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Security report for ais.gov.au

Australian Sports Commission · Government · Australia

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) website serves as the official online presence of the Australian Government agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport at all levels. The site targets athletes, sports organizations, and the general public interested in sports development within Australia. It provides resources, information, and support aligned with its government mandate. The website uses modern web technologies including Next.js and React, hosted partially on Microsoft Azure Blob Storage for assets, ensuring a contemporary digital infrastructure. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices evident from meta tags and structured content. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no visible sensitive data exposure; however, the absence of security headers and explicit privacy and cookie policies indicates room for improvement. The WHOIS data shows the domain is managed by the official Australian domain authority (auDA) with privacy protections, consistent with government domain management practices. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and aligns well with its government entity status.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
100
Security headers
20
Email security
97
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
75

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The ASC operates as a large government entity within the sports sector, providing essential services such as funding, support, and resources for sports development across Australia. Its market position is authoritative and national, serving as the primary government sports body. The business model is non-commercial, focused on public service and sports promotion. The website reflects this with official branding, consistent messaging, and a focus on stakeholder engagement rather than commercial transactions. The presence of partner domains like shop.ais.gov.au indicates an ecosystem supporting sports-related commerce or merchandise. The lack of visible contact details or detailed registrant info is typical for government domains, emphasizing privacy and security. The use of Google Tag Manager suggests moderate analytics usage for performance and user behavior insights.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security baseline with HTTPS enabled and no apparent exposure of sensitive information. However, the lack of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and others reduces the overall security posture. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, which could improve incident response readiness. The absence of explicit privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms may pose compliance risks under GDPR or similar regulations. The site uses modern frameworks which generally reduce common vulnerabilities, but explicit security best practices should be enhanced. Recommendations include adding security headers, publishing privacy and cookie policies with consent, and establishing clear security incident contact channels.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish detailed privacy and cookie policies with explicit user consent mechanisms to improve compliance.
  3. Add a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and incident reporting.
  4. Provide clear and accessible contact information for security and general inquiries.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to minimize tracking and privacy risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Australian Sports Commission
Description
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport at all levels.
Key services
Supporting sport at all levels, Investing in sports programs, Providing resources and information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, JavaScript, CSS, SVG
Frameworks
Next.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of modern JavaScript frameworks
  • No visible exposed sensitive data

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is an official Australian government sports commission site.
  2. Content is professional and targeted at sports stakeholders in Australia.
  3. No WHOIS registrant details publicly available due to privacy policy.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found in the provided content.
  5. Uses modern web technologies and frameworks.
  6. No security headers detected in the provided data; recommend adding.
  7. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics.
  8. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided content.
  9. No forms detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  10. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Next.js and React, indicating a modern and scalable front-end architecture. Assets are hosted on Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, suggesting reliable cloud infrastructure. The site is mobile responsive and accessible, with good SEO meta tags and Open Graph data for social sharing. Performance is moderate, with multiple asynchronously loaded JavaScript chunks. No CMS was detected, implying a custom or static site generation approach. The technical stack supports good user experience but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and privacy compliance features.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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