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Security report for refinitiv.com

LSEG · Finance · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and DNS health.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

LSEG Data & Analytics, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics, and workflow solutions serving a broad range of financial institutions worldwide. The company leverages strategic partnerships, such as with Microsoft, and exclusive access to Reuters News to deliver comprehensive and actionable financial insights. Their offerings span data feeds, analytics platforms, and specialized workflow tools designed for asset managers, investment bankers, traders, and wealth managers. Technically, the website is built on Adobe Experience Manager and integrates multiple modern technologies including Adobe Launch, Google Analytics, and OneTrust for privacy compliance. However, the site suffers from critical SSL/TLS misconfigurations, lacking a valid certificate and secure protocols, which severely impacts its security posture. Performance is moderate to slow, with a large page size and load time. Security-wise, while the site implements DMARC with a strict reject policy and uses cookie consent mechanisms, the absence of proper HTTPS and presence of a subdomain takeover vulnerability on ftp.refinitiv.com present significant risks. The site uses extensive analytics and marketing tools, indicating a mature digital marketing strategy but also raising privacy considerations. Overall, the website is professionally designed with excellent content quality and strong business credibility but requires urgent remediation of its SSL/TLS and subdomain security issues to improve trust and security 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

5 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.

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  2. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Potential Subdomain Takeover

      Subdomain ftp.refinitiv.com points to unregistered service a551848-crushftp-nlb-external-11276e7a96410e65.elb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

      What to do: Remove or fix CNAME record to prevent subdomain takeover

      • WSTG-CONF-10
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
50
Security headers
70
Email security
50
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
60

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

LSEG Data & Analytics holds a strong market position as a key provider of financial data and analytics, serving over 40,000 customers globally. Their business model focuses on B2B services, offering data feeds, analytics, and workflow solutions tailored to various financial sectors including asset management, investment banking, trading, and wealth management. The company benefits from exclusive content such as Reuters News and strategic partnerships like the 10-year collaboration with Microsoft, enhancing their cloud infrastructure and data integration capabilities. Their product portfolio includes well-known brands like Lipper, StarMine, and Yield Book, supporting diverse financial analytics needs. The website content and navigation reflect a mature digital presence targeting sophisticated financial professionals and institutions. The company demonstrates commitment to sustainable finance and ESG data, aligning with current market trends and regulatory demands.

Security posture

The website's security posture is currently weak due to the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of HTTPS support, which is a critical vulnerability for any financial services provider. Although DMARC policies are strictly enforced and cookie consent mechanisms are implemented, the missing TLS protocols and HSTS headers expose the site to potential interception and downgrade attacks. Additionally, a subdomain takeover vulnerability on ftp.refinitiv.com poses a risk of unauthorized control over that subdomain, which could be exploited for phishing or malware distribution. The site does not appear to expose sensitive data or use vulnerable libraries, and no major web application firewall or security challenge is detected. However, the SSL/TLS misconfiguration significantly lowers the overall security score and trustworthiness. Immediate remediation of SSL and subdomain issues is recommended to protect user data and maintain compliance with industry standards.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and install a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire domain.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable all insecure protocols.
  3. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  4. Mitigate the subdomain takeover vulnerability on ftp.refinitiv.com by properly configuring or removing the DNS entry.
  5. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  6. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries for vulnerabilities and privacy compliance.
  7. Enhance performance optimization to reduce page load times and improve user experience.
  8. Maintain comprehensive and accessible security and incident response policies publicly.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager CMS and uses a variety of modern web technologies including Adobe Launch for tag management, Google Analytics for traffic analysis, Kaltura for video content, and OneTrust for cookie consent management. The site integrates multiple third-party marketing and analytics tools such as Demandbase, Quantcast, and Bing UET. Despite a rich technology stack, the site suffers from slow load times (7.9 seconds) and a large page size (~860 KB), indicating potential optimization opportunities. The DNS setup includes multiple authoritative name servers across regions and uses Mimecast for email security. However, the SSL/TLS configuration is critically flawed with no valid certificate and no enabled secure protocols, severely impacting secure communications. The site is hosted on Amazon AWS infrastructure as indicated by DNS records. Overall, the technical infrastructure is robust but requires urgent security and performance improvements.
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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