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Security report for restaurant.org

National Restaurant Association · Hospitality · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The National Restaurant Association operates as a leading membership organization representing the restaurant and foodservice industry in the United States. Their website provides comprehensive resources including advocacy, education, research, membership benefits, and events. The association targets restaurant industry professionals, suppliers, and stakeholders, positioning itself as a key industry voice with a long-standing history since 1996. The business model centers on membership services and industry support, with multiple partner and subsidiary sites enhancing its ecosystem. Technically, the website is built on the Kentico CMS platform and integrates modern marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager, Marketo Munchkin, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, and LinkedIn Insight Tag. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, although performance is moderate. The infrastructure is professionally maintained with HTTPS enforced and secure login mechanisms. From a security perspective, the site shows a solid posture with HTTPS, client transfer prohibited domain status, and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks DNSSEC and explicit security headers, and does not implement a cookie consent mechanism, which are areas for improvement. No incident response or security policy pages were found, indicating potential gaps in transparency. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and well-aligned with its business goals. The domain registration data supports legitimacy with consistent and long-term ownership. Recommendations include enhancing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, adding cookie consent for GDPR compliance, and publishing security policies to strengthen trust and compliance.

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. 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 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

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • 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
67
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
65

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

Add-on

Leaked records that mention restaurant.org, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
331
Employees
3
Customers
281
Third parties
47
Weak passwords
10%

Latest record dated 2026-05-20 · 20 subdomains affected

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  • –sts.restaurant.org2026-05-20
  • –sts.restaurant.org2025-11-13
  • –sts.restaurant.org2025-07-20

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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

The National Restaurant Association holds a dominant market position as a national trade association for the restaurant industry. Its competitive advantage lies in its comprehensive service offerings including advocacy, education, research, and events, supported by a large membership base. Revenue streams likely include membership fees, event registrations, training certifications, and partnerships. The target customer segments are restaurant operators, suppliers, and industry professionals. Growth indicators include active event calendars, research publications, and strategic partnerships. The association maintains a robust partnership ecosystem with related sites such as ServSafe and the Restaurant Law Center, enhancing its industry influence and service breadth.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, domain transfer restrictions, and secure login endpoints. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content Security Policy and HSTS reduces the overall security robustness. The lack of a published security policy or incident response contact limits transparency and preparedness communication. Privacy compliance is partial, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the security maturity is good but can be improved by adopting additional best practices and transparency measures.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  2. Implement and publish security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Add a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  4. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to enhance transparency and preparedness.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks and improve user trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
National Restaurant Association
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
National Restaurant Association
Description
At the National Restaurant Association, we strive to help every one of our members build customer loyalty, find financial success and provide rewarding careers in foodservice.
Key services
Advocacy, Research & Economic Analysis, Education & Resources, Membership Benefits, Events & Community
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Marketo Munchkin, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Google Analytics, Kentico CMS, jQuery
Frameworks
Kentico Content Management System
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Client Transfer Prohibited domain status
  • No exposed sensitive data detected
  • Use of secure login endpoints

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Marketo Munchkin
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Marketo Munchkin, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag
Marketing tools
Marketo, Microsoft Clarity
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Comprehensive navigation with detailed sections on advocacy, education, membership, events, and research.
  3. Multiple external partner and subsidiary sites linked.
  4. Use of modern marketing and analytics tools.
  5. No signs of security blocking or content restrictions.
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner detected, which could be improved.
  7. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and long-term operation.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Kentico CMS platform, leveraging modern JavaScript libraries and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Marketo, Microsoft Clarity, and social media pixels. The site uses responsive design and accessibility best practices, providing a good user experience across devices. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts to optimize speed. The technical infrastructure is stable and professional, though there is room for improvement in security configurations and privacy compliance mechanisms. The use of multiple external domains for partners and analytics is well managed but requires ongoing monitoring for privacy and security.
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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