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Security report for freebsdfoundation.org

FreeBSD Foundation · Technology · United States

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

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The FreeBSD Foundation is a well-established non-profit organization founded in 2001, dedicated to supporting and advancing the FreeBSD Project, a major open source operating system. The foundation operates through donations, partnerships, and grants, providing funding, infrastructure support, education, advocacy, and publishing the FreeBSD Journal. Their target audience includes FreeBSD users, developers, open source contributors, and technology professionals. The website reflects a mature and professional presence with comprehensive content and clear navigation. Technically, the site is built on WordPress using Elementor and several modern web technologies including Google reCAPTCHA for form security and Plausible Analytics for privacy-conscious tracking. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly, though performance is moderate. Hosting details are partially known, with domain registration through Gandi SAS. Security practices include HTTPS enforcement and form protection, but could be improved by enabling DNSSEC and adding security headers. From a security perspective, the site shows good maturity with no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. Privacy compliance is strong with a clear privacy policy and GDPR indicators, though no explicit cookie consent mechanism was found. Contact information is transparent and complete, enhancing trust. No WAF or blocking mechanisms interfere with content access. Overall, the FreeBSD Foundation website scores highly for content quality, technical implementation, security posture, privacy compliance, and business credibility. It is a trustworthy and professional resource for the FreeBSD community and stakeholders.

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
85
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
40
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

The FreeBSD Foundation holds a strong market position as a key non-profit supporting a critical open source operating system. Its business model relies on donations, partnerships, and grants, targeting a niche but global technology community. The foundation's competitive advantage lies in its long history, transparent operations, and active community engagement through events, publications, and projects. Revenue streams are primarily philanthropic and partnership-based. Growth indicators include regular updates, active event scheduling, and expanding project support. The partnership ecosystem includes technology companies and service providers, enhancing operational capabilities and outreach. Strategic observations highlight the foundation's focus on sustainability, community building, and advocacy within the open source ecosystem.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security posture with HTTPS enforced and use of Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms from abuse. No security headers were detected, which is a potential area for improvement. There is no evidence of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries in the HTML content. The domain registration status clientTransferProhibited adds protection against unauthorized transfers. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, which could strengthen DNS security. No explicit incident response or security policy pages were found, indicating room to enhance transparency and preparedness. Overall, the security maturity is good for a non-profit organization, but implementing additional security headers and formalizing incident response documentation would improve resilience and trust.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  3. Add a dedicated security policy and incident response page to increase transparency and preparedness.
  4. Introduce a cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply fully with privacy regulations and improve user trust.
  5. Consider publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
FreeBSD Foundation
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
FreeBSD Foundation
Description
A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and building the FreeBSD Project. Provides funding, infrastructure support, education, advocacy, and publishes the FreeBSD Journal.
Key services
Funding FreeBSD development projects, Infrastructure support, Education and advocacy, Publishing FreeBSD Journal, Organizing events and summits
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Elementor, jQuery, Google reCAPTCHA v2, SlickNav, WonderPlugin Lightbox, EWWW Image Optimizer, Plausible Analytics
Frameworks
Elementor (WordPress page builder)
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Google reCAPTCHA v2 on forms
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of clientTransferProhibited domain status

Analytics and tracking

Services
Plausible Analytics
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Plausible Analytics
Marketing tools
Mailchimp
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally maintained non-profit organization site
  2. Content is rich and regularly updated with blog posts, events, and projects
  3. Clear navigation with multiple sections about work, projects, and involvement
  4. Use of modern web technologies and SEO best practices
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity
  6. Contact information is transparent and complete
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform using Elementor for page building, supported by jQuery and other JavaScript libraries. It integrates Google reCAPTCHA v2 for form security and uses Plausible Analytics for privacy-focused visitor tracking. The site loads multiple CSS and JS assets, including slicknav for responsive navigation and wonderplugin lightbox for media display. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization. Mobile responsiveness is good, and SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format. Hosting provider details are limited, but domain registration is managed by Gandi SAS. The site uses lazy loading for images and modern font loading techniques. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced security headers and DNSSEC implementation.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 59/100Medium31 findingsView report
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