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Milton, Ontario Website Security of Businesses

284 sites scanned · Milton Ontario · August 2026 · passive, public data only · 2 scans tracked

We ran a passive, read-only security scan of 284 Milton Ontario business websites, using only what any browser or mail server can already see. Most can be impersonated in email, and the typical independent business site scores a D+. Here is what the outside of Milton Ontario's small-business web looks like, and how to close the most common gaps.

87.8%
of independent Milton Ontario businesses can be impersonated in email.

How Milton Ontario grades out

Every site gets one A to F grade. The typical independent Milton Ontario business scores a D+.

C
D+
D
A 5%B 6.9%C 18.5%D+ 33.3%D 28.8%D- 5%F 2.7%
Typical grade by category
Email
F
Headers
C+
TLS
A+
DNS
A+
Cookies
A+
Software
A+

The overall grade is held down by its weakest category. The rest of the region’s web is often in far better shape.

What we found, and how to fix it

Share of independent businesses with each gap, next to Milton Ontario's 62 chains and franchises for comparison. Every one is fixable.

87.8%
Local
59.7%
Chains
Can be impersonated in email (no DMARC enforcement)
195 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
2.3%
Local
0%
Chains
Running software with a known CVE
5 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
63.8%
Local
66.7%
Chains
WordPress sites exposing their admin usernames
44 of 69 WordPress sites
How to fix this →
66.7%
Local
67.7%
Chains
No Content-Security-Policy header
148 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
57.2%
Local
35.5%
Chains
Missing core security headers
127 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
55.9%
Local
56.5%
Chains
No HSTS (browsers can be downgraded to HTTP)
124 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
24.3%
Local
14.5%
Chains
No SPF record
54 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
24.3%
Local
14.5%
Chains
Not enforcing HTTPS
54 of 222 sites
How to fix this →
5.9%
Local
1.6%
Chains
Expired or untrusted TLS certificate
13 of 222 sites
How to fix this →

Context: 31.1% of these sites run WordPress (69 of 222). Running WordPress is not a problem in itself; it just means the WordPress-specific gaps above apply.

What Milton Ontario gets right

Security basics a good share of these businesses already have in place.

70.7%enforce HTTPS
86%have a valid, trusted certificate
12.2%enforce DMARC (quarantine or reject)
28.8%send a strong HSTS header
25.7%have a strict SPF record (-all)

How Milton Ontario has changed

2 scans since July 2026. Lower is better on every line.

Spoofable email
87.8%▲ 0.1 pts
was 87.7%
No HTTPS
24.3%▼ 5.2 pts
was 29.5%
No HSTS
55.9%▼ 0.5 pts
was 56.4%
0%25%50%75%100%July 2026August 2026Spoofable emailNo HTTPSNo HSTS

Grade mix over time

D
C
July 2026
typ. D+
D
C
August 2026
typ. D+

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Method & sources

  • Passive and read-only: public DNS records plus a single homepage request per site. No logins, no test emails, no active or intrusive testing.
  • Sites were drawn from OpenStreetMap within Milton Ontario's administrative boundary, deduplicated by domain. 284 of 348 sites had a reachable website and were scored; the rest had no reachable website.
  • Of those, the headline figures cover the 222 independent businesses; the 62 chains and franchises (a domain at many locations, or carrying a brand tag) were set aside so the numbers reflect locally-owned businesses.
  • Figures are aggregate and anonymized: no individual business is named.

Data sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Cite this report

CyberBadger Labs, "Milton, Ontario Website Security of Businesses" (2026). n=284 milton ontario business websites. Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors.