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Security report for hawthornfc.com.au

Hawthorn Football Club · Other · Australia

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Hawthorn Football Club website serves as the official digital presence for the Australian Rules Football club, providing comprehensive news, membership options, merchandise, and community engagement resources. The site is well-branded and targets fans, members, and stakeholders within the Australian football community. It maintains a strong market position as a professional sports organization with a large audience. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including React, NewRelic for performance monitoring, and Google Tag Manager for analytics, ensuring a fast and responsive user experience optimized for mobile devices. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforcement and security headers, though explicit privacy and cookie policies could be more visible. The WHOIS data is limited due to privacy policies but aligns with a legitimate and well-maintained domain. Overall, the website demonstrates a mature digital infrastructure with room for improvement in privacy transparency and incident response communication.

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

4 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 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. 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 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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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
65
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
73

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

Hawthorn Football Club operates in the sports and media sector, leveraging its brand to engage fans through digital content, membership programs, and merchandise sales. The club partners with several related domains for merchandise, hospitality, community foundation, and education, indicating a diversified ecosystem. The business model focuses on fan engagement, community involvement, and commercial partnerships. The website's professional design and comprehensive content reflect a large organization with significant market presence in Australian sports. Growth indicators include active social media integration and event promotion. Strategic observations highlight the importance of enhancing privacy compliance and security communication to maintain trust.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security foundation with HTTPS, modern security headers, and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. Use of service workers and monitoring tools like NewRelic indicates proactive performance and security management. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests gaps in transparency and readiness. Compliance with GDPR is implied but not explicitly demonstrated through cookie consent or detailed privacy notices. The security culture appears mature but could benefit from formalizing incident response and disclosure practices to enhance stakeholder trust and regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a clear and accessible cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  2. Publish detailed privacy and security policies, including incident response procedures and contact information.
  3. Establish a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Enhance visibility of contact information for general and security-related inquiries to improve transparency.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and analytics tools to mitigate potential security risks.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Hawthorn Football Club
Description
Official AFL website of the Hawthorn Football Club, an Australian Rules Football team.
Key services
News and media content, Membership packages, Merchandise sales, Hospitality and event services, Community and foundation programs
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, React, NewRelic, Google Tag Manager, Adobe DTM
Frameworks
React
Platforms
Web
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Service worker registered
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security headers

Analytics and tracking

Services
NewRelic, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick, Akamai
Tracking pixels
NewRelic, Adobe DTM
Marketing tools
Adobe DTM, NewRelic
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and fully accessible
  2. No WHOIS registrant details available due to privacy policy
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie policy pages found in main navigation but annual reports page likely contains policy info
  4. Multiple external trusted partner domains linked
  5. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools
  6. No security or incident response contact info publicly visible
  7. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found
  8. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in HTML content
  9. Social media presence is strong and linked
  10. No WAF or blocking detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern JavaScript stack with React, supported by performance and analytics tools such as NewRelic and Google Tag Manager. The infrastructure appears robust, with service worker support for offline capabilities and fast loading times. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices evident in meta tags and structured data. Hosting is likely managed by Telstra or AFL-affiliated providers, ensuring reliable uptime and performance. Technical risks are minimal, though reliance on multiple third-party scripts necessitates ongoing security monitoring. Opportunities exist to improve privacy compliance and formalize security policies to reduce technical debt and enhance user trust.
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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