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Security report for mccourt.com

McCourt Global, Inc · Real Estate · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

McCourt Global, Inc is a private family-owned diversified company with a 132-year legacy focused on real estate, sports, technology, media, and capital investment. The company operates globally with a strong emphasis on social impact and community value. The website is professionally designed with rich content, clear navigation, and good SEO practices, targeting investors, partners, and community stakeholders. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern JavaScript modules and uses Matomo for privacy-conscious analytics. However, the site suffers from a critical security issue due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS, exposing users to potential risks. Performance is slow, and security headers are missing, indicating room for improvement in security posture. Privacy compliance is good with a cookie consent mechanism and a comprehensive privacy policy. Overall, the site demonstrates high business credibility but requires urgent security enhancements to protect visitors and improve trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

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 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 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

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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
30
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
70

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

McCourt Global holds a strong market position as an established legacy company with diversified investments in real estate development, sports ownership, and technology innovation. Its business model leverages multi-sector investments with a focus on long-term community and social impact. The company has strategic partnerships with academic institutions and philanthropic initiatives, enhancing its brand and trustworthiness. The website content reflects a mature organization with global ambitions and a commitment to sustainability and digital governance. Growth indicators include recent leadership changes, new initiatives like Project Liberty, and media coverage. The partnership ecosystem includes universities and technology collaborators, positioning McCourt Global as a forward-looking enterprise.

Security posture

The current security posture is weak due to the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of HTTPS, which is a critical vulnerability for any modern website. No security headers such as HSTS or Content-Security-Policy are implemented, and no session resumption or OCSP stapling is enabled, reducing the security and performance of TLS connections. While no known vulnerabilities or subdomain takeover risks are detected, the missing SSL/TLS configuration significantly impacts user trust and data protection. Privacy compliance is supported by a cookie consent mechanism and a detailed privacy policy, but incident response and security policy documentation are absent. The site should prioritize SSL installation and security header implementation to mitigate risks and comply with best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Install and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Implement security headers including HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Optimize website performance to reduce load times, including resource minification and caching.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by publishing terms of service and a security policy page.
  6. Add incident response contact information and consider publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy.
  7. Regularly audit and update all third-party scripts and plugins to avoid vulnerabilities.
  8. Improve accessibility features and continue maintaining good mobile responsiveness.
  9. Increase trust signals by adding certifications, testimonials, or awards on the website.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with Yoast SEO plugin for metadata management and Matomo for analytics, indicating a focus on SEO and privacy. The front-end uses modern JavaScript modules and Tiny Slider for content carousels. Hosting uses GoDaddy DNS services. Despite a rich content structure and good SEO metadata, the site suffers from slow load times (over 16 seconds) likely due to numerous resources (93) and large page size (589 KB). The absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols are critical technical deficiencies. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, but technical debt is evident in security and performance areas. Modernization efforts should focus on securing transport layer, optimizing resource delivery, and enhancing security headers to reduce risk and improve user experience.
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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