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Security report for pdga.com

Professional Disc Golf Association · Other · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) operates as the global governing body and membership association for disc golf enthusiasts. It provides comprehensive services including membership management, tournament sanctioning, official rules, player rankings, and course directories. The organization targets disc golf players, tournament directors, and the wider disc golf community worldwide, positioning itself as the authoritative source for the sport. The website reflects a mature digital presence with extensive content, clear navigation, and active social media engagement. Technically, the PDGA website is built on the Drupal CMS platform, leveraging modern JavaScript libraries and Google services for analytics and advertising. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and use of sanitization libraries, although explicit security headers and incident response information are not prominently published. The absence of WHOIS data limits domain trust analysis; however, the website's professional presentation, consistent branding, and external references strongly support its legitimacy. Privacy and cookie policies are present with consent mechanisms, indicating compliance with GDPR and related regulations. Overall, the PDGA website demonstrates a strong business and technical foundation with room for enhanced security transparency.

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

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 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

  3. 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 SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • 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
65
Security headers
55
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
71

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

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Dark web exposure

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

Total records
806
Employees
0
Customers
753
Third parties
53
Weak passwords
14%

9 subdomains affected

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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

PDGA holds a leading position in the niche sports sector of disc golf, operating as a membership-driven association with a global reach. Its business model revolves around membership fees, event sanctioning, and community engagement. The organization benefits from a well-established brand since 1998 and maintains partnerships with related organizations and commercial entities such as the Disc Golf Foundation and PDGA Pro Shop. The website supports growth through digital content, event promotion, and player statistics, catering to a dedicated and expanding user base. Strategic partnerships and a comprehensive online presence enhance its competitive advantage in the sports association domain.

Security posture

The PDGA website enforces HTTPS and employs best practices such as input sanitization and cookie consent banners. However, the lack of explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No visible security policy or incident response contacts were found, which could hinder vulnerability reporting and incident management. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The site would benefit from publishing a security.txt file and enhancing transparency around security governance to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish explicit security headers including CSP, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information prominently on the website.
  3. Consider adding a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance WHOIS data availability or transparency to improve domain trustworthiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Professional Disc Golf Association
Description
The PDGA is the professional association for ALL disc golfers and the source for disc golf courses, tournament results, and the official rules of disc golf.
Key services
Membership management, Tournament sanctioning and results, Official rules and technical standards, Player rankings and statistics, Course directory and development, Media content including videos and magazine
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal CMS, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google DoubleClick for ads, FlexSlider, Colorbox, DOMPurify
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of DOMPurify library for sanitization
  • Cookie consent banner implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick
Marketing tools
Mailchimp
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
  2. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected
  3. Strong social media presence across multiple platforms
  4. Use of modern web technologies and analytics
  5. Clear privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanism
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response info found
  7. WHOIS data unavailable, limiting domain trust analysis
Technical notes

Notes

The website is powered by Drupal CMS with a modern front-end stack including jQuery and various UI libraries like FlexSlider and Colorbox. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are used for tracking and performance monitoring. Advertising is managed via Google DoubleClick. The site is mobile responsive and accessible with good SEO metadata and Open Graph tags. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in ad loading and script management. The technical infrastructure is stable but could benefit from updated security headers and enhanced hosting transparency.
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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