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Security report for republicservices.com

Republic Services · Transportation · United States

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

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Republic Services is a leading environmental services company specializing in waste disposal, recycling, hazardous waste treatment, and emergency response services. The company targets businesses, residential customers, and communities primarily in the United States, Canada, and the UK. Their business model focuses on providing comprehensive environmental solutions as a single-source provider, emphasizing sustainability and customer partnerships. The website reflects a large enterprise with consistent branding and professional content, supporting their market position as a leader in transportation and environmental services. Technically, the website uses modern front-end technologies such as Bootstrap and JavaScript, hosted on Amazon CloudFront CDN, ensuring fast performance and good mobile optimization. However, accessibility features are basic, and no CMS or advanced frameworks are detected. SEO practices appear adequate with proper meta tags and structured content. From a security perspective, the website lacks visible security headers and explicit security or privacy policies, which reduces its security posture score. The WHOIS data is missing or unavailable, which is unusual for a publicly traded company and raises concerns about domain registration transparency. No forms or contact information are present on the main page, limiting direct user engagement and support channels. Overall, the website is professional and trustworthy in content and design but requires improvements in security best practices, privacy compliance, and domain registration transparency to enhance trust and reduce risk.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

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 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 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

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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
15
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
73

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

Republic Services operates as a publicly traded company (NYSE: RSG) with a strong focus on sustainability and profitable growth in the environmental services sector. Their competitive advantage lies in offering a comprehensive suite of waste management and recycling services, including hazardous waste treatment and emergency response. The company targets a broad customer base including businesses and residential clients in North America and the UK. Their investor and media portals indicate a mature corporate structure with transparency in reporting sustainability and ESG metrics. The lack of visible contact information on the main site suggests a centralized approach to customer engagement via dedicated subdomains. The company’s use of Amazon CloudFront for hosting indicates a scalable and reliable infrastructure supporting global content delivery.

Security posture

The current security posture of the website is moderate to low due to the absence of visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options. There is no evidence of HTTPS enforcement or SSL/TLS configuration details in the provided data, which is a critical gap. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating potential compliance issues with GDPR and other privacy regulations. The lack of incident response or vulnerability disclosure information further reduces readiness for security incidents. No forms or user input fields are present, which reduces attack surface but also limits user interaction. The missing WHOIS data raises concerns about domain registration legitimacy and transparency. Overall, the site would benefit from implementing standard security headers, publishing privacy and security policies, and improving domain registration visibility.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce HTTPS with strong SSL/TLS configuration and verify via external tools.
  2. Add standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements and consent mechanisms.
  4. Provide visible contact information including security incident response contacts and vulnerability disclosure channels.
  5. Investigate and resolve WHOIS data availability issues to improve domain registration transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Republic Services
Description
Republic Services is a leader in environmental services offering comprehensive waste disposal, recycling, hazardous waste treatment, emergency response, and equipment rental services. They focus on sustainability, safety, and environmental compliance to support businesses, homes, and communities.
Key services
Advanced recycling, Solid waste treatment and disposal, Special and hazardous waste treatment and disposal, Field and industrial services, 24/7 emergency response, Equipment rental and cleaning
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap, JavaScript
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website content is fully accessible with no WAF or blocking detected.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the main page HTML.
  3. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses explicitly listed on the main page.
  4. No forms detected on the main page.
  5. External links point to investor and media subdomains owned by the company.
  6. Website uses Amazon CloudFront CDN for asset delivery.
  7. No social media links found in the provided HTML.
  8. No security headers or explicit security policies visible in the HTML content.
  9. WHOIS data is missing or unavailable, which is unusual for a corporate domain.
  10. Website branding and content quality are good and consistent with a large enterprise.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern front-end stack with Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript libraries, hosted on Amazon CloudFront CDN for optimized delivery. The HTML structure is valid and includes responsive design elements for mobile optimization. However, accessibility features are basic and could be improved. No CMS or advanced frameworks are detected, suggesting a custom or static site approach. Performance is likely fast due to CDN usage and minimal external dependencies. SEO is supported by appropriate meta tags and structured content but could be enhanced with additional semantic markup and structured data. The absence of analytics or tracking scripts reduces user tracking but also limits marketing insights.
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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