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SecurityHeaders

Name: SecurityHeaders
Author: Security Headers

GoodBotVerifiedBOT

Provides a free security scanning service at https://securityheaders.com Operated by Security Headers.

Operator website ↗

GoodBot

Assessment

Security

What is SecurityHeaders?

SecurityHeaders is a web crawler operated by Security Headers. Provides a free security scanning service at https://securityheaders.com

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name

SecurityHeaders

Operator

Security Headers

Why it crawls your site

SecurityHeaders crawls websites to scan for security vulnerabilities and potential threats. It is operated by Security Headers as part of their security infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

Block or allow SecurityHeaders

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for SecurityHeaders in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.

# Block SecurityHeaders from crawling your entire site
User-agent: SecurityHeaders
Disallow: /

# Allow SecurityHeaders full access
User-agent: SecurityHeaders
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows SecurityHeaders. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Security Headers's documentation.