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EU Industry Benchmark

Media

Anonymized security posture data for the media sector across the EU. Based on 4119 monitored sites.

41.2

Avg. Score /100

D

Avg. Grade

4119

Sites Tracked

+1.0

vs. EU Average

Critical findings in this industry

2598 of 4119 without HTTPS redirect

63.0%

4011 of 4119 with unencrypted email (no STARTTLS)

97.0%

4109 of 4119 without DMARC protection (spoofable)

100.0%

1377 of 4119 missing 3+ critical security headers

33.0%

3589 of 4119 without DNSSEC (vulnerable to DNS spoofing)

87.0%

3683 of 4119 without CAA records (unrestricted certificate issuance)

89.0%

4044 of 4119 without MTA-STS (email downgrade attacks possible)

98.0%

Grade Distribution

A
0 (0.0%)
B
8 (0.0%)
C
177 (4.0%)
D
1925 (47.0%)
F
2009 (49.0%)

Security across Europe

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Hosting & Data Residency

33%

EU-headquartered provider

67%

Non-EU provider (CLOUD Act / Schrems II)

Cloudflare (US) 913 37.5%
Amazon Web Services (US) 534 21.9%
Hetzner (DE) 242 9.9%
OVHcloud (FR) 177 7.3%
Google Cloud (US) 156 6.4%

Server location via IP geolocation (MaxMind GeoLite2). Company HQ from ASN registry. A site may be physically hosted in the EU but use a US-headquartered provider subject to the CLOUD Act — per Schrems II (CJEU C-311/18), this requires SCCs with supplementary measures. · GDPR Art. 44–49

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