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Security report for georgia.gov

Georgia.gov · Government · United States

Low risk. 1 critical or high finding in GDPR outside view.

Security score

90/100

Risk levelLow

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

Georgia.gov is the official state government website for Georgia, providing a comprehensive portal for residents, businesses, and visitors to access government services, information, and resources. The site offers key services such as voting information, tax and revenue services, business registration, and vital records. It serves as a trusted digital gateway to state agencies and public programs, positioning itself as the authoritative source for Georgia state government online presence. The website targets a broad audience including citizens, businesses, and government employees, supporting transparency and accessibility.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

NIS2 outside view
80/ 100 · Low
GDPR outside view
75/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
9of 9

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

The NIS2 figure counts only evidence anyone can see from the internet. 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

1 finding rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      Tracking cookies set without a consent banner

      Observed on the first page load as a new visitor, before any consent choice; Guard does not click the banner. The site set 4 analytics or marketing cookies: Google Analytics (_ga, _ga_67KKFM4V18, _ga_16PMWK7RFT); Siteimprove (nmstat). No consent banner or consent platform was detected (Guard scans from the EU, so EU-only banners would have been shown).

      What to do: Load analytics and marketing tags only after the visitor opts in, using a consent banner that offers accept and reject with equal prominence.

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  • Security score drift

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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
97
Security headers
83
Email security
85
DNS health
94
Network security
100
Website hygiene
95
GDPR outside view
75
Average
90

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.
  • Accessibility: Accessibility is a separate readout from security, so it is reported but not scored. 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 website operates under a government entity model, focusing on public service delivery rather than commercial revenue generation. It leverages partnerships with various state agencies such as the Georgia Department of Revenue and Emergency Management Agency to provide integrated services. The site demonstrates strong market positioning as the primary official portal for Georgia state government, with consistent branding and trust signals including a .gov domain and official social media presence. Its business model emphasizes accessibility, information dissemination, and citizen engagement.

Security posture

Georgia.gov exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, anonymized IP tracking in analytics, and secure Drupal-based forms with CSRF protection. While explicit security headers are not fully confirmed in the HTML, the site likely implements standard protections. The absence of a visible vulnerability disclosure or incident response contact is a minor gap. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Overall, the site maintains good security hygiene appropriate for a government portal, though improvements in transparency around security policies and incident response are recommended.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and display a cookie consent banner to enhance privacy compliance.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency.
  3. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Verify and explicitly set security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to minimize security risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Georgia.gov
Description
Official website of the State of Georgia providing information and services for residents, businesses, and visitors.
Key services
Services A-Z, How-To Guides, Government information, Contact and support, Voting information, Tax information, Business registration, Birth and death certificates, Offender search
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Siteimprove Analytics, Cloudfront CDN
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
excellent
SEO
excellent

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with CSRF tokens (Drupal form_build_id present)
  • Anonymize IP in Google Analytics

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Siteimprove Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Siteimprove Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official state government website with comprehensive public service information.
  2. Uses modern CMS (Drupal 10) and analytics tools.
  3. No signs of blocking or WAF challenges.
  4. Clear contact information with phone and online form.
  5. No privacy or security policy pages explicitly labeled as such in navigation but privacy/security page exists.
  6. No visible cookie consent mechanism.
  7. Strong branding and consistent design.
  8. No suspicious external links or domains.
  9. No adult or questionable content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and secure CMS platform, with integration of Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for tracking. It uses Amazon Cloudfront CDN for content delivery, contributing to fast load times and global availability. The site is well-optimized for mobile devices and accessibility, with semantic HTML and ARIA roles. Performance is fast, and SEO best practices are followed with proper meta tags and structured data. The technical infrastructure is robust and suitable for an enterprise-level government website, though continuous monitoring and updates are essential to maintain security and performance.
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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