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Security report for serverless.com

Serverless, Inc. · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Serverless, Inc. operates the website serverless.com, providing a comprehensive Serverless Framework platform that enables developers and organizations to build, deploy, and manage serverless applications primarily on AWS Lambda and related cloud services. The company positions itself as a technology leader with a strong community presence, evidenced by significant GitHub stars, downloads, and partnerships with major enterprises such as Nordstrom and Coca-Cola. The website is professionally designed, mobile-optimized, and rich in content, targeting developers and enterprises seeking efficient serverless solutions. Technically, the website leverages modern web technologies including AWS services, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tools like Google Analytics and Hotjar, and search capabilities via Algolia DocSearch. The site is hosted likely on Webflow infrastructure, ensuring fast performance and good accessibility. However, explicit security headers and detailed security policies are not evident, which suggests room for improvement in security transparency. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and secure form submission methods, but lacks published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain is unusual and slightly reduces trust, although the website content and branding strongly indicate legitimacy. Privacy compliance is basic, with a cookie consent mechanism present but no clear privacy policy page. Overall, the website demonstrates a mature digital presence with strong business credibility and technical implementation but would benefit from enhanced security disclosures and privacy documentation to improve trust and compliance posture.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. 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 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';…

  3. 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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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • 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
100
Security headers
30
Email security
55
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
68

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

Serverless, Inc. operates in the cloud technology sector, focusing on serverless application development tools and frameworks. Their business model centers on providing open-source and commercial tools that simplify serverless deployments on AWS, supported by a plugin ecosystem and a collaborative dashboard. The company targets developers, DevOps teams, and enterprises adopting serverless architectures. Their market position is strong, supported by AWS partnership and high community engagement. Revenue streams likely include premium support, enterprise features, and possibly marketplace offerings. The partnership ecosystem includes AWS and various community partners. Growth indicators include high download volumes and active community channels such as Slack and forums. Strategic observations highlight a focus on developer experience, automation, and cloud-native innovation.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, and secure data submission practices are used. However, the absence of explicit security headers, published security policies, and incident response contacts indicates gaps in security transparency and readiness. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations is not clearly documented, and no data protection officer contact is provided. The use of third-party analytics and tracking tools is moderate, with cookie consent implemented. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a technology platform but requires improvements in policy publication and incident response preparedness to meet higher compliance standards.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy page clearly accessible from the website footer or main navigation.
  2. Implement and publish a security policy including incident response contacts and vulnerability disclosure procedures.
  3. Add standard security HTTP headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Provide explicit GDPR compliance information and data protection officer contact details if applicable.
  5. Consider publishing a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability reporting and improve transparency.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Serverless, Inc.
Description
Easily build auto-scaling, low-overhead applications on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and other managed services with the Serverless Framework.
Key services
Serverless Framework, CI/CD tools, Secrets management, Plugins ecosystem, Dashboard for collaboration and monitoring
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, YAML, JavaScript, Google Fonts, Algolia DocSearch, Hotjar, HubSpot, Google Analytics, WebFont Loader, jQuery, Clipboard.js, Highlight.js, Smooth Scrollbar
Frameworks
Serverless Framework, Webflow (CMS/website builder)
Platforms
AWS
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by canonical URL and external scripts)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure form submission via fetch API

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, HubSpot Analytics, Hotjar
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
HubSpot, Hotjar
Marketing tools
HubSpot, Algolia DocSearch
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 professional design
  2. Strong branding and trust signals with major customer logos and testimonials
  3. Extensive use of modern web technologies and analytics tools
  4. No explicit privacy policy page found, but cookie consent banner present
  5. No explicit security policy or incident response information found
  6. WHOIS data unavailable, which is unusual and reduces domain trust score
  7. Multiple external trusted domains used for hosting, analytics, and fonts
  8. Contact available via forms but no direct email or phone found
  9. Terms of Service available as PDF document
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern web technologies including AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and JavaScript frameworks. It uses Webflow as a CMS and hosting platform, ensuring fast load times and mobile responsiveness. Analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics, HubSpot, Hotjar, and Algolia DocSearch are integrated for user tracking and search functionality. The site features well-structured metadata and Open Graph tags for SEO and social sharing. Code highlighting and clipboard utilities enhance developer experience in documentation. No technical debt or deprecated libraries were detected. The main technical risk is the lack of explicit security headers and incomplete security documentation, which could impact trust and compliance.
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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