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Security report for grandprixgear.com

Grand Prix Gear · Retail · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Email security, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Grand Prix Gear is a specialized e-commerce retailer offering official merchandise for prominent motorsport events such as the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg, the Grand Prix of Portland, and the Honda Indy Toronto, as well as NASCAR Xfinity Cup races. The company operates primarily through a Shopify-based online storefront, targeting motorsport fans and event attendees with branded apparel and souvenirs. The business appears to be small-sized, founded in 2021, and focused on niche retail within the transportation and retail sectors. Technically, the website leverages modern web technologies including Shopify's Dawn theme, JavaScript, and CSS, hosted on Amazon AWS infrastructure. The site demonstrates good performance, mobile optimization, and accessibility. Shopify's integrated payment solutions such as Shopify Payments and Apple Pay are utilized, enhancing the user experience and transactional security. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and benefits from domain status protections that prevent unauthorized domain modifications. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and explicit security headers are not clearly visible in the HTML content. There is no evidence of a security policy, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms, which are areas for improvement. Privacy compliance is weak due to the absence of privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms. Overall, the website is professionally designed and functional, with a moderate security posture and some gaps in privacy compliance and transparency. Strategic enhancements in privacy policy publication, cookie consent, and security disclosures would improve trust and compliance standing.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 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. 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. 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

    • 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. 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
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
57
Security headers
75
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
71

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

Grand Prix Gear occupies a niche market segment focused on official motorsport event merchandise, leveraging partnerships or licensing agreements with racing events. The business model is direct-to-consumer e-commerce, primarily through Shopify. The company targets motorsport enthusiasts and event attendees, offering a range of apparel and souvenirs. The domain registration and website content are consistent with the business's founding date and market focus. The use of Shopify provides scalability and integrated payment processing, supporting growth potential. No parent or subsidiary relationships are evident. The absence of explicit contact information and privacy policies may limit customer trust and regulatory compliance. The company could benefit from expanding transparency and customer engagement channels.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid baseline security posture with HTTPS enforced and domain registration protections in place. The use of Shopify as a platform provides inherent PCI compliance and security management. However, the lack of DNSSEC reduces DNS security, and missing explicit security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options may expose the site to certain web-based attacks. No security policy or incident response information is provided, which limits transparency and preparedness. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Privacy compliance gaps exist due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the security posture is moderate but can be enhanced by implementing recommended best practices and transparency measures.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
  3. Add a security policy page and provide incident response contact information such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  4. Implement and verify security headers including X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Content-Security-Policy.
  5. Enhance transparency by providing clear contact information including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses to improve customer trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Grand Prix Gear
Description
Official merchandise for the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg, the Grand Prix of Portland, and the Honda Indy Toronto. Also offers merchandise for the POA 147 Xfinity Cup NASCAR race in Portland, OR.
Key services
Online sales of official merchandise, Event-specific branded apparel and souvenirs
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Shopify, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, Google Fonts (Assistant font), Shopify Payments, Apple Pay
Frameworks
Shopify Dawn theme
Platforms
Shopify
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited
  • No DNSSEC enabled (recommend enabling)
  • Use of Shopify platform which manages PCI compliance and security

Analytics and tracking

Services
Shopify Analytics, Shopify Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Shopify Analytics, Shopify Pixel
Marketing tools
Shopify Analytics, Shopify Pixel
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a Shopify-based e-commerce store specializing in official motorsport event merchandise.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided HTML content.
  3. No direct contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses found in the HTML content.
  4. Uses modern web technologies and Shopify's secure payment infrastructure.
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  6. No social media links explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  7. Domain is registered with a reputable registrar and has appropriate domain status protections.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; content fully accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Shopify platform using the Dawn theme, which is modern and optimized for performance and mobile responsiveness. It uses JavaScript modules, deferred script loading, and preconnects to optimize resource loading. Fonts are loaded from Shopify CDN, and the site uses Shopify Payments and Apple Pay for transactions. The hosting infrastructure is Amazon AWS, indicated by DNS servers. The site includes Shopify analytics and tracking pixels for marketing and analytics purposes. Accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels are present. SEO is supported by canonical links and Open Graph metadata. No technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected. The site could improve by enabling DNSSEC and adding explicit security headers.
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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