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How to use security headers monitoring

How to check HTTP security headers, grades, and scores for tracked URLs

Security headers dashboard with live grade distribution and monitored header names
Security-header grades and score data from tracked URL checks.

Security headers monitoring checks the HTTP response headers of your tracked URLs on every desktop content check and scores each page from 0 to 100. No extra configuration is required — headers are collected automatically.

How to view security headers for a tracked URL

  1. Open your website project and go to Tracked URLs.
  2. Click the Quick menu button next to any tracked URL.
  3. Select Security headers from the dropdown.
  4. You will see:
    • The current grade (A–F) and score (0–100).
    • The date of the last check.
    • A table with each security header: its current value, status (Present / Missing), description, and recommended value.

How to view the site-wide security summary

  1. Open your website project page.
  2. In the project menu, click Security headers.
  3. The summary table shows all tracked URLs with their grade, score, and per-header indicators.
  4. URLs are sorted by score ascending, so the most vulnerable pages appear first.

How the score is calculated

  • Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) — 20 pts (+5 bonus for includeSubDomains)
  • X-Content-Type-Options — 15 pts (must be nosniff)
  • X-Frame-Options — 15 pts (must be DENY or SAMEORIGIN)
  • Content-Security-Policy — 25 pts
  • Referrer-Policy — 15 pts
  • Permissions-Policy — 10 pts

Grades: A ≥ 90, B ≥ 75, C ≥ 50, D ≥ 25, F < 25.

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