Skip to main content

Security report for ravenspacepublishing.org

RavenSpace · Education · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

RavenSpace is a specialized digital publishing platform focused on media-rich, interactive books that facilitate respectful collaboration between Indigenous communities and scholars. The platform emphasizes cultural knowledge circulation across generations and offers educational multimedia content such as stories, language teachings, and animations. Supported by the Mellon Foundation, RavenSpace positions itself as a niche academic and cultural resource with peer-reviewed and community-approved content. Technically, the website is built on modern frameworks including Next.js and React, hosted on Cloudflare Pages, and uses TinaCMS for content management. The site demonstrates excellent design quality, mobile optimization, and accessibility, with fast performance and a clean user experience. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and appropriate security headers, though some compliance aspects like cookie consent and terms of service are missing. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional, with no detected vulnerabilities or suspicious elements. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to privacy protection, which is justified given the platform's focus and community sensitivity. Strategic recommendations include adding cookie consent, terms of service, and vulnerability disclosure policies to enhance compliance and trust.

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

5 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 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

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching ravenspacepublishing.org

This scan found 18 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.

Daily monitoring

Recommended

€25per month

  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.

Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. See sample alerts.

Full report

€39.90one-time

  • The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
  • Email delivery with an unlock code
  • Lifetime access to this report

Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.

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
55
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
74

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

RavenSpace operates in the education and media sectors, targeting Indigenous communities, scholars, students, and educators. Its business model centers on providing interactive digital books enriched with multimedia and academic rigor. The platform leverages partnerships such as the Mellon Foundation to enhance credibility and funding. RavenSpace's competitive advantage lies in its culturally respectful approach and peer-reviewed content, filling a niche in Indigenous knowledge dissemination. The platform's growth potential is linked to expanding its publication catalog and educational outreach. The absence of direct contact emails or phone numbers suggests a controlled communication channel via a contact form, aligning with privacy and community respect. The use of modern web technologies and cloud hosting supports scalability and performance.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented, including HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, and Content-Security-Policy. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a cookie consent mechanism and lack of published security or incident response policies indicate areas for improvement in compliance and transparency. No vulnerability disclosure or security contact information is provided, which could hinder timely reporting and mitigation of security issues. Overall, the site is secure for users but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance and formalized security governance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie policy to comply with privacy regulations.
  2. Publish a comprehensive terms of service page to clarify user rights and responsibilities.
  3. Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy and security contact information.
  4. Add incident response and data protection policies to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Enhance SEO metadata and structured data to improve search engine visibility and accessibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
RavenSpace
Description
RavenSpace is a digital publishing platform for media-rich, interactive books, where Indigenous communities and scholars can work together respectfully and knowledge circulates across networks and generations.
Key services
Digital publishing of interactive books, Educational resources, Multimedia storytelling, Collaborative knowledge sharing
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, Cloudflare, TinaCMS
Frameworks
Next.js
Platforms
Cloudflare Pages
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security headers
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Cloudflare Insights, Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich multimedia content.
  2. No forms with direct email or phone fields found; contact via dedicated contact page.
  3. No exposed sensitive data or security issues detected in HTML.
  4. Privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism detected.
  5. WHOIS data unavailable, likely privacy protected.
  6. Use of modern web technologies and hosting on Cloudflare Pages.
  7. No suspicious or malicious external links detected.
  8. No terms of service or security policy pages found.
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information available.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Next.js and React, indicating a modern JavaScript framework approach with server-side rendering and static site generation capabilities. Hosting on Cloudflare Pages provides CDN distribution and security benefits. The use of TinaCMS suggests a headless CMS architecture for content management. Performance is fast with optimized images and prefetching scripts. Mobile optimization is excellent with responsive design and accessible navigation. SEO is basic with canonical tags and Open Graph metadata but lacks JSON-LD structured data for enhanced search features. No broken links or errors were detected. The site uses Google Analytics and Cloudflare Insights for traffic monitoring, with moderate user tracking levels. Overall, the technical implementation is robust and aligned with current best practices.
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

Reviews of this site

Share your experience with ravenspacepublishing.org. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review ravenspacepublishing.org.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.