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Security report for healthcarexfood.org

American Heart Association · Healthcare · United States

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

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website 'Health Care by Food' is an initiative by the American Heart Association focused on integrating food as medicine into healthcare systems. It serves as a platform for coordinating scientific research, public policy advocacy, and stakeholder education to address diet-related diseases. The site targets healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public interested in nutrition and health. The American Heart Association's strong brand presence and certifications enhance the site's credibility. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including Bootstrap, Google Fonts, Coveo search framework, and integrates third-party services like Fundraise Up for fundraising and Google Tag Manager for analytics. The site is hosted likely behind Cloudflare, ensuring good performance and security. The design is responsive and accessible, with good SEO practices. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with strong SSL configuration and includes security best practices such as asynchronous loading of scripts and no visible vulnerabilities. However, explicit security headers and a public vulnerability disclosure policy are not evident and could be improved. Privacy compliance is well addressed with clear privacy and cookie policies, including GDPR considerations. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and well-maintained, reflecting the stature of the American Heart Association. The lack of WHOIS data is due to privacy protection, which is justified for this type of organization. No blocking or WAF challenges were detected, allowing full content access and analysis.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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"

  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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  • Exposed services
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  • 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
75
Security headers
35
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
66

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 American Heart Association's Health Care by Food initiative occupies a strong position in the healthcare non-profit sector, focusing on nutrition as a preventive and therapeutic tool. Its competitive advantage lies in its affiliation with a reputable organization and its comprehensive approach combining research, advocacy, and education. Revenue streams likely include donations, grants, and partnerships with foundations and corporations. The target customers include healthcare providers, researchers, policymakers, and patients. The initiative shows growth potential through funded research projects and expanding stakeholder engagement. Partnerships with entities like The Rockefeller Foundation and Kroger indicate a robust ecosystem supporting its mission.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforcement, secure script loading, and no exposed sensitive data. Privacy policies and cookie consent mechanisms are in place, supporting compliance with data protection regulations. However, the absence of a public vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact details indicates room for improvement in transparency and readiness. The use of third-party scripts necessitates ongoing monitoring to mitigate supply chain risks. Overall, the security measures align well with the organization's non-profit healthcare mission, but enhancing explicit security headers and disclosure policies would strengthen trust.

Recommendations

  1. Publish and enforce explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy.
  2. Develop and publicize a vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty policy to encourage responsible reporting.
  3. Add clear incident response contact information for security issues on the website.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and dependencies to minimize supply chain vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance transparency around data retention policies and user privacy practices.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
American Heart Association, Inc.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
American Heart Association
Description
The American Heart Association’s Health Care by Food™ initiative coordinates scientific research, public policy advocacy, and stakeholder education to advance food is medicine interventions that incorporate healthy food into health care to treat, manage and prevent diet-related diseases.
Key services
Research funding, Public policy advocacy, Stakeholder education, Community engagement
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap Icons, Google Fonts (Montserrat), Coveo Atomic Search Framework, Fundraise Up widget, Google Tag Manager, YouTube Player API
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
90/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager and Fundraise Up scripts asynchronously
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights
Marketing tools
Fundraise Up
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 well maintained.
  2. Content is comprehensive and focused on healthcare and nutrition advocacy.
  3. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  4. Strong trust indicators including certifications and clear contact information.
  5. No WHOIS data available, likely due to privacy protection.
  6. No WAF or blocking detected; full content accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technology stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, Google Fonts for typography, and Coveo for search functionality. It integrates third-party services such as Fundraise Up for donations and Google Tag Manager for analytics, loaded asynchronously to optimize performance. Hosting appears to be behind Cloudflare, providing CDN and security benefits. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO metadata and Open Graph tags. No technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected. Opportunities exist to improve explicit security headers and formalize vulnerability disclosure mechanisms.
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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