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Security report for usbank.com

U.S. Bank · Finance · United States

Low risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

77/100

Risk levelLow

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

U.S. Bank operates a comprehensive digital platform offering personal banking, credit cards, loans, and investment services. The website reflects a large, established financial institution with a strong market position in the United States. The site is professionally designed with consistent branding and clear messaging targeting general consumers seeking banking services. Technically, the site leverages Adobe Experience Manager as its CMS and integrates multiple advanced analytics and marketing tools, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and use of monitoring tools, though explicit security headers were not detected in the provided data. Privacy compliance indicators such as privacy and cookie policies were not found in the provided content, suggesting room for improvement in transparency. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional, but WHOIS data is unavailable, which slightly impacts domain trust assessment.

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

5 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

  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 Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
82
Security headers
45
Email security
87
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
77

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention usbank.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
109,688
Employees
0
Customers
95,684
Third parties
14,004
Weak passwords
7%

201 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

U.S. Bank is positioned as a major player in the U.S. financial sector, offering a broad range of retail banking products and services. The business model focuses on personalized banking solutions and digital convenience. The extensive use of marketing and analytics tools suggests a strong emphasis on customer acquisition and retention through data-driven strategies. The absence of WHOIS data limits direct verification of domain ownership, but the website's branding and content strongly align with a legitimate enterprise. No suspicious domains or partners were identified in the provided data. The company targets a broad consumer base with services tailored to personal finance needs.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security posture with HTTPS enabled and integration of performance and monitoring tools like AppDynamics. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options in the provided data is a potential area for enhancement. The site uses multiple third-party scripts for analytics and marketing, which requires ongoing vigilance to prevent vulnerabilities. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerabilities were detected in the analyzed content. Incident response and security policy pages were not found, indicating a possible gap in public-facing security transparency. Overall, the security maturity is good but could benefit from enhanced header configurations and clearer security documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish clear and accessible privacy and cookie policies to improve compliance and user trust.
  3. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  4. Provide public-facing security and incident response policies to enhance transparency and preparedness.
  5. Investigate and resolve WHOIS data availability to improve domain trust and legitimacy verification.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
U.S. Bank
Description
Experience personalized banking services for your unique needs with U.S. Bank - Checking, credit cards, home loans & convenient online banking. Member FDIC.
Key services
Personal banking, Credit cards, Loans, Investing, Online banking
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), AppDynamics, Google Tag Manager, Marketo, Facebook Pixel, Bing Ads, Pinterest, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Tealium, Siteimprove Analytics, Quantum Metric
Frameworks
Adobe Experience Manager
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of AppDynamics for performance monitoring
  • Use of multiple analytics and tracking scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
AppDynamics, Google Analytics (via GTM), Marketo, Quantum Metric, Siteimprove Analytics, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Bing Ads
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Bing Ads, Facebook Ads, Pinterest Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Marketo, Quantum Metric, Siteimprove Analytics, Tealium
Marketing tools
Marketo, Tealium
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional banking portal for U.S. Bank.
  2. No WHOIS data available from the provided raw output.
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  4. Multiple advanced tracking and analytics tools are used.
  5. No security headers explicitly detected in the provided data.
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  7. No forms with detailed fields extracted due to HTML truncation.
  8. No evidence of adult or unsafe content.
  9. Website uses HTTPS and modern JavaScript frameworks.
  10. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technology stack centered around Adobe Experience Manager, supported by a suite of analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Marketo, Facebook Pixel, and Quantum Metric. The site loads multiple asynchronous JavaScript resources to optimize performance and user experience. Mobile optimization and accessibility appear well addressed based on CSS and responsive meta tags. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in script loading and resource management. The absence of detected hosting provider information limits full infrastructure assessment. Overall, the technical implementation is robust and aligns with enterprise-grade digital banking platforms.
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. 72/100Medium22 findingsView report
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