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Security report for mobilize.us

MobilizeAmerica, Inc. · Non-profit · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

MobilizeAmerica, Inc. operates a comprehensive online platform that connects volunteers with a wide range of events, petitions, and volunteer opportunities primarily focused on political and social activism. The platform serves as a critical tool for grassroots organizations, campaigns, and non-profits to engage and mobilize supporters across the United States. With a strong market position in the non-profit sector, Mobilize offers key services including event management, volunteer coordination, and fundraising integrations. The website demonstrates a good level of digital maturity, utilizing modern technologies such as React, Segment Analytics, and Facebook Pixel for user engagement and data collection. However, a critical security gap exists due to the absence of a valid SSL/TLS certificate, resulting in unencrypted HTTP traffic, which poses significant risks to user data and trust. Privacy policies and terms of service are present and comprehensive, but no cookie consent mechanism was detected, indicating partial privacy compliance. Overall, while the platform is functionally rich and professionally presented, addressing the critical security shortcomings is essential to enhance trust and protect user data.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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 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 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
100
Security headers
60
Email security
75
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
73

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

MobilizeAmerica positions itself as a leading volunteer engagement platform within the non-profit and political activism space. Its business model revolves around providing a SaaS platform that facilitates event hosting, volunteer sign-ups, and campaign management for a diverse set of organizations including political parties, advocacy groups, and community organizations. The platform's integration with prominent partners such as ActBlue for donations and various state Democratic parties indicates a strong partnership ecosystem. The target audience includes politically active individuals, grassroots organizers, and non-profit entities seeking to maximize volunteer impact. The presence of numerous events and groups, along with detailed organizational data, reflects a mature operational structure with significant user engagement. The platform's reliance on third-party analytics and marketing tools supports data-driven decision-making and outreach efforts.

Security posture

The website's security posture reveals critical vulnerabilities, most notably the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of HTTPS support, which is a fundamental security requirement for any modern website handling user data. No TLS protocols or secure cipher suites are enabled, and essential security headers such as HSTS are missing. While DNS configurations include valid SPF and DMARC records, indicating some email security measures, the overall transport security is inadequate. No explicit security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms were found, suggesting limited transparency and preparedness in security governance. The use of reputable third-party services like Cloudflare for DNS and Sentry for error tracking is positive, but the missing HTTPS implementation significantly undermines the site's security credibility. Immediate remediation is recommended to implement SSL/TLS and enhance security headers to protect user data and maintain trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across all site pages.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and strong cipher suites to secure data in transit.
  3. Configure HTTP security headers including HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, and Content-Security-Policy.
  4. Establish and publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information.
  5. Introduce a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations and enhance user trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
MobilizeAmerica, Inc.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern web technologies, primarily React, and leverages several third-party services for analytics (Segment, Google Analytics), marketing (Facebook Pixel, Google Tag Manager), and error monitoring (Sentry). It uses Cloudflare for DNS and nameservers, indicating a robust DNS infrastructure. The site includes extensive use of Font Awesome for icons and Google Maps API for location services. Performance metrics indicate a slow load time (~15.5 seconds) and a large page size (~1.9 MB), which could impact user experience. Accessibility features are basic, with some ARIA attributes and semantic HTML present. SEO is supported by comprehensive meta tags and Open Graph data. The site lacks a CMS indication, suggesting a custom or headless architecture. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern but could benefit from performance optimizations and 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 73/100Medium28 findingsView report
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