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Security report for gamesweek.africa

Africa Games Week · Technology · South Africa

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

37/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Africa Games Week is a prominent event organizer specializing in the African video game industry, hosting conferences, workshops, and exhibitions to connect developers, content creators, and industry leaders across Africa and globally. The website reflects a mature digital presence built on WordPress with Elementor, incorporating SEO best practices and modern web technologies. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS enabled and reCAPTCHA implemented, though DNSSEC is not enabled and some security headers are missing. Privacy compliance is lacking due to absence of privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and well-positioned in its niche, but could improve compliance and security hardening.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • Critical

      Unable to retrieve SSL certificate

      Could not establish secure connection to retrieve certificate information

      What to do: Check if the server is accessible and SSL/TLS is properly configured

  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"

  3. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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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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
0
Security headers
35
Email security
55
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
37

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

Africa Games Week holds a leading market position as the largest gaming industry event in Africa, targeting developers, content creators, and industry stakeholders. Its business model revolves around event ticket sales, sponsorships, and matchmaking services. The company leverages partnerships with platforms like Quicket for ticketing and maintains active social media channels to engage its audience. The event's growth and testimonials from industry leaders indicate strong market traction and credibility.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and use of Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms. However, the lack of DNSSEC and missing security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represent areas for improvement. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. The absence of a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact limits transparency and readiness for security incidents.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  3. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen browser security.
  4. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and provide incident response contact information to improve security transparency.
  5. Regularly audit third-party libraries and plugins to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Africa Games Week
Description
Africa Games Week has established itself as the premium business event in Africa for the video game industry. Developers, content creators and industry leaders come from across Africa and the globe to connect, engage and grow the African Game Industry.
Key services
Conference sessions, Workshops, Business-to-business matchmaking, African-made games exhibition, Networking opportunities
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Elementor, Yoast SEO, jQuery, Google Fonts, Stripe (payment processing)
Frameworks
Elementor
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data found in HTML
  • Use of reCAPTCHA script for forms

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google reCAPTCHA
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional event platform for the African gaming industry
  2. Strong social media presence and testimonials enhance trust
  3. No visible privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap
  4. Use of modern web technologies and SEO best practices
  5. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS using Elementor page builder and Yoast SEO plugin, indicating a modern and flexible infrastructure. Hosting is provided by Host-H as inferred from nameservers. The site loads Google Fonts and jQuery libraries and integrates Stripe for payment processing. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. There is room for improvement in accessibility and performance optimization.
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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