The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction operates the drinklesslivemore.ca website to provide authoritative guidance on alcohol and health in Canada. The site serves as a public health education platform featuring campaigns, partner resources, and informational content aimed at helping Canadians make informed decisions about alcohol consumption. The organization holds a strong national position as a trusted source in the healthcare and non-profit sectors.
Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10 and incorporates modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager for analytics and AddToAny for social sharing. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and demonstrates good SEO practices. Hosting and domain registration are managed through reputable Canadian providers, though DNSSEC is not enabled.
From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks certain security headers and a cookie consent mechanism, which are recommended for enhanced protection and compliance. No direct contact or incident response information is provided, which could be improved to strengthen trust and readiness.
Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-aligned with its public health mission. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and security policies would further enhance its posture and user confidence.
Scanned ·
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
8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Email security
SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.
Critical
No email authentication configured
Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing
What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately
High
No SPF record found
SPF helps prevent email spoofing
What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"
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"
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DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
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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
42
Security headers
40
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
53
Average
46
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention drinklesslivemore.ca, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for drinklesslivemore.ca right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The website represents a medium-sized non-profit organization focused on healthcare and public health education in Canada. Its business model centers on advocacy, education, and partnership collaboration rather than commercial revenue. The presence of multiple reputable partner organizations and campaigns indicates a strong ecosystem and national reach. The domain age and registration details align with a recently launched initiative, supporting the credibility of the content. The organization leverages digital channels effectively to engage a mature audience interested in substance use and addiction topics.
Security posture
The security maturity of the website is moderate. HTTPS is properly implemented, and no sensitive data leaks are evident. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security reduces defense-in-depth. The lack of a published security policy or incident response contacts limits transparency and preparedness. No vulnerabilities or malicious indicators were detected in the content. The site would benefit from adopting a vulnerability disclosure policy and enhancing privacy compliance with cookie consent mechanisms.
Recommendations
Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and integrity.
Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
Add a cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
Consider creating and linking a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Description
The website provides guidance on alcohol and health in Canada, promoting informed decisions about alcohol consumption. It features campaigns, partner resources, and educational materials related to substance use and addiction.
Key services
Public education on alcohol and health, Campaign promotion, Partner and promotional resources
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
Drupal 10, Google Tag Manager, AddToAny sharing, Slick Carousel
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enabled
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Secure forms with proper input types
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic
Advertising
Marketing tools
AddToAny
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
Content is focused on Canadian alcohol health guidance and related campaigns.
No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on the page.
Privacy and terms of use policies are hosted on the parent organization's domain (ccsa.ca).
No cookie consent banner detected despite use of tracking scripts.
No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
Multiple reputable partner organizations are featured with logos and links.
No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, ensuring a solid technical foundation. It uses Google Tag Manager for analytics and AddToAny for social sharing, indicating integration with common marketing and tracking tools. The site is mobile responsive and accessible, with good SEO meta tags and structured navigation. Hosting appears stable with CanSpace Solutions Inc. as registrar and DNS provider. Performance is moderate, with no major issues detected. Opportunities exist to improve 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.
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