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Security report for creativecutshairdesign.com

Creative Cuts Hair Design · Hospitality · United States

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, DNS health and 1 other check.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Creative Cuts Hair Design is a family-owned, full-service hair salon operating in Brunswick, Ohio, with over 40 years of local presence and two physical locations. The business offers a comprehensive range of hair, wellness, and skincare services targeting local residents, including a senior-friendly salon location. The website reflects a strong local market position with a focus on quality service and customer satisfaction, supported by numerous five-star Google reviews. Technically, the website is built on modern web technologies including React and Next.js, hosted likely on Vercel, and optimized for performance and mobile devices. The site includes structured data for SEO and social media integration, enhancing digital maturity. However, there is a lack of explicit privacy and cookie policies, which represents a compliance gap. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and does not expose sensitive data or vulnerable libraries. However, it lacks explicit security headers and does not provide a vulnerability disclosure or incident response contact, which could improve its security posture. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain is a concern, as it reduces transparency and trustworthiness. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-optimized but would benefit from improved privacy compliance and transparency regarding domain registration. Strategic improvements in security policies and public disclosures would further enhance trust and compliance.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      SSL Certificate Expires Soon

      SSL certificate expires in 29 days

      What to do: Renew SSL certificate before expiration

      • NIS2 21(2)(h)
      • IR 2024/2690 9.2(c): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 9.2(c): Cryptography
      • NIST SC-17: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-17: Public Key Infrastructure Certificates

  2. DNS health

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

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: mx.bizmail.yahoo.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

  3. 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

    • 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

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  • 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
62
Security headers
85
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
70

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

Creative Cuts Hair Design operates as a small, local service business in the hospitality sector, specifically hair and wellness services. Its competitive advantage lies in its longstanding local reputation, family ownership, and comprehensive service offerings including wellness and senior-friendly services. The business model is based on physical salon locations serving the Brunswick community. Revenue streams are primarily from salon services and wellness treatments. The company maintains a consistent branding and customer engagement strategy, leveraging positive customer reviews and social media presence. There is no indication of parent or subsidiary companies, and partnerships appear limited to service providers such as the website developer. Growth indicators include a well-maintained website and active local engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to strong security posture with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data. The use of modern frameworks reduces the risk of common vulnerabilities. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and lack of a published security policy or incident response contact limits the overall security maturity. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file is present, which is a best practice for transparency and incident handling. The missing WHOIS data is a notable gap in trust and transparency. Compliance with privacy regulations is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small business but could be improved with formal policies and disclosures.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy on the website to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Implement and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Provide clear incident response contact information, including security or abuse email addresses.
  5. Verify and update domain WHOIS information to ensure transparency and enhance legitimacy.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Creative Cuts Hair Design
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Creative Cuts Hair Design
Description
Creative Cuts Hair Design is a family-owned full-service salon in Brunswick, Ohio with two locations. Hair, wellness, and skincare under one roof for over 40 years.
Key services
Haircuts & Styling, Hair Color, Highlights, Texture & Treatments, Wellness services (Reiki, Access Bars, Therapeutic Massage), Waxing
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, Vercel Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights
Frameworks
Next.js
Platforms
Vercel
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL and site links)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Vercel Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Vercel Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights
Marketing tools
Vercel Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Professional, well-designed website with comprehensive service menu
  2. Clear contact information with phone, email, and physical addresses
  3. No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap
  4. No visible forms collecting personal data on main pages
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information
  6. WHOIS data missing, which is unusual and warrants further investigation
  7. Website uses modern web technologies and is mobile optimized
  8. No adult or questionable content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Next.js and React, indicating a modern, server-side rendered React application optimized for SEO and performance. Hosting and analytics are provided by Vercel, which supports fast loading times and scalability. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility considerations. Structured data (JSON-LD) is used effectively for SEO and social media integration. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or headless approach. The technical implementation is robust with minimal technical debt visible. Opportunities exist to enhance security headers and privacy compliance to reduce technical risks.
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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