85
Pass

clevelandclinic.org

Security posture assessment · Scanned February 15, 2026

Findings
5 · 3 · 0
Checks
8 passive

clevelandclinic.org scored 85/100, demonstrating a strong security posture. Minor improvements are noted below.

Positive signals: TLS Configuration, DNS Configuration, DMARC / Email Security 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
Increase HSTS max-age duration
Effort: < 30 minutes   Owner: Web server administrator
medium
HSTS is enabled but the max-age (0s) is below the recommended minimum of 15768000s (6 months). A short max-age means browsers forget the HTTPS-only policy quickly, reducing protection between visits.
Compliance Impact
PCI-DSS 4.0Req 6.4.1
Application security header configuration
Remediation Steps
1
Update header: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
2
Verify: curl -sI https://clevelandclinic.org | grep -i strict
2
Review certificate configuration — expires in 27 days
Effort: 1–2 hours   Owner: Infrastructure / DevOps
medium
Certificate issues found for clevelandclinic.org: certificate expires in 27 days. Ensure auto-renewal is configured to prevent expiry. These are operational hygiene items, not immediate security risks.
Remediation Steps
1
Verify auto-renewal is configured (Let's Encrypt: certbot renew --dry-run)
2
Consolidate certificate issuance to 1–2 trusted CAs
3
Add optional security headers (Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy)
Effort: < 1 hour   Owner: Web server administrator
low
clevelandclinic.org 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://clevelandclinic.org | grep -iE 'content-security|x-frame|x-content|referrer|permissions'
HSTS Header
Warning
Security Headers
Warning
Certificate Hygiene
Warning
TLS Configuration
Healthy
DNS Configuration
Healthy
DMARC / Email Security
Healthy
Known Breaches
Healthy
CVE Exposure
Healthy