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Security report for nnafoundation.org

National Newspaper Association · Media · United States

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

Security score

51/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The National Newspaper Association (NNA) is a well-established non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, promoting, and enhancing community newspapers since 1885. The website serves as a comprehensive resource hub offering government relations advocacy, educational programs, publications such as Publishers' Auxiliary, events, and membership benefits targeted at community newspaper publishers, journalists, advertisers, and policy officials. The organization holds a strong market position as a leader in community newspaper advocacy with a medium-sized operational scale based in the United States. Technically, the website employs a legacy/custom CMS with a technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, FontAwesome, and Google Analytics. While the site is functional and moderately optimized for mobile, it uses outdated JavaScript libraries and lacks advanced security headers, indicating room for modernization and security enhancements. Hosting is provided by GoDaddy, and the domain uses privacy protection services. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS (assumed), but lacks DNSSEC and security headers, and employs outdated libraries that may introduce vulnerabilities. No privacy or cookie policies were detected, which is a compliance gap. The WHOIS data shows privacy protection but aligns with the organization's US-based identity and long history, supporting legitimacy. Overall, the site is safe, professional, and trustworthy but would benefit from improved security and privacy compliance. Strategically, the NNA should prioritize updating its technical stack, implementing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, enabling DNSSEC, and adding security headers to strengthen its security posture and compliance. Enhancing mobile optimization and accessibility would further improve user experience and engagement.

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. 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. 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

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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
20
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
35
Average
51

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 National Newspaper Association operates as a non-profit membership association serving community newspapers across the United States. Its competitive advantage lies in its long-standing history since 1885, extensive advocacy efforts, and comprehensive resource offerings including education, events, and publications. Revenue streams likely include membership dues, event fees, advertising in publications, and allied member partnerships. The target customer segments are community newspaper publishers, editors, journalists, advertisers, and policy makers. The organization maintains a robust partnership ecosystem with allied members and industry vendors. Growth indicators include active event scheduling, ongoing publications, and digital resource expansion. The website reflects a mature operation with consistent branding and professional content supporting its market presence.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is presumed enabled, but DNSSEC is not active, which is a notable gap in DNS security. The use of outdated jQuery 1.11.1 introduces potential vulnerabilities. No security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options were detected, reducing protection against common web attacks. There is no visible incident response or vulnerability disclosure information, and no privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps. Forms are present but lack explicit security details. Overall, the security posture is functional but requires significant improvements to align with best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Upgrade all JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to current secure versions.
  3. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear user consent mechanisms.
  4. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  5. Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact information.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
National Newspaper Association
Description
National Newspaper Association has been protecting, promoting and enhancing community newspapers since 1885, through active and effective government relation programs that addresses the issues affecting community newspapers, through education of readers, advertisers, and policy officials; and by providing information, solutions and strategies
Key services
Government relations and advocacy, Education and training, Publications including Publishers' Auxiliary, Events and conventions, Postal consulting services, Membership benefits and resources
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.11.1, jQuery UI 1.11.2, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Bootstrap 4.3.1, FontAwesome 5.5 and 5.14, SWFObject 2.2, Flowplayer 3.0.6
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (assumed)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Marketing tools
Mailchimp
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional non-profit association site for community newspapers.
  2. Content is rich with news, resources, events, and membership information.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies explicitly found on the homepage HTML.
  4. Use of outdated JavaScript libraries may pose security risks.
  5. No visible security headers or advanced security policies detected.
  6. WHOIS privacy protection is enabled but justified for this organization.
  7. Social media presence is active with Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter links.
  8. Multiple external links to trusted domains related to the newspaper industry.
  9. No signs of adult or questionable content; content is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a legacy or custom CMS platform with a technology stack including jQuery 1.11.1, jQuery UI, Bootstrap 4.3.1, FontAwesome, and Google Analytics. The site loads multiple external scripts and stylesheets from trusted CDNs and uses Mailchimp for newsletter subscriptions. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility features. The site lacks modern frontend frameworks and could benefit from modernization to improve performance, security, and user experience. Hosting is provided by GoDaddy, and domain registration uses privacy protection. Technical risks include outdated libraries and missing DNSSEC, which could impact security and reliability.
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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