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Security report for silive.com

silive · Media · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Silive.com is a professional local news media website focused on Staten Island, NY, providing news, sports, weather, and entertainment content. It operates under the Advance Local media group, serving a large audience with subscription and advertising revenue models. The website demonstrates a mature digital infrastructure using modern technologies such as React, Arc Fusion CMS, and multiple advertising and analytics platforms. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS and some security best practices, though explicit privacy and security policies are not clearly visible in the provided content. The absence of WHOIS data is unusual but does not appear to impact the legitimacy of the site. Overall, silive.com is a credible and well-established local news source with room for improvement in privacy transparency and security header implementation.

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 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"

  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

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  • 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
85
Security headers
30
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
74

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

Silive.com holds a strong market position as the primary local news provider for Staten Island, NY. It benefits from being part of the Advance Local network, which includes multiple regional news sites. The business model relies on advertising and digital subscriptions, supported by a robust ad tech stack and paywall integration. The target audience is local residents and those interested in Staten Island news. The site shows consistent branding and professional content quality, indicating a stable and mature operation. Partnerships with sister sites under Advance Local enhance content sharing and market reach.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and uses several third-party scripts for advertising and analytics, which introduces some risk but is common in media sites. Security headers are not explicitly confirmed but likely partially implemented. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The lack of visible privacy and cookie policies and absence of incident response contacts are gaps in compliance and security transparency. The presence of a suspicious external script domain warrants further investigation. Overall, the security posture is moderate with recommendations to enhance header policies and privacy disclosures.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and prominently link comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Audit and verify all third-party scripts to eliminate or mitigate risks from suspicious domains.
  3. Explicitly configure and verify security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy.
  4. Add clear incident response and security contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security and privacy audits to maintain best practices.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
silive
Description
Get the latest Staten Island, NY news, sports, and breaking updates. View daily weather and top stories from Staten Island and beyond on silive.com.
Key services
Local news reporting, Sports coverage, Weather updates, Entertainment news, Subscription services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Arc Fusion, Google Tag Manager, Google Publisher Tags, Prebid.js, Amazon Ads, Rubicon Project, Sophi.io, Admiral (adblock detection), Boomerang (performance monitoring), BlueConic (marketing), Tinypass (paywall), Ahrefs Analytics, Scorecard Research, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Crowd Control, ID5 Sync
Frameworks
React, Arc Fusion
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of adblock detection and paywall scripts
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of modern JavaScript libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), Ahrefs Analytics, Scorecard Research, BlueConic
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
PubMatic, Amazon Ads, Rubicon Project, Google Ad Manager, AdRecover
Tracking pixels
Scorecard Research, LinkedIn Insight, Crowd Control, BlueConic, Ahrefs Analytics
Marketing tools
BlueConic, Tinypass (paywall)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional local news media platform for Staten Island, NY.
  2. Content is rich with news articles, sports, weather, and subscription options.
  3. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual but not necessarily malicious.
  4. Multiple third-party ad and tracking scripts are used, indicating monetization and analytics.
  5. No explicit security or privacy policies found in the provided HTML snippet.
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  7. No signs of WAF or content blocking detected.
  8. One suspicious external domain (www.38167473.xyz) found in scripts, which may warrant further inspection.
Technical notes

Notes

Silive.com uses a modern technology stack centered on React and Arc Fusion CMS, supported by a wide array of advertising and analytics tools including Google Tag Manager, Prebid.js, Amazon Ads, and BlueConic. The site is mobile optimized and uses structured data (JSON-LD) and Open Graph tags for SEO and social media integration. Performance is moderate with some complexity due to multiple third-party scripts. The site lacks explicit hosting provider information but likely uses a CDN and cloud hosting. Technical debt appears low, but improvements in accessibility and security header implementation are recommended to reduce risks and improve 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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