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Security report for pga-tic.com

PGA Tour · Other · Australia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website serves as an official information center for the PGA Tour Australasia, providing authoritative tournament data, player statistics, and season archives. It targets golf professionals, players, and fans seeking detailed and up-to-date information on golf tournaments. The business operates as an important entity within the sports sector, focusing on data dissemination rather than direct commercial transactions. The domain is well-established since 2002, reinforcing its credibility and long-term presence in the market. Technically, the site employs classic web technologies including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, hosted via Cloudflare. While the site is functional and provides relevant content, it lacks modern frameworks, advanced SEO, and accessibility features. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization. No analytics or tracking scripts are detected, indicating minimal user tracking. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and has domain transfer protections but lacks DNSSEC and security headers, which are recommended for enhanced security. There are no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, the absence of privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies indicates compliance gaps. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are also missing. Overall, the website is moderately professional and trustworthy but would benefit from improved privacy compliance, security hardening, and enhanced user experience features to better serve its audience and meet modern standards.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. 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';…

  3. 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

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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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
63

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 PGA Tour Australasia positions itself as the official source for golf tournament data and statistics in the region. Its competitive advantage lies in its authoritative and comprehensive coverage of tournaments and players. The business model centers on providing data services rather than direct sales or advertising revenue. The target customers include golf professionals, tournament organizers, and enthusiasts. The partnership ecosystem includes the PGA of Australia and OCS Sport, a tour management software provider. Growth indicators include a long domain history and consistent content updates. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to expand digital presence and compliance to enhance trust and user engagement.

Security posture

The current security posture is moderate. The site benefits from HTTPS encryption and domain transfer lock, which protect data in transit and domain integrity. However, the lack of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options exposes the site to potential DNS spoofing and clickjacking risks. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and other regulations. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present, limiting the ability to handle security incidents effectively. Overall, the site should prioritize implementing security headers, DNSSEC, and compliance documentation to strengthen its security maturity.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement essential security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to improve legal compliance and user trust.
  4. Add incident response and vulnerability disclosure information to facilitate security issue reporting and handling.
  5. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility to improve user experience across devices.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
PGA Tour
Description
The PGA Tour information centre is an authoritative collection of tournament data and statistics presented on a season by season basis.
Key services
Tournament entries, draws, scores, results, statistics, Season archives, Player information and statistics, Order of merit and ranking reports
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Cloudflare DNS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
good
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website provides detailed tournament and player data for PGA Tour Australasia
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided
  4. No social media links detected
  5. Uses Cloudflare DNS and hosting
  6. No modern JavaScript frameworks detected; uses classic JavaScript
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected
  8. No security headers detected in provided data
  9. Content is professional but basic in design and navigation
  10. No advertising or marketing tools detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional web technology stack with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, without modern frameworks or CMS detected. Hosting is via Cloudflare, providing reliable DNS and HTTPS support. Performance is moderate with no advanced optimization evident. The site lacks SEO meta tags beyond basic title and charset. Accessibility features are minimal. There is no evidence of analytics or tracking tools, indicating a privacy-conscious or minimalistic approach. Technical debt is low but modernization opportunities exist to improve responsiveness, SEO, and security posture.
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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