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What this means
sqmarchitects.com.au scored 90/100, demonstrating a strong security posture. Minor improvements are noted below.
Positive signals: MX Records & Mail Provider, TLS Configuration, TLS Protocol Support all passed.
2 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 sqmarchitects.com.au compares
Grade distribution across 2565 companies we've scanned. sqmarchitects.com.au scores better than 89% of them.
81
A+
25
A
186
A-
194
B+
73
B
357
B-
122
C+
114
C
328
C-
119
D+
95
D
247
D-
624
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sqmarchitects.com.au — Grade A- (90/100)
2565 companies scanned
Security checks
Each check inspects a different part of sqmarchitects.com.au's public security setup. Green means healthy, yellow needs attention, red is a problem.
DNS CAA Records
Strengths: CAA records configured (10 record(s)); Authorized CAs: comodoca.com, digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes, letsencrypt.org, pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes, ssl.com. Issues: No iodef record — CA violations won't be reported to the domain owner.
DNS Configuration
Strengths: 2 nameservers configured (trey.ns.cloudflare.com., harmony.ns.cloudflare.com.); 5 MX records present; Zone transfers properly restricted. Issues: DNSSEC not configured — DNS responses can be spoofed.
DMARC / Email Security
Strengths: SPF record present with soft-fail (~all); DKIM configured (selectors: google). Issues: DMARC policy is 'none' (monitoring only, no enforcement).
MTA-STS & TLS Reporting
Strengths: MX patterns specified: alt1.aspmx.l.google.com, alt2.aspmx.l.google.com, alt3.aspmx.l.google.com; SMTP TLS Reporting (TLSRPT) configured — delivery failures will be reported. Issues: MTA-STS in testing mode — TLS failures are reported but not enforced; MTA-STS max_age is only 1 day(s) — should be at least 7 days.
security.txt (RFC 9116)
No security.txt found. Publishing a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt is the industry standard (RFC 9116) for vulnerability disclosure policies. Its absence may indicate a less mature security program.
MX Records & Mail Provider
Strengths: Mail handled by Google Workspace; 5 MX record(s) configured; Multiple MX records provide redundancy.
TLS Configuration
TLSv1.3 negotiated with TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256-bit). Strong configuration with no deprecated protocols or weak ciphers detected.
TLS Protocol Support
Strengths: TLS 1.3 supported; TLS 1.2 supported; TLS 1.3 supported (strongest). Protocol support: TLS 1.3: Yes, TLS 1.2: Yes, TLS 1.1: No, TLS 1.0: No.
HSTS Header
HSTS enabled: max-age=31536000s (365 days) with includeSubDomains and preload. Meets best-practice configuration.
Security Headers
4/5 security headers present. Missing: CSP.
Cookie Security
No cookies set on the homepage response. No cookie security flags to evaluate.
Known Breaches
No known breaches found in public disclosure databases.
CVE Exposure
Detected technologies: cloudflare. (cloudflare detected but excluded from CVE matching — upstream infrastructure). All detected technologies are upstream CDN/proxy infrastructure. No application-level software versions exposed.
Certificate Hygiene
Strengths: Certificate valid, 57 days remaining; Issued by Google Trust Services. Note: Wildcard certificate in use (*.domain) — covers all subdomains. Common practice; worth noting that compromise would affect all subdomains.
Recommended actions
2 items
Steps to improve sqmarchitects.com.au's security grade, ranked by impact.
1
Strengthen email authentication configuration
Email authentication is partially configured for sqmarchitects.com.au but has gaps. Actions needed: upgrade DMARC policy from 'none' to 'quarantine' or 'reject'. Until DMARC enforcement is active, spoofed emails may still reach recipients.
Compliance impact
NIST CSFPR.AC-7
Email authentication is a required access control
How to fix this
1
Upgrade DMARC policy to p=quarantine (then p=reject after monitoring)
2
Verify with: nslookup -type=txt _dmarc.sqmarchitects.com.au
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2
Enable DNSSEC on your domain
Without DNSSEC, DNS responses for sqmarchitects.com.au 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 .au TLD
4
Verify: dig +dnssec sqmarchitects.com.au
At a glance
Key data points from the scan.
TLS Version
TLSv1.3
TLSv1.3 negotiated with TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256-bit). Strong configuration with no deprecated protocols or weak ciphers detected.
DMARC Policy
p=none
Strengths: SPF record present with soft-fail (~all); DKIM configured (selectors: google). Issues: DMARC policy is 'none' (monitoring only, no enforcement).
SPF Record
Present
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.acumbamail.com include:flowlu.com mx include:sparkpostmai
Security Headers
4/5 present
Missing: CSP
HSTS
Enabled
HSTS enabled: max-age=31536000s (365 days) with includeSubDomains and preload. Meets best-practice configuration.
SSL Certificate
Valid
Strengths: Certificate valid, 57 days remaining; Issued by Google Trust Services. Note: Wildcard certificate in use (*.domain) — covers all subdomains. Common practice; worth noting that compromise would affect all subdomains.
DNSSEC
Not enabled
Strengths: 2 nameservers configured (trey.ns.cloudflare.com., harmony.ns.cloudflare.com.); 5 MX records present; Zone transfers properly restricted. Issues: DNSSEC not configured — DNS responses can be spoofed.