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Security report for gostanford.com

Stanford Cardinal · Education · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website gostanford.com serves as the official athletics platform for Stanford Cardinal, representing Stanford University's sports teams. It provides comprehensive sports news, schedules, athlete profiles, and event information targeted primarily at sports fans, the university community, and media. The domain is well-established, created in 1997, and aligns with the branding and business model of a university athletics site. Technically, the site employs modern front-end technologies such as Tailwind CSS and Google Fonts, ensuring a responsive and visually appealing user experience. Hosting and DNS are managed through reputable providers, including GoDaddy as registrar and Google Domains for DNS. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization, though accessibility and SEO could be enhanced. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and has domain status protections to prevent unauthorized changes. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and no security headers were detected, indicating room for improvement. Privacy compliance is weak due to the absence of privacy and cookie policies, which is a significant gap given GDPR and other regulations. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional but would benefit from enhanced security practices and privacy compliance measures to strengthen its posture and user trust.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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 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 Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

  3. 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.

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  4. 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
25
Email security
35
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
62

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

Stanford Cardinal operates within the education sector, specifically university athletics. Its market position is authoritative as the official source for Stanford sports content. The business model focuses on information dissemination and community engagement rather than direct revenue generation. Key services include sports news, schedules, and merchandise promotion. The target audience includes students, alumni, sports fans, and media. The domain's longevity and consistent branding reinforce its credibility. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries from the provided data.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and domain status protections in place. However, the lack of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security reduces its defense-in-depth. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. The absence of a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact information suggests limited transparency in security incident handling. Privacy compliance is insufficient, lacking GDPR indicators and cookie consent mechanisms.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to protect against DNS spoofing and improve overall DNS security.
  2. Implement essential security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and enhance user trust.
  4. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact channels to improve security transparency.
  5. Conduct an accessibility audit and improve SEO metadata to enhance user experience and search visibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Stanford Cardinal
Description
Official athletics website for Stanford Cardinal, providing news, schedules, and information related to Stanford University sports teams.
Key services
Sports news, Schedules, Athlete profiles, Event information, Merchandise
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Tailwind CSS, Google Fonts, Swiper.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited and other EPP protections

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is official Stanford Cardinal athletics site.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage HTML.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  4. No social media links explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  6. Website uses modern CSS framework (Tailwind CSS) and Google Fonts.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  8. No advertising or affiliate marketing detected.
  9. No forms detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  10. DNSSEC is not enabled, which is a security improvement opportunity.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern CSS framework (Tailwind CSS) and Google Fonts for typography, indicating a contemporary front-end design approach. Swiper.js is used for interactive sliders. The site is hosted with DNS managed by Google Domains and registered via GoDaddy, both reputable providers. Performance is moderate with good mobile responsiveness. However, the absence of detected analytics or tracking scripts suggests minimal user data collection. The lack of security headers and DNSSEC indicates technical debt in security hardening. No CMS or backend technologies were identified from the provided HTML snippet.
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. 66/100Medium32 findingsView report
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