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Security report for pattersonfuneralhomes.com

Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home · Other · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home is a small local funeral service provider based in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, offering a comprehensive range of funeral-related services including immediate need assistance, traditional and cremation services, personalization options, veteran services, and grief support. The website positions the company as a compassionate and professional funeral home focused on serving families in their time of loss with dignity and respect. The site features obituary listings, pre-planning resources, and contact options to facilitate customer engagement. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies such as service workers for PWA capabilities, Google Tag Manager for analytics, and FontAwesome for icons. The site is mobile-optimized with good navigation and SEO practices, although the CMS or hosting provider is not explicitly identified. Performance is moderate, and accessibility features are basic. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and registers a service worker, but lacks important security headers and privacy compliance mechanisms such as cookie consent banners and privacy policies. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is present, which could be improved to enhance trust and compliance. The WHOIS data is missing or unavailable, which raises some legitimacy concerns despite the professional appearance and active content of the website. Overall, the site is functional and professional but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance, security hardening, and domain registration transparency to improve trustworthiness and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
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

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

  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

  3. 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"

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
53
Average
52

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 business operates in the funeral services sector, targeting individuals and families in Pleasant Grove, AL, and surrounding areas. Its competitive advantage lies in personalized and compassionate service offerings, including veteran-specific services and grief support resources. The business model is service-oriented, generating revenue through funeral arrangements, pre-planning, and memorial products. The website indicates a focus on building relationships and community trust. There is no indication of parent companies or subsidiaries, suggesting an independent local operation. The company leverages digital tools for customer engagement, including obituary notifications and online pre-planning forms, indicating a moderate level of digital maturity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security posture. HTTPS is enforced, and modern web features like service workers are implemented. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. Privacy compliance is weak, with no visible privacy or cookie policies and no consent mechanisms, which may expose the business to regulatory risks. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are absent, limiting transparency and preparedness. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small business website but requires improvements to meet best practices and compliance standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR and other privacy law compliance.
  2. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against web vulnerabilities.
  3. Publish incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies to improve transparency and readiness for security events.
  4. Conduct regular security audits of third-party scripts and libraries to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Improve accessibility features to meet WCAG standards, enhancing usability for all users and compliance with accessibility regulations.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home
Description
Compassionate funeral services in Pleasant Grove, AL. Personalized memorials, pre-planning, grief support & more. Trust our funeral home to honor your loved one.
Key services
Immediate Need, Traditional Services, Cremation Services, Personalization, Veteran Services, Pre-Planning, Grief Support, Obituaries, Send Flowers
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, FontAwesome, Service Worker (PWA), CSS3, HTML5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Service worker registered for PWA
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating compliance gaps
  3. WHOIS data unavailable, raising legitimacy questions
  4. Use of modern web technologies including PWA service worker
  5. Clear contact phone number and forms present
  6. No security headers detected, potential improvement area
  7. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure info found
  8. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern front-end stack with JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML5, enhanced by Google Tag Manager for analytics and FontAwesome for iconography. It supports progressive web app features via a registered service worker, improving offline capabilities and user experience. The site appears to be built on a proprietary or custom CMS platform, as no common CMS signatures were detected. Performance is moderate, with some optimization opportunities in CSS loading and image handling. Mobile responsiveness is good, and SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). However, the lack of security headers and privacy compliance features indicates technical debt in security and regulatory adherence. Hosting provider details are not evident from the content.
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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