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Security report for intercollegiateathleticsforum.com

Leaders Group · Media · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, Email security and 1 other check.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The 2025 Intercollegiate Athletics Forum website represents a professional event organized by Leaders Group, focusing on the business of college sports. It positions itself as a leading conference for industry professionals, offering networking, education, and insights into the evolving landscape of intercollegiate athletics. The site is well-branded and targets a specialized audience including colleges, conferences, law firms, sponsors, and media entities involved in college sports business. The business model centers on event hosting and sponsorship opportunities, with a strong emphasis on industry thought leadership and peer engagement. Technically, the website leverages modern JavaScript frameworks and is hosted on the Foleon platform, which supports rich media content and responsive design. Analytics tools such as Google Analytics and LinkedIn Insight Tag are integrated for user tracking and marketing insights. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, contributing to a positive user experience. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit security headers and incident response contact information, which are recommended for enhanced security posture. Privacy and cookie policies are present and linked to a reputable domain, indicating good privacy compliance. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain raises concerns about domain registration legitimacy, though the website content and branding appear trustworthy. Overall, the website is professional, content-rich, and well-structured, serving its target audience effectively. Strategic improvements in security headers and domain registration transparency would further strengthen trust and compliance.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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

5 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. 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 DMARC record found

      DMARC provides email authentication and reporting

      What to do: Add DMARC record: "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.com"

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: intercollegiateathleticsforum-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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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
95
Security headers
15
Email security
65
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
71

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 Intercollegiate Athletics Forum is positioned as a premier event in the college sports business sector, leveraging its association with Leaders Group and Sports Business Journal. Its competitive advantage lies in convening key industry stakeholders, offering peer insights, and addressing timely issues such as NIL and sports wagering. Revenue streams likely include registration fees, sponsorships, and advertising. The target customer segments are senior executives, athletic directors, legal professionals, and media representatives within collegiate athletics. The partnership ecosystem includes reputable organizations like the National Football Foundation and event registration services like Cvent. Growth indicators include annual event continuity, expanding sponsorships, and strong testimonial endorsements. Operationally, the company demonstrates a mature event management capability with a focus on content quality and industry relevance.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate to good security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, and no sensitive data is exposed in the HTML content. The use of third-party analytics and marketing scripts is standard but requires ongoing monitoring for vulnerabilities. The absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security is a gap that should be addressed to mitigate risks like cross-site scripting and protocol downgrade attacks. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, which limits transparency in security management. Compliance with GDPR is implied through privacy policy references, but explicit data protection officer contact details are missing. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a marketing/event site but can be improved with enhanced headers and incident response readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  2. Publish explicit incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Verify and update domain WHOIS registration to ensure legitimacy and reduce suspicion.
  4. Enhance privacy compliance by providing clear data protection officer contact information.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools for security vulnerabilities and privacy compliance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Leaders Group
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Leaders Group
Description
SBJ's Intercollegiate Athletics Forum is the preeminent conference on the business of college sports.
Key services
Annual conference, Industry networking, Educational sessions, Sponsorship opportunities
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Foleon platform, Google Analytics, LinkedIn Insight Tag
Platforms
Foleon
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, LinkedIn Insight Tag
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
LinkedIn Insight Tag
Marketing tools
LinkedIn Analytics
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional event site for the 2025 Intercollegiate Athletics Forum.
  2. Content is rich, well-structured, and includes detailed event, pricing, venue, and sponsorship information.
  3. Multiple testimonials from industry professionals enhance trust.
  4. No signs of adult or questionable content.
  5. WHOIS data is missing, which raises some concerns about domain registration legitimacy.
  6. Privacy and cookie policies are present and linked to a reputable domain (sportsbusinessjournal.com).
  7. No phone numbers explicitly labeled as company contact found.
  8. Emails found are professional and related to event attendance and advertising.
  9. No security policy or incident response contact information explicitly found.
  10. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Foleon platform, utilizing modern JavaScript modules and asynchronous script loading for analytics and marketing tags. It integrates Google Analytics and LinkedIn Insight Tag for user tracking and marketing insights. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive images and accessible navigation. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in loading speed by optimizing third-party scripts. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. No CMS other than Foleon is detected. Hosting appears to be via Foleon's CDN infrastructure. Technical risks include reliance on multiple external domains for analytics and registration, which require monitoring for availability and security. The site demonstrates low technical debt and good modernization but could benefit from enhanced 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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