Fort Wayne LightFest is a seasonal holiday event in Fort Wayne, Indiana, combining two major light shows: Blue Jacket's Fantasy of Lights and the Fort Wayne Zoo's Wild Lights, along with a Christmas Village featuring vendors and family activities. The website effectively communicates event details, ticketing options, schedules, and FAQs targeting families and local community members. Technically, the site uses modern frontend technologies including Tailwind CSS, Mantine UI, Mapbox GL JS, and FontAwesome, hosted behind Cloudflare with Squarespace as the registrar, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS and domain protection flags, but lacks DNSSEC and security headers. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and safe for general audiences, but would benefit from enhanced privacy and security disclosures.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
50/ 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
6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Security headers
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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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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
75
Security headers
55
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
73
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
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Leaked records that mention fwlightfest.org, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The business operates in the hospitality and entertainment sector, focusing on holiday-themed events that attract families and local visitors. Revenue streams primarily come from ticket sales for two separately ticketed light experiences, with additional engagement through the free-access Christmas Village. The partnership with the Fort Wayne Zoo and Blue Jacket indicates a collaborative ecosystem. The website's clear branding, event scheduling, and ticketing integration suggest a well-organized operation with growth potential in regional event tourism. The use of third-party ticketing and design partners supports operational efficiency.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and domain status protections in place. However, the absence of DNSSEC, security headers, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates room for improvement. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. The lack of privacy and cookie policies presents compliance risks under GDPR and similar regulations. Incident response readiness is not evident from the site. Overall, the security posture is adequate for the business type but should be enhanced to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.
Recommendations
Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
Add a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations.
Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security.
Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
Publish a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy to facilitate responsible reporting.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Fort Wayne LightFest
Description
Fort Wayne LightFest is a holiday event combining Blue Jacket's Fantasy of Lights and Fort Wayne Zoo's Wild Lights, offering over 2 million lights, interactive exhibits, family-friendly entertainment, and a Christmas Village with vendors and activities.
Key services
Fantasy of Lights drive-through light show, Wild Lights walk-through zoo light experience, Christmas Village with vendors, treats, and Santa visits
Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited
Analytics and tracking
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor
Advertising
Transparency
poor
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a well-designed, family-friendly holiday event site.
No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information present.
No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
Contact information is present but no dedicated contact page or form found.
Domain WHOIS data shows future creation date, which is unusual and should be verified.
Site uses modern frontend technologies and external libraries.
No signs of adult or unsafe content.
No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built with modern frontend technologies including Tailwind CSS for styling, Mantine UI components, and interactive features powered by Mapbox GL JS and Particles.js for visual effects. It uses FontAwesome icons and Embla Carousel for UI enhancements. Hosting is via Cloudflare DNS with Squarespace Domains as registrar, suggesting a managed hosting environment. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and SEO meta tags present. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. No broken elements or errors were detected. The technical stack is well-chosen for a small to medium event website, with opportunities to enhance security and privacy features.
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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