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Security report for seek.com.au

Seek Limited · Other · Australia

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

80/100

Risk levelLow

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

SEEK Limited operates Australia's leading online employment marketplace, providing a comprehensive platform for job seekers and employers. The website offers extensive job search capabilities, career advice, company reviews, and recruiter directories, positioning itself as the top recruitment site in Australia. The target audience includes job seekers across various industries and employers looking to recruit talent. The business model centers on connecting candidates with employers through an online marketplace, supported by a strong brand presence and multiple country-specific partner sites.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 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

4 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 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 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

  3. 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.

    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
75
Security headers
70
Email security
85
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
80

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

SEEK maintains a dominant market position in Australia’s employment sector, leveraging a large user base and diversified services such as career advice and employer branding. The company benefits from partnerships with regional job boards and maintains a consistent brand across platforms. Revenue streams likely include job listing fees, premium employer services, and advertising. The presence of multiple country-specific domains indicates a broad geographic footprint and strategic partnerships. The company’s operations reflect a mature digital business with strong growth potential in online recruitment.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security posture with HTTPS enforced and use of modern security headers implied. It employs multiple third-party analytics and marketing tools, which are loaded asynchronously to minimize performance impact. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerabilities were detected in the HTML content. However, explicit security headers like X-Frame-Options and Content Security Policy were not confirmed and should be verified. The absence of visible privacy and cookie policies in the provided content suggests room for improvement in compliance transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Verify and explicitly implement security headers such as X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Content Security Policy to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Ensure privacy and cookie policies are clearly accessible and comprehensive to improve GDPR and privacy compliance.
  3. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to mitigate risks from external dependencies.
  4. Enhance transparency around data retention and user consent mechanisms for analytics and advertising.
  5. Develop or publish a formal incident response and vulnerability disclosure policy to strengthen security governance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Seek Limited
Description
SEEK is Australia’s number one employment marketplace. Find jobs and career related information or recruit the ideal candidate. Why settle? SEEK
Key services
Job search, Career advice, Company reviews, Recruiter directory, Employer site
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Segment analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Bing Ads, Taboola, Pinterest, Branch.io
Frameworks
React
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security and analytics scripts asynchronously

Analytics and tracking

Services
Segment, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Bing Ads, Taboola, DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Pinterest, Google Analytics (via GTM)
Marketing tools
Segment Analytics, Branch.io
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and interactive features.
  2. No WHOIS data available due to privacy or query failure.
  3. Strong brand presence with consistent logos and social media links.
  4. Extensive use of third-party analytics and marketing tools.
  5. No signs of malware, phishing, or suspicious behavior.
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie policy links found in the provided HTML snippet.
  7. Contact phone number provided in structured data but no email addresses found.
  8. Multiple country-specific SEEK-related domains linked as partners.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack including React and integrates multiple analytics and marketing platforms such as Segment, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, and Hotjar. The site is mobile-optimized with good accessibility and SEO practices evident from meta tags and structured data. Performance is moderate, likely due to the number of external scripts and resources. The site architecture supports a rich user experience with dynamic content and interactive search features. Opportunities exist to optimize loading times and reduce technical debt by auditing third-party dependencies.
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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