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Security report for hailstatecamps.com

Mississippi State University · Education · United States

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Mississippi State Camps website serves as the official portal for Mississippi State University's athletics camps, providing information and registration links for various sports including football, basketball, soccer, golf, and more. The site targets youth athletes and their families, positioning itself as a trusted source for camp-related activities affiliated with the university. The business model focuses on educational and sports camp services, leveraging university branding and NCAA compliance to maintain legitimacy. Technically, the website employs common and stable web technologies such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and Font Awesome, ensuring a responsive and user-friendly interface. However, the site lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features, and no analytics or tracking scripts were detected in the provided content. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization but basic accessibility. From a security perspective, the site shows room for improvement. There are no visible security headers, privacy or cookie policies, or incident response information. The WHOIS data is missing or inaccessible, which raises concerns about domain registration legitimacy despite the professional and consistent branding. No forms or sensitive data collection points were found on the homepage, reducing immediate risk exposure. Overall, the website is functional and trustworthy in terms of content and business credibility but requires enhancements in privacy compliance, security best practices, and domain registration transparency to improve its risk profile and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

10 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 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

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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
77
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
57

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 website is positioned as an official university-affiliated sports camp portal, targeting youth athletes and their families. It benefits from strong branding and NCAA compliance, which are competitive advantages in the sports education sector. The business model revolves around providing camp registration and information services, likely generating revenue through camp fees. Partnerships with Ryzer and Athletic Camps USA indicate a strategic ecosystem supporting registration and marketing. The absence of direct contact information and privacy policies suggests a focus on streamlined user experience over direct customer engagement. Growth potential exists through expanded digital marketing and enhanced compliance features.

Security posture

The current security posture is moderate but incomplete. The absence of security headers and privacy policies indicates gaps in compliance with modern security standards and regulations such as GDPR. The missing WHOIS data is a significant concern, as it undermines domain trustworthiness. No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected, and the lack of forms on the homepage reduces attack surface. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not present, limiting the site's readiness for security events. Overall, the site would benefit from implementing comprehensive security headers, transparent privacy practices, and domain registration clarity.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Investigate and resolve the missing WHOIS data issue to ensure domain registration transparency and legitimacy.
  4. Introduce incident response and vulnerability disclosure information to demonstrate security maturity and readiness.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and SEO optimization to improve user experience and search engine visibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Mississippi State University
Description
Official portal for Mississippi State University sports camps offering registration and information for various athletics camps including football, basketball, soccer, golf, and more.
Key services
Sports camp registration, Information dissemination for athletics camps, Online portal for multiple sports disciplines
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS assumed but not confirmed from data
  • No visible forms collecting sensitive data on homepage

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 an official portal for Mississippi State University sports camps
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on homepage
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on homepage
  4. Social media links are official university athletics accounts
  5. No forms detected on homepage; registration likely on subpages
  6. Uses common web technologies like jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome
  7. No visible security headers or advanced security features detected
  8. No analytics or tracking scripts detected in provided HTML
  9. Content is safe and appropriate for general audiences
  10. WHOIS data missing, which is unusual and reduces domain trust
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a stable and widely adopted technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Font Awesome, which supports responsive design and interactive elements. The HTML structure is valid and includes meta tags for SEO and social media sharing, although some meta content is minimal or empty. Performance is moderate with no evident heavy scripts or trackers. The site lacks advanced CMS indicators and appears custom-built or lightly templated. There is no evidence of analytics or marketing tools in the provided content. Technical debt appears low but modernization opportunities exist in accessibility, SEO, and security configurations.
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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