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Security report for digitalchamber.org

Chamber of Digital Commerce · Technology · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Digital Chamber is a well-established blockchain and digital asset trade association founded in 2014, positioned as the largest such organization in the US. It focuses on policy advocacy, education, and industry collaboration to promote blockchain innovation and digital asset adoption. The website reflects a professional and modern digital presence, leveraging WordPress with multiple plugins for SEO, events, donations, and analytics. The technical infrastructure is solid, hosted on WP Engine, and uses HTTPS with modern tracking and marketing tools. Security posture is good with no obvious vulnerabilities, but lacks visible security policies or incident response information. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is trustworthy and credible with strong business positioning but could improve transparency and compliance documentation.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 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

6 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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
64

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 organization operates as a non-profit trade association serving blockchain industry stakeholders, policymakers, and advocates. Its business model centers on advocacy, education, and event hosting, with revenue likely from memberships and donations. The Digital Chamber maintains a strong market position as a leading voice in blockchain policy. Its partnership ecosystem includes event and energy innovation partners. The website content and structure support its mission and target audience effectively, indicating a mature and focused operation with growth potential in the evolving digital asset space.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced, use of Google reCAPTCHA, and no exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit security headers and published security policies or incident response contacts, which are important for transparency and trust. No vulnerability disclosures or security.txt files are present, limiting external reporting channels. The use of privacy protection in WHOIS is justified and common for such organizations. Overall, the security maturity is good but can be enhanced by adding formal policies and headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Implement and verify HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Add a security policy page and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  4. Consider publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Chamber of Digital Commerce
Description
The Digital Chamber is the world's leading blockchain and digital asset trade association, advocating for blockchain innovation, digital assets, and related policy since 2014. They focus on advancing pro-innovation legislation, protecting digital asset access, and expanding participation in the digital economy.
Key services
Policy advocacy, Legislative engagement, Industry education, Event organization (e.g., DC Blockchain Summit), Research and reports
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Gravity Forms, GiveWP (donation plugin), The Events Calendar plugin, jQuery, FontAwesome, Swiper.js, Hotjar, intl-tel-input
Frameworks
Bootstrap 4.1.3
Platforms
WP Engine (hosting)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security plugins (implied by WordPress environment)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Hotjar
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Hotjar
Marketing tools
Hotjar
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well maintained.
  2. Content is focused on blockchain advocacy and policy.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found on homepage or in metadata.
  4. Multiple social media channels linked and active.
  5. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  6. No visible security policy or incident response information.
  7. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  8. WHOIS privacy protection used but justified.
  9. No suspicious external domains or links detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, FontAwesome, and several plugins for SEO, events, donations, and analytics. Hosting is provided by WP Engine, a reputable managed WordPress host. Performance is moderate with video backgrounds and multiple scripts, but overall mobile optimization and SEO are good. The site uses Google Tag Manager and Hotjar for analytics and user behavior tracking. There is some technical debt in missing security headers and privacy compliance documentation. Opportunities exist to modernize security practices and improve accessibility compliance.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 62/100Medium34 findingsView report
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