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Security report for arkansas.gov

Redirects to portal.arkansas.gov; the website checks ran on that page, the DNS and email checks on arkansas.gov.

State of Arkansas · Government · United States

Partial score · DNS & email only

75/100

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

The website portal.arkansas.gov is an official government domain intended to provide access to state services and information for the State of Arkansas. However, the current accessible content is a 403 Forbidden error page, indicating that the site or resource is blocked or restricted. This limits the ability to analyze the website's content, policies, and technical infrastructure. The domain registration data aligns with a legitimate government entity, confirming the authenticity of the domain. Due to the lack of accessible content, no metadata, forms, or scripts could be analyzed, and no privacy or security policies were found on the page. The security posture cannot be fully assessed, but the absence of accessible content and security headers suggests potential configuration issues or access restrictions. Overall, the site is legitimate but currently inaccessible, resulting in a low AI score and limited insights.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

NIS2 outside view
80/ 100 · Low
GDPR outside view
75/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
8of 9

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

The NIS2 figure counts only evidence anyone can see from the internet. 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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • Medium

      No privacy policy link found

      No link to a privacy notice was found on the scanned page (searched in English and the main EU languages). GDPR Art. 12 and 13 require the notice to be easy to find wherever personal data is collected.

      What to do: Link the privacy policy from the footer of every page.

    • Medium

      Insufficient contact information

      No email address, phone number or contact form was found on the scanned page; GDPR Art. 13(1)(a) requires the controller's contact details.

      What to do: Add contact details for the business, including an email address for privacy requests.

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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
97
Email security
95
DNS health
94
Network security
100
Website hygiene
95
GDPR outside view
75
Average
93
After the cap
75

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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.
  • Accessibility: Accessibility is a separate readout from security, so it is reported but not scored. 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

As a government portal, the site serves as a critical access point for Arkansas residents and businesses to interact with state government services. The business model is service-oriented, focusing on public sector service delivery rather than commercial revenue. The domain's legitimacy and government affiliation provide a strong market position within the public sector. However, the current access restriction may impact user trust and service availability. No partner or subsidiary domains were identified, and no business contact information is publicly available on the blocked page.

Security posture

The security posture assessment is constrained by the lack of accessible content. No security headers or HTTPS details were available from the provided data. The 403 Forbidden response indicates some level of access control, but it is unclear if this is intentional or a misconfiguration. No vulnerability disclosures, incident response contacts, or security policies were found. The absence of privacy and cookie policies also suggests compliance gaps. The domain registration is consistent with a government entity, which typically implies adherence to security standards, but this cannot be confirmed from the current data.

Recommendations

  1. Resolve the 403 Forbidden error to allow public access to the portal or provide a clear access restriction notice with guidance.
  2. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to ensure compliance with GDPR and other regulations.
  3. Deploy security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance security posture.
  4. Ensure HTTPS is properly configured and enforced across the site.
  5. Provide clear contact information and incident response channels to improve transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. The website returns a 403 Forbidden error with minimal HTML content indicating access is blocked or restricted. No specific WAF vendor identified. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
State of Arkansas
Description
Official government portal for the State of Arkansas providing access to state services and information.
Key services
Access to state government services, Information dissemination, Public resources
Content quality
poor

Technology

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is inaccessible due to 403 Forbidden error.
  2. No metadata, forms, scripts, or external links found in the provided HTML.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected.
  4. No contact information or security policies available on the page.
  5. No analytics or advertising technologies detected.
  6. The domain is a government domain with high legitimacy.
  7. Analysis limited due to blocked content.
Technical notes

Notes

The technical analysis is limited due to the minimal HTML content and access restriction. No technologies, frameworks, or CMS platforms were detected. The server is identified as nginx, but no further infrastructure details are available. Performance, mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO cannot be assessed. The lack of metadata and scripts suggests a placeholder or error page rather than a fully functional site. Hosting provider details are not available from the provided data.
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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