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Security report for pps.co.za

Professional Provident Society Insurance Company · Finance · South Africa

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

47/100

Risk levelHigh

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

PPS (Professional Provident Society Insurance Company) is a mature South African financial services provider specializing in insurance, investment, and healthcare solutions tailored for graduate professionals. The company operates on a mutuality model, allowing members to share in profits, and maintains a strong market position supported by professional associations and comprehensive service offerings. The website is built on Drupal 10 with modern frontend libraries and hosted behind Cloudflare, demonstrating a moderate level of digital maturity. However, the absence of a valid SSL/TLS certificate and lack of HTTPS significantly undermine the security posture. While security headers are partially implemented, critical vulnerabilities exist due to missing encryption and lack of advanced security features. Privacy compliance is basic, with no explicit cookie consent mechanism and limited GDPR indicators. Overall, the site presents professional content and good business credibility but requires urgent security improvements to protect user data and enhance trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  2. 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

  3. 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';…

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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
Security headers
40
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
47

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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Leaked records that mention pps.co.za, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
541
Employees
19
Customers
489
Third parties
33
Weak passwords
12%

Latest record dated 2026-06-12 · 32 subdomains affected

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  • –adfs.pps.co.za2026-06-12
  • –sts.pps.co.za2026-06-06
  • –sts.pps.co.za2026-06-06
  • –membership.pps.co.za2026-05-18
  • –profit.pps.co.za2026-05-13

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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

PPS targets a niche market of graduate professionals with advanced qualifications, offering a unique profit-share insurance model that differentiates it from typical insurers. The company leverages partnerships and subsidiaries such as the PPS Foundation and Professionals Connect to extend its ecosystem. Revenue streams likely include insurance premiums, investment management fees, and advisory services. The website content and structure reflect a well-established brand with consistent messaging and trust signals like testimonials and integrated reports. The business model emphasizes mutual benefit and long-term member value, positioning PPS as a trusted financial partner in South Africa's professional community.

Security posture

The current security posture is weak due to the lack of HTTPS and SSL/TLS encryption, exposing users to potential data interception risks. Although some security headers like X-Content-Type-Options and X-Frame-Options are present, the absence of TLS protocols, HSTS, OCSP stapling, and session resumption indicates incomplete security hardening. No incident response or security policy information is publicly available, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found. DNSSEC is not enabled, and domain protection locks are missing, increasing risk of domain hijacking. These gaps represent significant vulnerabilities that could impact user trust and regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a valid SSL/TLS certificate and enforce HTTPS site-wide immediately.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and configure strong cipher suites.
  3. Deploy HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload directives to prevent protocol downgrade attacks.
  4. Enable OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve security and performance.
  5. Activate DNSSEC and domain protection locks to secure DNS and domain registration.
  6. Add explicit cookie consent mechanisms to comply with privacy regulations.
  7. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information.
  8. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and remediate risks.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Drupal 10 CMS with PHP 8.2.28 backend and frontend libraries including jQuery, Swiper.js, and Slick Carousel for UI components. Hosting is via Cloudflare CDN, providing performance and some security benefits. However, performance metrics are missing, and the site load time is reported as zero, indicating no performance data captured. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design and mobile navigation. Accessibility is basic with some ARIA and focus management but could be improved. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). The absence of HTTPS is a critical technical debt that overshadows other technical strengths. Modernization opportunities include upgrading security, improving accessibility, and adding performance monitoring.
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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