Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll
2017 Online Trust Audit Report (updated June 21st)
2017 - Top 50 - "Top of Class"
2017 Honor Roll List (all segments)
Congressional Briefing Deck (June 27)
Briefing Webinar (recorded webinar June 29)
Webinar Deck
Best Practices Check List (PDF)
2017 Online Trust Methodology Press Release - (Jan 31, 2017)
2017 Methodology Briefing Deck (Updated February 28, 2017 )
Reflects clarification in scoring including no points for DMARC "naked records", increased weighting on privacy policies and reduced weighting on third party trackers.
2017 Recorded Webinar (February 22, 2017)
2016 Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll Highlights
Virtual Press Room - Releases, Quotes, Photos & More
Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll Press Release - June 14, 2016
Summary Briefing 2016 Results Webinar | Presentation PDF - June 28, 2016
Email Authentication Deep Dive & Reality Check - Recorded Webinar - Presentation PDF - July 20, 2016
2016 Methodology - Will Your Site Make The Grade?
2016 Methodology Press Release - March 4, 2016
AUDIT & HONOR ROLL ARCHIVES
2015 Online Trust Audit & Honor Report | Virtual Press Room 2015
2016 Presidential Candidates Audit - September 18, 2015
2016 IRS Free e-File Audit & Honor Roll - February 24, 2016
2015 Most Trustworthy Online Retailers - (PDF) Press Release
History & Evolution of the Honor Roll
Since the foundation of OTA in 2005, OTA has worked to track the progress and adoption of best practices, while highlighting early adopters and "North Stars". In 2009, OTA formally launched the Online Trust Honor Roll and Online Trust Audit, which today is a comprehensive evaluation of a site's best practices in brand and consumer protection, security and privacy. Through a composite weighted scoring including over two-dozen data points, sites which achieve a score of 80% or greater are named to the Honor Roll.
Nest, the Google-owned manufacturer of home automation devices best known for its smart thermostat, has warned a customer of a password breach, urging him to change it and deploy two-factor authentication (2FA).
Langevin (D-RI) with its Cybersecurity, Privacy & Innovation Public Service Award.
Banks and government agencies always push us to do business online, but many of them get a failing grade when it comes to website security. The latest online security audit by the Online Trust Alliance shows mixed reviews for websites that collect your your private information. Healthcare.gov scored high for both tight security and strong privacy. The U.S.
Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll, this year finding an overall increase in trustworthy websites, with some caveats. This year, 48 percent of news and media sites made the grade, the most significant improvement in the past year among all industries surveyed by the OTA. "This is a real comeback story," Spiezle said of the news and media industry.
privacy and data security practices of over 1,000 consumer facing sites across the public and private sectors.