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Security report for efl.com

English Football League · Other · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The English Football League website serves as the official digital presence for the English Football League, providing news, media content, and league information to football fans and stakeholders. The site demonstrates a professional design with consistent branding and a focus on delivering relevant sports content. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including Nuxt.js, jQuery, Video.js, and Google reCAPTCHA, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. Analytics are handled via Fathom Analytics, and advertising is integrated through Adition and Google Ads. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enforced and bot protection mechanisms in place, but lacks visible security headers and explicit privacy or cookie policies, which are areas for improvement. The WHOIS data is notably absent or unregistered under the queried domain, which raises concerns about domain registration legitimacy despite the professional site appearance. Overall, the site is functional and trustworthy from a user perspective but would benefit from enhanced transparency and security best practices.

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

5 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
100
Security headers
15
Email security
80
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
71

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 English Football League operates as a major sports organization managing professional football competitions in England. Its business model revolves around league management, media content distribution, fan engagement, and partnerships with sponsors and advertisers. The website targets football fans, clubs, media, and commercial partners. The site’s market position is strong as the official league body, with a large audience and significant brand recognition. Revenue streams likely include sponsorships, advertising, media rights, and digital content subscriptions. The digital presence supports these streams by providing timely news, video content, and interactive features. The partnership ecosystem includes advertising networks and analytics providers. Strategic observations suggest the organization maintains a solid digital footprint but should enhance compliance and security transparency to align with best practices in sports and media industries.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses Google reCAPTCHA to mitigate automated abuse, reflecting a baseline security maturity. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security posture. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The lack of explicit privacy, cookie, and incident response policies indicates compliance gaps, particularly with GDPR and other data protection regulations. The WHOIS data absence is a concern for domain legitimacy and trust. Incident response readiness and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not evident, which could impact the organization's ability to respond to security incidents effectively. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires enhancements in policy transparency, header implementation, and domain registration verification.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies, including a security.txt file.
  4. Verify and update WHOIS domain registration information to ensure transparency and trust.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
English Football League
Description
The Official home of the English Football League
Key services
Football league management, News and media content, Match statistics and updates, Fan engagement and digital content
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 2.2.4, Google reCAPTCHA, Video.js, Google IMA SDK, Fathom Analytics, Postscribe, Adition, Nuxt.js (implied by _nuxt scripts)
Frameworks
Nuxt.js, Vue.js (implied by SSR and Vue SSR IDs)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of reCAPTCHA for bot protection
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Fathom Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Adition, Google Ads
Tracking pixels
Fathom Analytics
Marketing tools
Google reCAPTCHA
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible with full content and no blocking detected
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in provided HTML
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in HTML content
  4. Strong branding consistent with English Football League
  5. Use of modern web technologies and analytics
  6. No security headers detected in provided data; recommend adding
  7. WHOIS data missing or domain unregistered under queried name, which is unusual for official site
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern JavaScript framework (Nuxt.js) with server-side rendering, enhancing SEO and performance. It integrates multiple third-party libraries for video playback (Video.js), analytics (Fathom), advertising (Adition, Google Ads), and bot protection (Google reCAPTCHA). The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and uses Google Fonts for typography. Performance appears moderate with preloading of scripts and asynchronous loading of analytics and ads. Accessibility features are basic but present. There is no detected CMS, suggesting a custom or headless architecture. Hosting provider details are not evident from the HTML. Technical risks include missing security headers and incomplete privacy compliance, which could affect user trust and regulatory adherence.
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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