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Security report for efiletexas.gov

Office of Court Administration · Government · United States

High risk. 7 critical or high findings in DNS health, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

49/100

Risk levelHigh

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

eFileTexas.gov is the official electronic filing system for Texas courts, operated by the Office of Court Administration. It serves attorneys and legal professionals by providing a mandated platform for e-filing civil, family, probate, and criminal case documents across multiple Texas courts. The website acts as a portal linking to various authorized e-filing service providers and offers resources and information to support legal filing processes statewide. The platform holds a strong market position as the mandated state e-filing system, reflecting its essential role in Texas judicial operations. Technically, the website employs a moderate technology stack including Google Analytics, Crazy Egg, and Marketo for tracking and marketing purposes. Hosting is supported by Microsoft Azure DNS services. The site demonstrates good design and navigation clarity but lacks advanced mobile optimization and accessibility features. Performance is moderate, with no critical technical flaws detected in the HTML content. However, the domain's expired status and lack of DNSSEC present operational and security risks. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data but lacks visible security headers and a cookie consent mechanism, which are important for compliance and protection. The expired domain registration is a significant concern that could impact service availability and trust. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, limiting transparency in security management. Overall, eFileTexas.gov is a credible and authoritative government service with good business credibility and content quality. Strategic improvements in domain management, security headers, and privacy compliance would enhance its security posture and user trust. The site is safe for general audiences and free from adult or questionable content.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. DNS health

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

    • Critical

      Domain Expired

      Domain expired 215 days ago

      What to do: Renew domain registration immediately

  2. 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';…

  3. 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

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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
67
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
30
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
56
After the cap
49

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 · found on this site
  • 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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
572
Employees
0
Customers
572
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
4%

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Technical appendix

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 government-operated essential service in the judicial sector, providing mandated e-filing capabilities for Texas courts. Its business model is service-oriented, focusing on digital transformation of court document filing. The platform benefits from official state backing, enhancing trust and market position. Partnerships with multiple e-filing service providers expand its ecosystem and user options. The site targets legal professionals statewide, supporting compliance with court mandates. Growth indicators include ongoing mandatory e-filing expansion and integration with courts. The lack of direct contact emails or phone numbers suggests a centralized support model through the Office of Court Administration. The domain expiry issue is a notable operational risk that requires immediate attention to maintain service continuity.

Security posture

The security maturity of eFileTexas.gov is moderate. The site enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive information, which are positive indicators. However, the absence of DNSSEC, security headers (such as CSP, HSTS), and cookie consent mechanisms indicate gaps in security best practices and privacy compliance. The expired domain registration is a critical vulnerability that could lead to domain hijacking or service disruption. No public incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are found, limiting transparency and preparedness. Tracking scripts from third parties increase the attack surface and require careful management. Overall, the site should prioritize renewing domain registration, implementing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, and publishing security policies to improve its security posture and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Renew the domain registration immediately to prevent service disruption and security risks.
  2. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  3. Implement standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Add a cookie consent banner and clearly document cookie and privacy policies to improve GDPR and privacy compliance.
  5. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact information to increase transparency and security readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Office of Court Administration
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Office of Court Administration
Description
eFileTexas.gov is the official e-filing system for Texas Courts, enabling mandatory electronic filing for civil, family, probate, and criminal cases in various Texas courts.
Key services
Electronic filing of court documents, Access to service providers for e-filing, Information and resources for filers and courts
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Crazy Egg, Marketo Munchkin, AJAX menus, Azure DNS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by .gov domain and external scripts loaded over HTTPS)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Crazy Egg, Marketo Munchkin
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Crazy Egg, Marketo Munchkin
Marketing tools
Marketo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official Texas government e-filing portal
  2. No forms detected on main page; navigation links to service providers and courts
  3. No visible email addresses or phone numbers on main page except physical address in footer
  4. Multiple external links to trusted service providers
  5. Use of multiple tracking and marketing scripts
  6. No cookie consent banner or explicit cookie policy found
  7. Domain expired status is a critical operational risk
  8. No visible security headers in HTML content
  9. No social media links detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of JavaScript libraries and tracking tools including Google Analytics, Crazy Egg, and Marketo Munchkin, indicating a moderate level of digital marketing and user behavior analysis. Hosting is supported by Microsoft Azure DNS infrastructure, providing reliable DNS services. The site uses custom CSS and AJAX menus for navigation but lacks evidence of a modern CMS or advanced frameworks. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts. Mobile optimization and accessibility are basic, suggesting room for improvement in responsive design and compliance with accessibility standards. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured navigation. The expired domain status is a critical technical risk that could impact availability and trust.
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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