100

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

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a leading enterprise providing comprehensive commodity market data, price assessments, and analytics, leveraging over a century of expertise. The website is professionally designed, highly relevant to its target audience of energy and commodity market professionals, and employs modern technologies including Adobe Experience Manager and various JavaScript libraries. However, a critical security issue is present due to an invalid or missing SSL certificate, which significantly impacts the site's security posture. Despite this, the site maintains strong privacy compliance with clear policies and consent mechanisms. The domain registration data aligns well with the business identity, reinforcing legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include immediate remediation of SSL issues, enhancement of security policies, and implementation of incident response and vulnerability disclosure frameworks.

Scanned

3 of 7 checks could not complete. The site may be unreachable or blocking automated scans, so the results below cover only what could be checked. Try a rescan later.

NIS2 and GDPR posture

NIS2 outside view
Not assessed
GDPR outside view
Not assessed

Both readouts depend on the site's pages, which could not be loaded in this scan.

Priority findings

1 finding rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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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  • 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
0
Email security
50
DNS health
50
Network security
100
Average
50

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • GDPR outside view: 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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The company operates in the energy and transportation sectors, offering essential services such as commodity pricing, market data, research, analytics, and consulting. It is part of the larger S&P Global Inc. enterprise, with multiple subsidiaries and a strong global presence. The business model focuses on providing trusted, transparent, and actionable insights to market participants. The website reflects a mature digital presence with extensive content, clear navigation, and integration with marketing and analytics tools. Partnerships with related domains like cilive.com and platts.my.site.com support its ecosystem. The company targets professionals requiring accurate and timely commodity market information, positioning itself as a market leader.

Security posture

The website employs several security headers including HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, and Content-Security-Policy, indicating adherence to security best practices. However, the SSL certificate is invalid or missing, and no modern TLS protocols are enabled, which is a critical vulnerability. There is no evidence of incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies on the site. The absence of OCSP stapling and session resumption features further indicates suboptimal SSL configuration. Overall, while some security measures are in place, the critical SSL issue significantly lowers the security maturity and exposes users to potential risks.

Recommendations

  1. Urgently fix the SSL certificate to ensure HTTPS is properly enabled and valid.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3) and disable outdated protocols.
  3. Implement and publicize incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies.
  4. Enhance SSL configuration with OCSP stapling and session resumption for performance and security.
  5. Maintain and regularly update privacy and cookie policies to ensure ongoing compliance.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager CMS, using Apache server and various modern JavaScript libraries including Rollbar for error tracking and Helix RUM for performance monitoring. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and accessibility features. SEO is well implemented with appropriate meta tags, Open Graph, and Twitter card metadata. Performance metrics are not provided but the use of modern frameworks and CDNs suggests moderate to good performance. The site integrates marketing tools like Marketo for lead management. Technical debt appears low, but SSL configuration requires immediate attention to avoid security risks.
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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