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Security report for donatelifemissouri.org

Organ and Tissue Donor Program and the Donate Life Missouri Registry · Healthcare · United States

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

79/100

Risk levelLow

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

Donate Life Missouri is a state government-affiliated non-profit program dedicated to organ, eye, and tissue donation awareness and registry management. The website serves as an educational platform and registration portal for Missouri residents, providing comprehensive information about donation types, consent, and donor stories. It holds a strong market position as the official organ donor registry for Missouri, backed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The site targets potential donors, families, and healthcare professionals, facilitating donor registration online, at DMV locations, or by mail. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern plugins such as Yoast SEO and Google Tag Manager, ensuring good SEO and analytics integration. It uses HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate and employs Google reCAPTCHA for form security. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with a moderate performance profile. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and security headers are not explicitly detected, indicating room for improvement in security hardening. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good baseline practices including HTTPS enforcement and domain status protections. There is no evidence of exposed sensitive data or vulnerabilities in the HTML content. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and cookie consent mechanisms suggests gaps in compliance and transparency. The WHOIS data is consistent with the website's official nature, showing a domain age appropriate for the business history and no privacy protection, which aligns with the public nature of the service. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and serves its public health mission effectively. Strategic improvements in security headers, DNSSEC, privacy compliance, and incident response transparency would enhance its security posture and regulatory compliance, further strengthening user trust and operational resilience.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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

3 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

  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
100
Security headers
65
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
79

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

Donate Life Missouri operates as a government-backed non-profit entity focused on organ donation awareness and registry services within Missouri. Its competitive advantage lies in its official status and integration with state services such as DMV enrollment. The business model centers on public service and education rather than revenue generation. Key revenue streams are likely government funding and donations. The target customer segments include Missouri residents eligible to register as organ donors, healthcare providers, and advocacy volunteers. Growth indicators include active event promotion and engagement through stories and social media. The partnership ecosystem includes state agencies like the Missouri Department of Revenue and health services. Operationally, the organization maintains a consistent brand and content strategy aligned with its mission, leveraging digital channels to maximize outreach and donor registrations.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and domain registration protections in place. Use of Google reCAPTCHA on forms reduces automated abuse risk. However, the lack of DNSSEC and missing security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represent potential vulnerabilities that could be exploited in DNS spoofing or clickjacking attacks. The absence of a published security policy or incident response contact limits transparency and preparedness for security incidents. Privacy compliance is basic, with no cookie consent mechanism detected, which may expose the organization to regulatory risks under GDPR or similar frameworks. No exposed credentials or sensitive data were found, and no vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a public informational site but requires enhancements to meet higher compliance and security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve overall DNS security.
  2. Implement and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and provide incident response contact information to enhance transparency and preparedness.
  4. Add a cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and plugins to ensure no vulnerabilities are present.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Organ and Tissue Donor Program and the Donate Life Missouri Registry
Description
Donate Life Missouri provides information about organ, eye and tissue donation, provides a means to record donor decisions, and impacts the lives of others.
Key services
Organ donor registration, Donation information and education, Donation stories and awareness, Event information, Donor record management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, Google Tag Manager, Google reCAPTCHA, FontAwesome, jQuery, Slick Slider
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA for forms
  • Client-side security flags on domain (clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a state government affiliated organ donor registry and information portal.
  2. Content is comprehensive for donation education and registration.
  3. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  4. Good use of modern web technologies and SEO practices.
  5. Lacks explicit cookie consent and detailed privacy compliance features.
  6. No visible security policy or incident response information.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform using a modern tech stack including Yoast SEO for search optimization, Google Tag Manager for analytics, and Google reCAPTCHA for form security. The site uses jQuery and Slick Slider for interactive UI components. Hosting and domain registration are managed by GoDaddy.com, LLC with DNS services provided by UltraDNS. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with a responsive design and good navigation clarity. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts and deferred CSS. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers indicates technical debt in security hardening. The site could benefit from performance optimizations such as caching and image compression to improve load times further. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business goals but has opportunities for modernization and security improvements.
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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