What technology does helpnetsecurity.com use?

helpnetsecurity.com is built with PHP, WordPress, Apache.

Is helpnetsecurity.com secure (HTTPS)?

Yes. helpnetsecurity.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Amazon, valid until Nov 21, 2026.

Who hosts helpnetsecurity.com?

Hosting provider information for helpnetsecurity.com is not available yet.

What is helpnetsecurity.com's SEO score?

helpnetsecurity.com scored 90/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (excellent).

What is helpnetsecurity.com's overall website score?

helpnetsecurity.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 88/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.

Has helpnetsecurity.com's score changed over time?

helpnetsecurity.com's overall score has declined by 1 point (from 89 to 88) since Jul 25, 2026.

helpnetsecurity.com

Cybersecurity News and Expert Analysis - Help Net Security

Last scanned Aug 1, 2026, 8:00 PM · 7 views

Overall score

Great

Summary

Cybersecurity news with a focus on enterprise security. This website uses WordPress behind CloudFront CDN. SEO is excellent (90/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores fair (65/100) and performance excellent (100/100). Top issue: robots.txt not found.

Cybersecurity news with a focus on enterprise security. Discover what matters in the world of information security today.

Top issues to fix

7 issues found · 2 high priority

Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Security
Add HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.
Missing Content-Security-Policy header
Security
Add a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.
Missing X-Content-Type-Options header
Security
Add X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to stop MIME-sniffing attacks.
Missing X-Frame-Options header
Security
Add X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors rule) to prevent clickjacking via hidden iframes.
robots.txt not found
SEO
Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.
sitemap.xml not found
SEO
Publish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.

+1 more issue — details in the sections below.

SEO

2 issue(s) found

100

Performance

842 ms

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Score history

-1 overall since Jul 25, 2026

Overall: 88
SEO: 90
Security: 65
Performance: 100
Accessibility: 100

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

Cybersecurity news with a focus on enterprise security. Discover what matters in the world of information security today.

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Meta tags

Title: Cybersecurity News and Expert Analysis - Help Net Security
Description: Cybersecurity news with a focus on enterprise security. Discover what matters in the world of information security today.
Canonical: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/
Language: en-US
Charset: UTF-8
Viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Robots meta: index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
Manifest

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

PHP WordPress Apache

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider: —
CDN provider: CloudFront
IP address: —
ASN: —

DNS records

Type	Value
A	—
AAAA	—
MX	—
TXT	—
NS	—
CAA	—
CNAME	—
IPv6 support	No

TLS / SSL certificate

Version: TLS 1.3
Issuer: Amazon
Subject: helpnetsecurity.com
Valid from: May 8, 2026
Valid to: Nov 21, 2026
Days until expiry: 112
SAN domains: helpnetsecurity.com, *.helpnetsecurity.com

Security headers

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-OptionsMissing
X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 1 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 1 · H2 5 · H3 2

Links

2 internal · 63 external · 20 broken

Images

20 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

7 scripts · 2 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

12.3 KB · 10.7 KB

Page size

101 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt: Not found
Disallow rules: 0
sitemap.xml: Not found
URLs in sitemap: 0

SEO issues

robots.txt not found
sitemap.xml not found

Scan details

Requested URL: https://helpnetsecurity.com
Final URL: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com:443/
HTTP status: 200
HTTP version: HTTP/2
Response time: 840 ms
HTML size: 101 KB
Redirect chain: https://helpnetsecurity.com → https://www.helpnetsecurity.com:443/

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does helpnetsecurity.com use?: helpnetsecurity.com is built with PHP, WordPress, Apache.
Is helpnetsecurity.com secure (HTTPS)?: Yes. helpnetsecurity.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Amazon, valid until Nov 21, 2026.
Who hosts helpnetsecurity.com?: Hosting provider information for helpnetsecurity.com is not available yet.
What is helpnetsecurity.com's SEO score?: helpnetsecurity.com scored 90/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (excellent).
What is helpnetsecurity.com's overall website score?: helpnetsecurity.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 88/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
Has helpnetsecurity.com's score changed over time?: helpnetsecurity.com's overall score has declined by 1 point (from 89 to 88) since Jul 25, 2026.