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Security report for schibsted.com

Schibsted · Media · N/a

Low risk. 1 critical or high finding in Security headers.

Security score

85/100

Risk levelLow

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

Schibsted is a well-established media group originating from a small publishing house founded in 1839, now operating some of the strongest news brands in the Nordic region. The corporate website reflects a professional media company with a clear focus on news publishing and media content delivery. The site is built on WordPress with modern technologies such as Bootstrap and integrates Google Analytics for visitor tracking. The presence of GDPR cookie consent mechanisms indicates awareness of privacy regulations, although explicit privacy and terms of service pages were not detected in the provided content. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS enabled and domain transfer protections in place, but improvements such as enabling DNSSEC and adding security headers are recommended. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-positioned in its market segment.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
95/ 100 · Low
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

1 finding 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 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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  • 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
90
Security headers
45
Email security
100
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
95
Average
85

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 schibsted.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
44,068
Employees
2
Customers
43,795
Third parties
271
Weak passwords
9%

Latest record dated 2026-05-11 · 39 subdomains affected

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  • –meet.schibsted.com2026-05-11
  • –login.schibsted.com2025-11-13

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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

Schibsted holds a strong market position in the Nordic media sector, leveraging a long history and multiple strong news brands. The business model centers on media publishing and content distribution, targeting a general audience interested in news and stories relevant to the Nordic countries. The company operates at an enterprise scale with a mature digital presence. Integration with social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter supports audience engagement. The use of SEO tools and structured data enhances discoverability. No direct contact information or detailed business registration data was found, which is typical for corporate websites focusing on brand and content rather than direct sales or support.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and has domain transfer protections, indicating a baseline security posture. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options suggests room for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. The lack of a published security policy or incident response contact reduces transparency in security management. The GDPR cookie banner shows compliance efforts, but the absence of a privacy policy page in the scanned content is a gap. Overall, the security posture is moderate with recommendations to enhance DNS security and HTTP header protections.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to strengthen DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and terms of service policies accessible from the website.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to improve browser security.
  4. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Schibsted
Description
What began as a small publishing house in 1839 is now a media house with some of the strongest news brands in the Nordics.
Key services
news publishing, media content
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Yoast SEO plugin, Bootstrap 4.6.2, Sentry (error tracking), AWS DNS hosting
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Client transfer prohibited domain status
  • No DNSSEC enabled (recommend enabling)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a corporate site for Schibsted Media Group, a large Nordic media company.
  2. Content is professional and well-structured with SEO and analytics integration.
  3. No explicit privacy or terms of service pages found in the provided HTML content.
  4. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented via a GDPR banner plugin.
  5. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML content.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. No security headers detected in the provided data; recommend adding.
  8. Domain is secured with HTTPS and has clientTransferProhibited status.
  9. DNSSEC is not enabled; enabling would improve DNS security.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS using Bootstrap 4.6.2 for responsive design and layout. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are used for tracking and analytics. The site loads JavaScript and CSS assets efficiently, with some minification and caching evident. Hosting is supported by Amazon AWS DNS infrastructure, indicating reliable hosting. The site is mobile optimized with good SEO practices including meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Accessibility features are basic but present. Performance is moderate, with potential for optimization in asset loading and caching strategies. Overall, the technical implementation is modern and suitable for an enterprise media company.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 83/100Low23 findingsView report
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