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Security report for public-office.info

Public Office · Other · Australia

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 3 other checks.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Public Office is a small, Australia-based collaborative research and design practice specializing in graphic design and digital publishing. Their work focuses on the intersection of physical and digital publishing, including custom tools for content creation and peer-to-peer autonomous publishing experiments. The website presents basic content describing their services and contact information but lacks formal privacy, cookie, or security policies. Technically, the website is hosted on DigitalOcean with a simple HTML and CSS stack. The site is accessible and moderately optimized but lacks advanced SEO, accessibility features, and security headers. No CMS or analytics tools are detected, indicating a minimalistic technical footprint. From a security perspective, the domain is registered transparently with no privacy protection, which aligns with the business type. However, the absence of DNSSEC, security headers, and formal policies indicates room for improvement in security posture and compliance. No vulnerabilities or malicious content were detected. Overall, the website is functional and trustworthy for its niche audience but would benefit from enhanced security measures, privacy compliance, and richer content to improve professionalism and user trust.

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

9 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
80
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
64

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

Public Office operates in a niche creative sector focusing on graphic design and digital publishing innovation. Their business model revolves around collaborative research and development of publishing tools and methods, targeting creative professionals and publishers interested in experimental and autonomous publishing. The company appears to maintain a lean operation with no subsidiaries or parent companies. Their market position is specialized and likely local to Melbourne, Australia. The lack of certifications or trust signals suggests a small-scale operation without extensive formal partnerships or compliance frameworks.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS implied by hosting provider but lacks DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or Strict-Transport-Security. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, which limits transparency in security management. The WHOIS data is consistent and transparent, reducing suspicion. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate, suitable for a small creative business but insufficient for handling sensitive data or regulated environments.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  2. Implement essential security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to harden the website against common attacks.
  3. Publish clear privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  4. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact information to demonstrate security readiness.
  5. Consider enhancing website accessibility and SEO features to improve user experience and discoverability.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Public Office
Description
Public Office is a collaborative research, design & development practise focusing on the intersection of physical and digital publishing. Their digital projects focus on exports to printed matter, custom tools and software for content creation and dispersion; and experiments in autonomous publishing in the peer-to-peer space.
Key services
graphic design, digital publishing development, custom content creation tools, autonomous publishing experiments
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited
  • HTTPS implied by domain hosting provider

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 is a small creative practice focused on graphic design and digital publishing.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. Contact information is clearly provided in the footer with phone and email.
  4. No security headers detected; DNSSEC not enabled.
  5. No analytics or tracking scripts detected, indicating minimal user tracking.
  6. No advertising or affiliate marketing detected.
  7. Website content is safe and suitable for general audiences.
  8. Hosting is via DigitalOcean with standard name servers.
  9. WHOIS data is transparent and consistent with business claims.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a simple HTML and CSS stack without detectable frameworks or CMS. Hosting is provided by DigitalOcean, a reputable cloud provider. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility. No analytics or tracking scripts are present, indicating minimal data collection. The lack of modern frameworks or CMS suggests low technical complexity but also potential technical debt if scaling is required. Security configurations are minimal, with no DNSSEC and no security headers detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is adequate for a small creative practice but could benefit from modernization and security enhancements.
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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