82
Pass

cisco.com

Security posture assessment · Scanned February 15, 2026

Findings
5 · 3 · 0
Checks
8 passive

cisco.com scored 82/100, demonstrating a strong security posture. Minor improvements are noted below.

Positive signals: Known Breaches, DMARC / Email Security, HSTS Header all passed.

3 action items identified, including 0 critical. The issues are configuration gaps, not architectural problems. A focused remediation effort of 2–5 days could address all findings.

Ordered by priority · 3 items
1
Enable DNSSEC on your domain
Effort: 1–3 days (depends on registrar)   Owner: DNS administrator / domain registrar
medium
Without DNSSEC, DNS responses for cisco.com can be spoofed, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites. This requires coordination with your domain registrar to publish DS records.
Compliance Impact
NIST 800-53SC-20
Secure name/address resolution service
Remediation Steps
1
Check if your DNS provider supports DNSSEC (Cloudflare, Route53, etc.)
2
Enable DNSSEC signing in your DNS provider dashboard
3
Add the DS record to your registrar for .com TLD
4
Verify: dig +dnssec cisco.com
2
Upgrade to TLS 1.3
Effort: < 1 hour   Owner: Web server administrator
low
cisco.com negotiated TLSv1.2. TLS 1.2 is still compliant under all major security frameworks and is not a vulnerability. TLS 1.3 offers faster handshakes and removes legacy cipher negotiation. This is a best-practice improvement, not a compliance gap.
Remediation Steps
1
Update web server config to prefer TLS 1.3 (nginx: ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3)
2
Verify: openssl s_client -connect cisco.com:443 -tls1_3
3
Add optional security headers (Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy)
Effort: < 1 hour   Owner: Web server administrator
low
cisco.com has most security headers configured. Missing: Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. These are best-practice additions that reduce the attack surface for client-side vulnerabilities.
Remediation Steps
1
Add: Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
2
Add: Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()
3
Verify with: curl -sI https://cisco.com | grep -iE 'content-security|x-frame|x-content|referrer|permissions'
TLS Configuration
Warning
Security Headers
Warning
DNS Configuration
Warning
Known Breaches
Healthy
DMARC / Email Security
Healthy
HSTS Header
Healthy
CVE Exposure
Healthy
Certificate Hygiene
Healthy