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Security report for goldsmithscca.art

Goldsmiths College · Education · United Kingdom

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

48/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art (Goldsmiths CCA) is an educational and cultural institution affiliated with Goldsmiths College in London, UK. The organization focuses on contemporary art exhibitions, events, residencies, and engagement programs targeting artists, students, and the general public interested in art. The website reflects a well-established institution with a clear mission to foster creativity and debate in the arts sector. The domain registration aligns with the institution's identity and geographic location, supporting its legitimacy. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a custom theme and integrates modern technologies such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Shopify Buy Button SDK for e-commerce capabilities. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, SEO practices, and moderate performance. However, some accessibility features are basic, and there is room for improvement in security headers and DNS security. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with a good SSL configuration but lacks DNSSEC and explicit security headers. There are no visible incident response or security policies published, which could be improved to enhance trust and compliance. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism present but no explicit GDPR compliance statements. Analytics usage is moderate, with user tracking via multiple services. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and serves its educational and cultural mission effectively. Strategic recommendations include enhancing DNS security, implementing security headers, publishing security policies, and improving privacy compliance to strengthen the security posture and user trust.

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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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"

    • 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';…

  3. 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

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
53
Average
48

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

Goldsmiths CCA operates as a non-profit educational and cultural institution under Goldsmiths College, London. It holds a strong market position within the contemporary art and academic community, leveraging institutional reputation and physical location in London. The business model centers on providing exhibitions, events, residencies, and engagement programs that serve artists, students, and the public. Revenue streams likely include venue hire, memberships, donations, and possibly sales via the integrated Shopify Buy Button. The organization maintains active social media channels and a mailing list to engage its audience. Growth indicators include ongoing commissioning series and diverse programming. The partnership ecosystem includes institutional affiliations but no explicit external business partners identified in the data.

Security posture

The security maturity level is moderate. The website enforces HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate, which is mandatory. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents a gap in defense-in-depth. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are published, limiting transparency and preparedness. The use of third-party scripts (Google Analytics, Tag Manager, Shopify SDK) introduces potential risk vectors that require regular auditing. Privacy compliance is basic, with cookie consent but no detailed GDPR adherence statements. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a non-profit educational site but could be improved to meet higher standards and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish a formal security policy and incident response plan accessible on the website.
  4. Conduct regular security audits of third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by explicitly addressing GDPR requirements and data retention policies.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Goldsmiths College
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Goldsmiths College
Description
Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art builds upon the university’s world-renowned reputation for art practice, providing an inspiring source of creativity and debate for artists, students and the public.
Key services
Exhibitions, Events, Residencies, Engagement programmes, Publications, Venue hire, Membership
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, WP Statistics plugin, Shopify Buy Button SDK, Google Maps API
Frameworks
WordPress theme CCA
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Analytics and Tag Manager with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, WP Statistics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
WP Statistics
Marketing tools
Mailing list via eepurl.com
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally maintained institutional site for Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art.
  2. Content is rich with exhibitions, events, and engagement programs.
  3. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  4. Use of multiple analytics and marketing tools with basic privacy compliance.
  5. No visible security policies or incident response information published.
  6. Domain registration and website content are consistent and legitimate.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a custom theme named CCA. It uses modern JavaScript libraries and APIs including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, WP Statistics plugin, Google Maps API, and Shopify Buy Button SDK for e-commerce functionality. The site loads asynchronously for analytics scripts, improving performance. CSS and layout indicate responsive design with mobile optimization. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured navigation. Hosting provider details are limited but domain registrar is Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. Performance is moderate with no critical errors detected. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with more ARIA roles and semantic markup. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced security configurations 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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