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Security report for footballnsw.com.au

Football NSW · Other · Australia

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Football NSW is a regional sports governing body dedicated to growing, developing, promoting, and servicing football (soccer) activities in New South Wales, Australia. The organization provides key services including coaching and referee programs and hosts events at Valentine Sports Park. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand presence targeting football players, coaches, referees, and the broader football community in NSW. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern SEO and analytics integrations, including Yoast SEO and Google Analytics via MonsterInsights. The infrastructure uses Cloudflare DNS and is registered via GoDaddy, indicating solid domain management practices. Security posture is good with HTTPS enabled and domain protections in place, though the absence of security headers and published privacy or cookie policies indicates room for improvement. Overall, the site is safe, trustworthy, and well-positioned within its niche, but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance and security disclosures.

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. 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
42
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
58

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

Football NSW operates as an essential entity within the sports sector, specifically focusing on football in NSW. Its business model revolves around community engagement, sports development, and event hosting. The organization leverages partnerships with social media platforms to maintain community presence and engagement. While no direct revenue streams or parent/subsidiary relationships are evident, the organization's market position as a regional authority is clear. The website content and structured data confirm a medium-sized organization with a focused target audience. Growth indicators include active social media and ongoing event promotion. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance digital trust through improved privacy and security transparency.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level. HTTPS is properly implemented, and domain registration protections are active. However, the lack of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and others reduces the overall security posture. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The absence of a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file suggests limited incident response readiness. Compliance with GDPR or similar regulations is not clearly indicated due to missing privacy and cookie policies. The security culture appears functional but could be strengthened by publishing formal security and privacy documentation and implementing additional technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Implement and configure security headers (CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Enable DNSSEC for the domain to improve DNS security.
  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
Football NSW
Description
Growing, developing, promoting and servicing Football in NSW
Key services
Football development, Coaching programs, Referee programs, Event hosting at Valentine Sports Park
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Gravity Forms, Yoast SEO, Google Analytics (MonsterInsights), FontAwesome, jQuery, Cloudflare DNS
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Use of Cloudflare DNS
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
MonsterInsights
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a regional sports governing body site for football in NSW, Australia.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided content.
  3. Uses modern web technologies and SEO best practices.
  4. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  6. Social media presence is linked and consistent with the organization.
  7. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
  8. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern tech stack including Yoast SEO for search optimization, Gravity Forms for form handling, and Google Analytics for user tracking. The use of Cloudflare DNS indicates a reliable DNS infrastructure. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts and use of CDN-hosted resources like FontAwesome and YouTube APIs. Mobile optimization is good, and SEO meta tags are well implemented. However, accessibility features are basic and could be improved. No major technical debt or outdated libraries were detected in the provided content. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business needs effectively but can be enhanced with additional security and accessibility 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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