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Security report for grnsft.org

Green Software Foundation · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Green Software Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a trusted ecosystem for green software development, including people, standards, tooling, and best practices. Founded in 2021, it positions itself as a key player in the sustainability and technology sectors, targeting software developers and organizations interested in reducing software carbon footprints. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image with clear navigation and relevant content focused on green software initiatives. Technically, the website is built using modern technologies such as React and Gatsby, hosted with Cloudflare DNS services, and optimized for performance and mobile devices. The site employs HTTPS, ensuring secure communications, but lacks some advanced security headers and DNSSEC, which could enhance its security posture. Analytics are implemented via Google Tag Manager, indicating moderate user tracking. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates a good baseline with HTTPS and domain registration protections but lacks explicit security policies, incident response information, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. Privacy compliance is partial, with a basic privacy policy found but no cookie consent mechanism or detailed GDPR compliance statements. Overall, the website is trustworthy and professional, with room for improvement in privacy compliance and security best practices to enhance user trust and regulatory adherence.

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

6 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 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 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 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. 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"

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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
65
Security headers
50
Email security
50
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
67

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

The Green Software Foundation operates as a non-profit entity within the technology and sustainability sectors, focusing on green software standards and community building. Its market positioning is as a recognized authority in green software, leveraging partnerships and working groups to advance its mission. The foundation's business model centers on collaboration, education, and standards development rather than direct revenue generation. The website's ecosystem includes related domains for projects, working groups, and resources, indicating a broad partnership network. Growth indicators include active community engagement and resource dissemination. The foundation's operations emphasize transparency and trust, although direct contact information is limited on the website.

Security posture

The website maintains a solid security foundation with HTTPS enabled and domain registration statuses that prevent unauthorized changes. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents areas for enhancement. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The lack of published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure processes suggests limited transparency in security governance. Privacy compliance is basic, with no cookie consent mechanism, which may pose regulatory risks. Overall, the security posture is good but could benefit from adopting comprehensive security best practices and compliance measures.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie consent policies to ensure GDPR compliance.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  4. Publish explicit security policies and incident response procedures, including contact channels for security issues.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and scripts to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Green Software Foundation
Description
The Green Software Foundation is a non-profit with the mission to create a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best practices for building green software
Key services
standards development, tooling support, best practices dissemination, community building
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Gatsby, Cloudflare DNS
Frameworks
Gatsby
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no WAF or blocking detected.
  2. Content is professionally presented and relevant to green software and sustainability.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie consent mechanisms found, which may impact GDPR compliance.
  4. WHOIS data is transparent and domain is secured with prohibitive domain statuses.
  5. Use of modern web technologies and good mobile optimization.
  6. External links mostly point to related green software resources and GitHub.
  7. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on the main page or footer.
  8. Security headers are not explicitly detected in the provided data.
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern React and Gatsby framework, indicating a static site generation approach optimized for performance and SEO. Hosting appears to leverage Cloudflare DNS services, contributing to fast content delivery and resilience. The site is mobile-optimized with good accessibility features and clear navigation. Analytics are integrated via Google Tag Manager, enabling user behavior tracking. However, the absence of DNSSEC and some security headers indicates technical debt in security hardening. The site’s performance and design quality are excellent, but privacy and security technical implementations require enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory standards.
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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