The National Archives Foundation website serves as the official nonprofit partner to the U.S. National Archives, focusing on generating financial and creative support for exhibits, programs, and educational initiatives. The site targets a broad audience including educators, families, and visitors interested in America's historical records. The business model is nonprofit, emphasizing partnership and support rather than commercial transactions. The organization is well-established with a domain age consistent with its founding year of 2013 and operates primarily within the U.S. market.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
Security headers
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High
Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
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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
75
Security headers
55
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
72
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
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
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Leaked records that mention archivesfoundation.org, from OffSeq Breach.
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The Foundation holds a strong market position as the official nonprofit partner of the National Archives, leveraging its brand and partnerships to support cultural heritage initiatives. Its key services include fundraising, program development, and educational outreach. The website reflects a medium-sized nonprofit with consistent branding and a clear mission. The presence of social media channels and marketing tools like HubSpot indicates active engagement with its audience and stakeholders. However, the absence of visible privacy and cookie policies suggests room for improvement in compliance and transparency.
Security posture
The website benefits from HTTPS encryption and domain transfer protection, indicating a solid baseline security posture. The use of reputable hosting (DreamHost) and optimization tools (NitroPack) supports performance and security. However, the lack of DNSSEC and security headers reduces the overall security maturity. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of incident response contacts and vulnerability disclosure policies limits the site's readiness for security incidents. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced with additional best practices and transparency.
Recommendations
Enable DNSSEC to strengthen domain name system security.
Implement and prominently display privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms to improve compliance.
Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
Publish incident response and vulnerability disclosure information to build trust and preparedness.
Regularly audit third-party scripts and plugins to minimize security risks and improve performance.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
National Archives Foundation
Description
Connecting you to America’s story. As the National Archives’ nonprofit partner, the Foundation generates financial and creative support for exhibits, programs & educational initiatives
Key services
Financial support for exhibits, Program development, Educational initiatives
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
WordPress, NitroPack optimization, Google Tag Manager, jQuery, Font Awesome, Google Fonts (Montserrat, Avenir), Tidio Chat
Frameworks
Astra WordPress Theme
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enabled
Domain status clientTransferProhibited
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Tag Manager, HubSpot
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor
Advertising
Tracking pixels
HubSpot (hs-scripts.com)
Marketing tools
HubSpot, Tidio Chat
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a professionally designed nonprofit site supporting the US National Archives.
Uses WordPress CMS with Astra theme and NitroPack for optimization.
No visible privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on homepage HTML.
No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the provided HTML snippet.
Social media presence includes Facebook, Twitter (X), and Instagram.
Uses Google Tag Manager and HubSpot for analytics and marketing.
No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
Domain WHOIS is privacy protected but domain age and hosting are consistent with legitimate use.
No WAF or blocking detected; site content is accessible.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on WordPress using the Astra theme, enhanced with NitroPack for performance optimization. It employs modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, and Tidio Chat for analytics and user engagement. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and fast loading times. Accessibility features are basic but present. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). Hosting is provided by DreamHost, a reputable provider. The technical infrastructure is modern and well-maintained, though improvements in security headers and compliance documentation are recommended.
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.
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