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Security report for americansamoa.gov

AMERICAN SAMOA · Government · American Samoa

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in Email security, DNS health and 3 other checks.

Security score

49/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The website americansamoa.gov serves as the official portal for the American Samoa Government, providing government-related information and resources to residents and visitors. It is positioned as a government entity website with a focus on public service and information dissemination. The site is built on the Wix platform, leveraging Wix's Thunderbolt framework and standard web technologies. The technical infrastructure is modern but basic, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enforced and some script-based security hardening, but lacks explicit security headers and formal security policies. Privacy compliance is weak due to the absence of privacy and cookie policies. WHOIS data is incomplete, lacking registrar and registrant details, which reduces trustworthiness despite the official .gov domain. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy from a content perspective but would benefit from enhanced security and privacy disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Critical

      Domain Expired

      Domain expired 153 days ago

      What to do: Renew domain registration immediately

  3. 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 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';…

  4. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

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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
72
Security headers
35
Email security
60
DNS health
20
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
54
After the cap
49

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 · found on this site
  • 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 American Samoa Government website targets government stakeholders, residents, and visitors seeking official information. Its business model is informational and service-oriented, typical of government portals. The site does not engage in commercial activities or advertising. The market position is authoritative as the official government domain. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries. The site’s content quality and branding are consistent with government standards. The lack of detailed business registration data in WHOIS is common for government domains but limits external verification. The site’s ecosystem is primarily self-contained with external dependencies on Wix hosting and content delivery networks.

Security posture

Security maturity is moderate. The site uses HTTPS and includes scripts to harden fetch and XMLHttpRequest calls, indicating some attention to security best practices. However, the absence of common security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection is a gap. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is provided, which is a missed opportunity for transparency and security readiness. Privacy policies and cookie consent mechanisms are absent, which may raise compliance concerns under GDPR or similar regulations. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analyzed content. Overall, the site is secure enough for informational purposes but could improve in compliance and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Add standard security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Provide clear contact information for security incidents, including an incident response or abuse email address.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities and update them accordingly.
  5. Consider publishing a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy to encourage responsible reporting.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
AMERICAN SAMOA
Description
Talofa, Welcome to the Official Portal of the American Samoa Government
Key services
Government information dissemination, Public service announcements, Resource links
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Wix.com Website Builder, core-js polyfill, focus-within-polyfill, JavaScript ES6+, Wix Thunderbolt framework
Frameworks
Wix Thunderbolt
Platforms
Wix
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by https URLs)
  • Use of security override scripts to harden fetch and XHR

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is built on Wix platform with standard Wix scripts and styles
  2. No visible contact emails or phone numbers in the HTML content
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected
  4. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found
  5. No incident response or security contact information present
  6. Website uses HTTPS and includes some security hardening scripts
  7. Content is government-focused and safe for general audiences
  8. WHOIS data is incomplete and may indicate privacy protection or registry limitations
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Wix platform using the Thunderbolt framework, which provides a modern JavaScript-based infrastructure with polyfills for legacy browser support. The site uses standard web fonts, CSS, and JavaScript bundles hosted on Wix’s CDN. Performance is moderate, with some optimizations for mobile devices. SEO is basic with meta tags and Open Graph data present but no advanced SEO features detected. Accessibility features are minimal but present. The site lacks advanced analytics or tracking scripts, indicating minimal user tracking. Hosting is managed by Wix, which provides reliable infrastructure but limits direct server-level security controls. The technical stack is appropriate for a government informational site but could be enhanced with additional security and 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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