A system for appending security information to search engine results, comprising: a database manager operable to retrieve security assessments from a database that stores security assessments for web pages and media indexed by references to web pages and media; a client computer coupled with said database manager and operable to issue a search request with at least one designated search term to a web application, to receive from the web application search results including references to web pages and media that contain the at least one designated search term together with an active program, to execute the active program to retrieve security assessments for the referenced web pages and media from the database via said database manager, and to combine and display the search results received from the web application in response to the search request with the security assessments retrieved from the database in response to executing the active program; a search engine operable to locate, in a computer network, web pages and media that contain the at least one designated search term; and operable to return the search results to said web application in the form of references to web pages and media that contain the at least one designated search term; a content security scanner coupled with said database and operable to assess security of referenced web pages and media for potential security risks, and operable to store the assessments in said database indexed by references to web pages and media; and said web application coupled with said client computer, with said search engine and with said content security scanner, and operable to receive the search request from said client computer, to issue the received search request to said search engine, to transmit the search results received from the search engine together with the active program to said client computer, and to submit the search results received from said search engine to said content security scanner. a database manager operable to retrieve security assessments from a database that stores security assessments for web pages and media indexed by references to web pages and media; a client computer coupled with said database manager and operable to issue a search request with at least one designated search term to a web application, to receive from the web application search results including references to web pages and media that contain the at least one designated search term together with an active program, to execute the active program to retrieve security assessments for the referenced web pages and media from the database via said database manager, and to combine and display the search results received from the web application in response to the search request with the security assessments retrieved from the database in response to executing the active program; a search engine operable to locate, in a computer network, web pages and media that contain the at least one designated search term; and operable to return the search results to said web application in the form of references to web pages and media that contain the at least one designated search term; a content security scanner coupled with said database and operable to assess security of referenced web pages and media for potential security risks, and operable to store the assessments in said database indexed by references to web pages and media; and said web application coupled with said client computer, with said search engine and with said content security scanner, and operable to receive the search request from said client computer, to issue the received search request to said search engine, to transmit the search results received from the search engine together with the active program to said client computer, and to submit the search results received from said search engine to said content security scanner.