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Security report for tagtoday.net

Trustworthy Accountability Group · Media · United States

Medium risk. 3 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) is a leading global initiative dedicated to combating criminal activity and enhancing trust and transparency within the digital advertising industry. The organization operates a membership-based model, offering certifications, threat intelligence sharing, and anti-fraud programs to major brands, agencies, publishers, and ad tech providers. TAG holds a prominent market position as a trusted authority in digital advertising standards and compliance. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image, targeting industry stakeholders seeking to improve advertising integrity and safety. Technically, the website is built on the HubSpot CMS platform, leveraging HubSpot analytics and marketing tools. While the site is mobile-optimized and well-structured with good SEO practices, it suffers from slow load times and lacks a valid SSL certificate, resulting in no HTTPS support. This is a critical security shortfall that undermines user trust and data protection. The site employs standard privacy and cookie consent mechanisms, indicating good privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the absence of HTTPS and modern TLS protocols, along with missing security headers, significantly lowers the security posture. However, the presence of SPF and DMARC records with strict policies demonstrates good email security practices. No explicit security or incident response policies are published on the site, which could be improved to enhance transparency and readiness. Overall, TAG's website is content-rich and credible but requires urgent security enhancements, particularly SSL/TLS implementation, to meet modern security standards and protect its users effectively.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 100 · High
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

3 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 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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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
50
Security headers
45
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
43
Average
58

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

TAG operates in the media sector, focusing on digital advertising integrity. Its business model revolves around industry collaboration, certification programs, and sharing best practices to reduce fraud and increase transparency. The organization has strong partnerships with major global brands and agencies, as evidenced by the extensive member registry and platinum status members. TAG's competitive advantage lies in its recognized certifications and its role as a central hub for threat intelligence and anti-fraud initiatives. The website content and press releases indicate ongoing growth and active engagement with the advertising ecosystem. Revenue streams likely include membership fees and certification services. The target customers are large enterprises and influential players in digital advertising. The partnership ecosystem is robust, with many industry leaders participating. Strategic observations suggest TAG is well-positioned to expand influence but must address technical and security gaps to maintain trust.

Security posture

The current security maturity level of the website is low due to the lack of HTTPS and valid SSL certificates, which is a critical vulnerability impacting confidentiality and integrity of data in transit. The domain has well-configured SPF and DMARC records with a reject policy, reducing email spoofing risks. No subdomain takeover vulnerabilities were found. However, the absence of modern TLS protocols, HSTS, OCSP stapling, and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options indicates incomplete security hardening. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are published, limiting transparency and preparedness. The website does not expose sensitive data or vulnerable libraries but the lack of secure forms and inputs is a concern. Overall, the security posture requires immediate improvement in transport security and enhanced security headers to align with best practices and compliance requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Install and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable deprecated protocols.
  3. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  4. Enable OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve security and performance.
  5. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, and Referrer-Policy.
  6. Publish explicit security and incident response policies to improve transparency and readiness.
  7. Optimize website performance to reduce load times below 3 seconds.
  8. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards.
  9. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to avoid vulnerabilities.
  10. Maintain and clearly display contact information including security contact emails.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted with DNS managed by DomainControl (GoDaddy) and uses HubSpot CMS as the platform. The tech stack includes jQuery 1.7.1, Font Awesome icons, Google Fonts (Montserrat), and HubSpot analytics scripts. The site lacks a valid SSL certificate and does not support any TLS protocols, resulting in no HTTPS availability. Performance is slow with a load time of approximately 8.3 seconds and over 100 resources loaded. The site is mobile responsive with good design quality and SEO metadata including Open Graph and Twitter cards. Accessibility is basic with some screen reader text present. The site uses HubSpot's cookie consent mechanism and analytics tracking. Technical debt is indicated by outdated jQuery version and missing modern security configurations. Modernization opportunities include upgrading TLS, improving performance, and enhancing security headers.
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. 76/100Low26 findingsView report
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