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C-
72 / 100

lever.co

Security report · Scanned February 18, 2026

Checks
8
Passed
4
Warnings
3
Critical
1
AI-Generated Summary
What this means

lever.co scored 72/100, meeting baseline requirements but with 3 findings that require attention. The vendor can proceed with a remediation timeline agreement.

Critical gaps in: Security Headers. Positive signals: Known Breaches, HSTS Header, CVE Exposure all passed.

4 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.

How lever.co compares

Grade distribution across 2378 companies we've scanned. lever.co scores better than 47% of them.

47th percentile
0 Percentile rank 100
71
A+
22
A
180
A-
181
B+
69
B
333
B-
111
C+
111
C
295
C-
110
D+
92
D
216
D-
587
F
lever.co — Grade C- (72/100) 2378 companies scanned
Security checks

Each check inspects a different part of lever.co's public security setup. Green means healthy, yellow needs attention, red is a problem.

Security Headers
Only 0/5 security headers present. Missing: CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. This exposes the application to clickjacking, MIME-sniffing, and other client-side attacks.
Problem
TLS Configuration
TLSv1.2 negotiated. Issues: TLS 1.2 negotiated (1.3 preferred).
Needs work
DNS Configuration
Strengths: 4 nameservers configured (ns-756.awsdns-30.net., ns-1281.awsdns-32.org., ns-1577.awsdns-05.co.uk., ns-509.awsdns-63.com.); 1 MX records present; Zone transfers properly restricted. Issues: DNSSEC not configured — DNS responses can be spoofed.
Needs work
Certificate Hygiene
Strengths: Certificate valid, 113 days remaining; Issued by Amazon. Issues: Wildcard certificate in use — broader attack surface if compromised.
Needs work
Known Breaches
No known breaches found in public disclosure databases.
Healthy
DMARC / Email Security
Strengths: DMARC policy set to quarantine; SPF record present with soft-fail (~all); DKIM configured (selectors: google, selector1, zendesk1, zendesk2, smtpapi).
Healthy
HSTS Header
HSTS enabled: max-age=31622400. Missing includeSubDomains. Missing preload directive.
Healthy
CVE Exposure
Detected technologies: nginx, Proxy/CDN. (Proxy/CDN detected but excluded from CVE matching — upstream infrastructure). No version information exposed — CVE matching not possible (this is good practice).
Healthy
Recommended actions
4 items

Steps to improve lever.co's security grade, ranked by impact.

1
Add missing security headers (CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy)
Impact: 1–2 Hours
HIGH
5 of 5 recommended security headers are missing on lever.co: CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. These headers protect against clickjacking, MIME-sniffing, and unauthorized browser feature access. Adding them is a server configuration change with no application code changes required.
Compliance impact
PCI-DSS 4.0Req 6.4.1
Security headers are required application controls
OWASPSecure Headers
Recommended baseline for web applications
How to fix this
1
Add Content-Security-Policy header (start with report-only to avoid breakage)
2
Add: X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
3
Add: X-Frame-Options: DENY (or SAMEORIGIN if you use iframes)
4
Add: Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
5
Add: Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()
6
Verify with: curl -sI https://lever.co | grep -iE 'content-security|x-frame|x-content|referrer|permissions'
2
Enable DNSSEC on your domain
Impact: 1–3 Days (Depends On Registrar)
MEDIUM
Without DNSSEC, DNS responses for lever.co 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
How to fix this
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 .co TLD
4
Verify: dig +dnssec lever.co
3
Upgrade to TLS 1.3
Impact: < 1 Hour
LOW
lever.co 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.
How to fix this
1
Update web server config to prefer TLS 1.3 (nginx: ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3)
2
Verify: openssl s_client -connect lever.co:443 -tls1_3
4
Review certificate configuration
Impact: 1–2 Hours
LOW
Certificate issues found for lever.co: wildcard certificate in use. Wildcard certificates have a broader blast radius if compromised. These are operational hygiene items, not immediate security risks.
How to fix this
1
Consider replacing wildcard cert with individual certs for critical subdomains
2
Consolidate certificate issuance to 1–2 trusted CAs
At a glance

Key data points from the scan.

TLS Version
TLSv1.2
TLSv1.2 negotiated. Issues: TLS 1.2 negotiated (1.3 preferred).
DMARC Policy
p=quarantine
Strengths: DMARC policy set to quarantine; SPF record present with soft-fail (~all); DKIM configured (selectors: google, selector1, zendesk1, zendesk2, smtpapi).
SPF Record
Present
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mktomail.com include:_spf0.lever.co
Security Headers
0/5 present
Missing: CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy
HSTS
Enabled
HSTS enabled: max-age=31622400. Missing includeSubDomains. Missing preload directive.
SSL Certificate
Issues
Strengths: Certificate valid, 113 days remaining; Issued by Amazon. Issues: Wildcard certificate in use — broader attack surface if compromised.
DNSSEC
Not enabled
Strengths: 4 nameservers configured (ns-756.awsdns-30.net., ns-1281.awsdns-32.org., ns-1577.awsdns-05.co.uk., ns-509.awsdns-63.com.); 1 MX records present; Zone transfers properly restricted. Issues: DNSSEC not configured — DNS responses can be spoofed.