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Security report for trailhead.com

Salesforce · Education · United States

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

76/100

Risk levelLow

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

Trailhead, a Salesforce-owned platform, provides a comprehensive, gamified learning environment focused on Salesforce products and AI technologies such as Agentforce. It serves a broad audience including admins, developers, and users, offering hands-on modules, certifications, and community engagement. The platform is built on modern web technologies and integrates deeply with the Salesforce ecosystem, ensuring a consistent and professional user experience. Technically, the site employs advanced JavaScript frameworks, utilizes Salesforce hosting and DNS infrastructure, and leverages performance and user interaction monitoring tools like New Relic. Security-wise, the site enforces strict email authentication policies (SPF, DMARC), uses strong SSL configurations without known vulnerabilities, and implements cookie consent management via OneTrust, reflecting a mature security posture. However, improvements such as enabling HSTS, DNSSEC, and TLS 1.3 support could further enhance security. Overall, Trailhead demonstrates a high level of digital maturity and trustworthiness, positioning it as a leading educational platform within the Salesforce ecosystem.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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. 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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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
97
Security headers
80
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
76

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

Trailhead operates as an essential educational platform within the Salesforce ecosystem, targeting individuals seeking to develop Salesforce and AI skills. Its business model revolves around free access to learning content, gamification through points and badges, and certification offerings that enhance professional credentials. The platform's market position is strong, supported by Salesforce's brand and extensive community. Partnerships with related domains like trailblazer.me enhance community engagement. The platform's content is high quality, covering all user levels and roles, and it supports multiple languages, indicating a global reach. The use of advanced analytics and marketing tools suggests a data-driven approach to user engagement and growth.

Security posture

The website exhibits a good security posture with strict SPF and DMARC policies, successful OCSP stapling, and no detected SSL vulnerabilities. The absence of DNSSEC and CAA records indicates areas for improvement in DNS security. The lack of HSTS implementation reduces protection against protocol downgrade attacks. The site uses modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2) but lacks TLS 1.3 support. Cookie consent is managed via OneTrust, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR. No explicit security or incident response policies were found, which could be a gap in transparency. Overall, the security measures in place are robust but could be enhanced with additional DNS and HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS usage.
  2. Implement DNSSEC to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  3. Add CAA DNS records to restrict certificate issuance to authorized CAs.
  4. Upgrade TLS support to include TLS 1.3 for improved security and performance.
  5. Publish explicit security and incident response policies to enhance transparency and trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern JavaScript frameworks such as Hotwired Turbo and Stimulus, leveraging ES6 modules for efficient loading. It is hosted on Salesforce infrastructure with DNS managed by Salesforce's nameservers and uses Fastly CDN for content delivery. Performance metrics indicate a slow load time (~7.6 seconds) with a large page size (~915 KB) and numerous resources (155). Accessibility and SEO optimizations are good, with multiple language alternates and proper meta tags. The site integrates advanced analytics and marketing tools including New Relic, Google Tag Manager, Twitter Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and Evergage, indicating a mature digital marketing strategy. There is room for performance optimization to improve user experience.
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. 82/100Low22 findingsView report
  2. 82/100Low22 findingsView report
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