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Security report for playbook.com

Playbook Digital, Inc. · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Playbook Digital, Inc. operates Playbook.com, a SaaS platform focused on creative file management and media storage targeted at designers and creative teams. The company positions itself as a modern, all-in-one media library offering extensive storage, collaboration, AI-powered search, and mini-app integrations. The platform is trusted by notable brands and over 2 million creatives, indicating a strong market presence in the creative technology sector. Technically, the website is built on the Ghost CMS platform, leveraging modern JavaScript libraries and third-party services such as Cloudflare for DNS and CDN, and integrates multiple marketing and analytics tools including Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and LinkedIn Insight Tag. However, the website suffers from critical security issues including an invalid SSL certificate and lack of TLS support, which undermines user trust and data security. The DNS configuration is solid with SPF and DMARC policies properly set, but DNSSEC is not enabled, and CAA records are malformed. Overall, while the business demonstrates strong branding, market positioning, and digital maturity, the security posture requires urgent improvements to protect user data and maintain compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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

6 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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 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

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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
45
Email security
85
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
74

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

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Total records
7,107
Employees
0
Customers
7,101
Third parties
6
Weak passwords
7%

4 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

Playbook targets creative professionals and teams with a subscription-based SaaS model offering free and paid storage plans. Its competitive advantage lies in combining creative file management with AI-powered search and integrated mini-apps, enhancing workflow efficiency. The company maintains a robust partnership ecosystem including Airtable for demos, Mux for video streaming, and Discord for community engagement. The website content and testimonials emphasize customer satisfaction and brand trust. The business model focuses on recurring revenue from storage plans and enterprise SDK offerings. Growth indicators include a large user base and active social media presence. Strategic observations suggest continued investment in AI features and integrations to maintain market leadership.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is low due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, exposing users to potential data interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. While SPF and DMARC records are correctly configured with a reject policy, enhancing email security, the lack of DNSSEC and malformed CAA records represent gaps in DNS security. No explicit security policy, incident response plan, or vulnerability disclosure information is publicly available, indicating limited transparency and preparedness. The cookie consent mechanism is implemented, supporting GDPR compliance, but overall data protection practices could be improved. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not evident from the public data.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately install and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate supporting TLS 1.2 or 1.3 to secure all user communications.
  2. Enable HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS and prevent protocol downgrade attacks.
  3. Correct and properly configure CAA records to restrict certificate issuance to authorized CAs.
  4. Implement DNSSEC to protect DNS integrity and prevent spoofing attacks.
  5. Publish a clear security policy and vulnerability disclosure program to enhance transparency and trust.
  6. Establish and publicize an incident response plan with dedicated security contact channels.
  7. Regularly audit and enhance security headers including Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options.
  8. Optimize website performance to reduce load times and improve user experience.
Technical notes

Notes

The website infrastructure relies on Cloudflare for DNS and likely CDN services, with Ghost CMS as the content management system. The tech stack includes JavaScript, jQuery, and HLS.js for video streaming. Multiple third-party analytics and marketing scripts are integrated, including Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and Pinterest Tag. The page size is large (~5.7MB) with a slow load time (~7.2s), indicating potential optimization needs. Mobile optimization is good, and SEO practices are adequate with comprehensive metadata and Open Graph tags. However, the lack of valid SSL/TLS and disabled modern protocols represent significant technical risks that could impact business operations 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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