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workday.com

Security posture assessment · Scanned February 15, 2026

Findings
4 · 3 · 1
Checks
8 passive

workday.com scored 75/100, 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: TLS Configuration, Known Breaches, 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.

Ordered by priority · 4 items
1
Strengthen email authentication configuration
Effort: 2–4 hours   Owner: IT / DNS administrator
high
Email authentication is partially configured for workday.com but has gaps. Actions needed: add SPF record. Until DMARC enforcement is active, spoofed emails may still reach recipients.
Compliance Impact
NIST CSFPR.AC-7
Email authentication is a required access control
Remediation Steps
1
Add SPF record if missing: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com -all
2
Verify with: nslookup -type=txt _dmarc.workday.com
2
Add missing security headers (CSP, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy)
Effort: 1–2 hours   Owner: Web server administrator
high
3 of 5 recommended security headers are missing on workday.com: CSP, 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
Remediation Steps
1
Add Content-Security-Policy header (start with report-only to avoid breakage)
2
Add: Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
3
Add: Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()
4
Verify with: curl -sI https://workday.com | grep -iE 'content-security|x-frame|x-content|referrer|permissions'
3
Enable DNSSEC on your domain
Effort: 1–3 days (depends on registrar)   Owner: DNS administrator / domain registrar
medium
Without DNSSEC, DNS responses for workday.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 workday.com
4
Review certificate configuration
Effort: 1–2 hours   Owner: Infrastructure / DevOps
low
Certificate issues found for workday.com: wildcard certificate in use. Wildcard certificates have a broader blast radius if compromised. 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
Consider replacing wildcard cert with individual certs for critical subdomains
3
Consolidate certificate issuance to 1–2 trusted CAs
Security Headers
Critical
DNS Configuration
Warning
DMARC / Email Security
Warning
Certificate Hygiene
Warning
Known Breaches
Healthy
TLS Configuration
Healthy
HSTS Header
Healthy
CVE Exposure
Healthy