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Security report for gsaauctions.gov

Government · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website gsaauctions.gov is a government-operated auction platform domain established in 2000, indicating a mature and longstanding service. However, the current content is inaccessible due to a CloudFront 403 error page, likely caused by traffic or configuration issues. This blockage prevents any direct analysis of the website's content, policies, or user interface. The domain is hosted on Amazon AWS infrastructure using CloudFront CDN, which is a robust and scalable platform. The WHOIS data shows privacy protection for registrant details, which is typical for government domains to protect sensitive information. Due to the lack of accessible content, no privacy, cookie, or security policies can be evaluated, and no contact information is available for users or security incident reporting. The overall security posture cannot be fully assessed, but the absence of DNSSEC and security headers is noted as an area for improvement.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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 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 Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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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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
100
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
70

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 domain belongs to a government entity, likely providing auction services for government surplus or assets. The business model is essential and government-focused, serving public sector clients and possibly the general public interested in government auctions. The domain age and registrar indicate legitimacy and stability. However, the lack of accessible content limits insights into competitive positioning, revenue streams, or partnership ecosystems. The use of AWS CloudFront suggests a modern hosting approach, but the current configuration or traffic management may require optimization to prevent access issues.

Security posture

The security posture is difficult to evaluate due to the blocked content. The presence of a CloudFront WAF indicates some level of protection against attacks or misuse. However, the lack of DNSSEC and no visible security headers in the provided data are weaknesses. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is available, which could impact transparency and trust. The domain status serverTransferProhibited is a positive indicator against unauthorized domain transfers. Overall, the security maturity appears basic but cannot be fully confirmed without access to the live site.

Recommendations

  1. Review and adjust CloudFront WAF and server configurations to reduce false positives and improve accessibility.
  2. Enable DNSSEC to enhance DNS security and trustworthiness.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy, cookie, and security policies accessible to users.
  4. Implement and verify security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and HSTS.
  5. Provide clear contact information including security incident response contacts and data protection officer details.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

CloudFront detected. The HTML content is a 403 error page generated by AWS CloudFront indicating the request was blocked due to traffic or configuration issues. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Content quality
poor

Technology

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is inaccessible due to a CloudFront 403 error page.
  2. No metadata, forms, scripts, or business content available for analysis.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected in the provided content.
  4. No contact information or security policies found on the page.
  5. Domain WHOIS data indicates a long-established government domain with privacy protection.
  6. Technical infrastructure uses AWS CloudFront CDN for hosting and delivery.
  7. No SEO, accessibility, or performance data available due to blocked content.
  8. No advertising or analytics scripts detected in the provided HTML.
  9. Content safety is rated safe as no content is present.
  10. Analysis is incomplete due to WAF/security mechanisms. For accurate analysis, please contact guard@offseq.com.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on Amazon AWS CloudFront CDN, which provides scalable and reliable content delivery. The WHOIS data shows the domain is registered with get.gov, a government registrar, and is protected with serverTransferProhibited status. DNSSEC is not enabled, which is a minor security gap. The HTML content retrieved is a minimal error page with no metadata, scripts, or structured data, indicating either a configuration issue or intentional blocking. No CMS or frameworks could be detected. Performance, SEO, and accessibility cannot be assessed due to lack of content. The technical infrastructure is modern but requires configuration tuning to avoid access denial.
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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