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Security report for jamesgreenblue.com

James Greenhalgh on digital strategy, marine conservation, and adventures. · Other · N/a

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in DNS health, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

JamesGreenBlue.com is a personal blog operated by James Greenhalgh focusing on digital strategy, marine conservation, and personal adventures. The site features a collection of blog posts dating from 2020 through 2025, reflecting a niche content approach aimed at environmentally conscious and technology-interested audiences. The business model is primarily content-driven with no evident commercial transactions or services offered. The website is small in scale and founded in 2022, consistent with the domain registration data. Technically, the website is built using the Hugo static site generator, hosted behind Cloudflare DNS services, and leverages Google Fonts for typography. The site is performant, mobile-optimized, and accessible with good SEO practices. No CMS beyond Hugo is detected, and no analytics or tracking scripts are present, indicating a privacy-conscious approach. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and has domain-level protections such as clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited statuses. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and no security headers are detected in the provided data. There is no published privacy policy, cookie policy, or terms of service, which presents compliance gaps especially regarding GDPR. No contact information or incident response channels are provided, limiting transparency and user trust. Overall, the website is safe, professional, and trustworthy as a personal blog but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance, security header implementation, and clearer contact information to improve user trust and regulatory adherence.

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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. DNS health

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

    • High

      Weak SPF Policy

      SPF record has permissive policy allowing any server to send email

      What to do: Use -all or ~all qualifier for better email security

  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 APIs

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

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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
85
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
61

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention jamesgreenblue.com, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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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 targets a niche audience interested in digital strategy and marine conservation, positioning itself as a personal thought leadership and informational platform. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on content publication rather than direct revenue generation. The site demonstrates consistent branding and content quality, with a clear focus on environmental and technological topics. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries. The lack of contact information and formal policies suggests a sole proprietorship or individual operation without extensive business infrastructure. Growth indicators are limited to content updates and domain longevity since 2022.

Security posture

The security posture is moderate with HTTPS enforced and domain registration protections in place. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security maturity. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is provided, which could hinder timely security issue resolution. The lack of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and other privacy regulations. No analytics or tracking scripts reduce privacy risks but also limit insight into user behavior. Overall, the site is low risk but could improve security and compliance practices.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  4. Add clear contact information and a security.txt file to facilitate incident reporting and vulnerability disclosure.
  5. Consider integrating minimal analytics with privacy-respecting configurations to better understand user engagement.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
James Greenhalgh on digital strategy, marine conservation, and adventures.
Description
Roughly 0-2 times per year James writes about what he interested in or working on in the moment.
Key services
blog content, digital strategy insights, marine conservation commentary
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Hugo static site generator, Cloudflare DNS, Google Fonts, JavaScript
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited domain statuses

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
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a personal blog with a focus on digital strategy and marine conservation.
  2. Content is well structured with multiple blog posts spanning from 2020 to 2025.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating potential compliance gaps.
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided on the site.
  5. No forms detected; no data collection observed.
  6. No analytics or tracking scripts detected, indicating minimal user tracking.
  7. Website uses Hugo static site generator and is hosted behind Cloudflare DNS.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found.
  9. No security headers detected in the provided data; SSL is enabled.
  10. No advertising or marketing tools detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern static site generator (Hugo) which contributes to fast load times and reduced server-side complexity. Hosting is managed via Cloudflare DNS, providing reliable DNS resolution and potential CDN benefits. The site uses Google Fonts for typography and includes JavaScript for theme toggling and smooth scrolling. No CMS or backend frameworks are detected, reducing attack surface. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible with semantic HTML structure. However, the absence of security headers and DNSSEC indicates areas for technical improvement. No analytics or third-party marketing tools are present, aligning with a privacy-first approach.
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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