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Security report for hoodriverciderfest.com

Hood River Cider Fest · Hospitality · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Hood River Cider Fest is a regional event organizer hosting an annual cider festival in Hood River, Oregon. The event showcases local cider makers from Oregon and Washington, alongside food and craft vendors, targeting cider enthusiasts and families. The website is built on Squarespace, featuring a professional design, clear navigation, and mobile optimization. It integrates third-party services such as Etix for ticket sales and Google Analytics for tracking. Security posture is strong with HTTPS and HSTS enabled, but lacks some security headers and privacy compliance features. WHOIS data is missing or unavailable, which raises legitimacy concerns despite the active and professional website presence. Overall, the site is functional and trustworthy for event promotion but would benefit from enhanced privacy and security disclosures.

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

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 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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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
62
Security headers
45
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
63

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 business operates in the hospitality and retail sectors, focusing on event management and local artisan promotion. Its business model revolves around ticket sales and vendor participation. The company maintains a consistent brand presence with social media engagement and structured data for SEO. The lack of WHOIS data and privacy policies suggests areas for improvement in transparency and compliance. The partnership with Etix indicates a reliable ticketing infrastructure. Growth potential exists within the regional cider market, leveraging community and tourism. The company appears small-sized with a local focus and no evident parent or subsidiary relationships.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security baseline with enforced HTTPS and HSTS, reducing risks of man-in-the-middle attacks. However, it lacks additional security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which could mitigate cross-site scripting and clickjacking risks. No evidence of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries was found. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and other privacy regulations. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are not provided, limiting transparency in security management. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small event site but could be enhanced to meet higher compliance standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen security posture.
  3. Clarify domain registration details and ensure WHOIS information is accurate and publicly available to enhance legitimacy.
  4. Provide terms of service and incident response contact information to improve transparency and user trust.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks and optimize performance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Hood River Cider Fest
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Hood River Cider Fest
Description
Annual cider festival event held in Hood River, Oregon, showcasing local cider makers, food vendors, craft vendors, and family-friendly activities.
Key services
Cider tasting, Food and craft vendor marketplace, Event hosting
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Squarespace CMS, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager, Squarespace JavaScript libraries
Platforms
Squarespace
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • HSTS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a well-designed event site for a regional cider festival.
  2. No WHOIS registration data available, which is unusual for an active .com domain.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  4. Uses Squarespace CMS with standard third-party integrations.
  5. No security incident or vulnerability disclosure information present.
  6. Contact information limited to email and physical address; no phone number found.
  7. Social media presence on Instagram and Facebook linked.
  8. HTTPS and HSTS enabled indicating good SSL security posture.
  9. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on Squarespace, leveraging its CMS and built-in hosting infrastructure. It uses modern web technologies including Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager, and asynchronous JavaScript loading for performance. The site is mobile responsive with good SEO metadata including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. Performance is moderate, typical for CMS-based event sites. Accessibility features are basic but present. There is no evidence of technical debt or deprecated libraries. The lack of explicit security headers and privacy compliance features represents a technical gap. Overall, the technical implementation supports the business goals but could be improved with enhanced security and privacy controls.
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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