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Security report for rhgc.com.au

Royal Hobart Golf Club · Hospitality · Australia

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Royal Hobart Golf Club is a well-established golf club located in Tasmania, Australia, offering premium golf facilities, membership services, and event hosting including weddings and corporate functions. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image targeting golf enthusiasts and local community members. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern libraries and SEO optimizations, providing a good user experience with mobile responsiveness and clear navigation. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS enabled but lacks advanced security headers and privacy compliance elements such as privacy and cookie policies. WHOIS data is incomplete, limiting domain trust verification. Overall, the site is functional and credible but would benefit from enhanced compliance and security measures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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. 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Cloudflare, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  2. 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 Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
42
Security headers
85
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
70

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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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The club operates primarily as a membership-based hospitality and sports service provider with additional revenue streams from events, weddings, and retail pro shop services. It holds a strong market position as Tasmania’s premier Royal golf club with a long history since 1916. The target audience includes local and visiting golf players, event organizers, and community members. The website supports business growth through digital presence and social media engagement but lacks explicit privacy and security disclosures which are increasingly important for customer trust and regulatory compliance.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and modern JavaScript libraries but does not implement key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or HSTS. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and similar regulations. No incident response or security contact information is provided. The absence of WHOIS registrant data reduces domain trustworthiness. Recommendations include adding security headers, privacy and cookie policies, and incident response contacts to improve security maturity and compliance posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish a security.txt file with incident response contact information.
  4. Regularly update and audit WordPress plugins and themes to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Improve WHOIS data transparency or verify domain registration details to enhance trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Royal Hobart Golf Club
Description
Royal Hobart Golf Club is Tasmania’s premier members golf club, offering a southernmost Royal golf course located in Seven Mile Beach near Hobart. Established in 1916, it provides impeccable course conditions year-round and offers services including golf membership, functions and events, weddings, bar and restaurant, and pro shop facilities.
Key services
Golf membership, Golf course access and care, Functions and events hosting, Weddings, Bar and restaurant services, Pro shop retail and clinics
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, jQuery, Modernizr, Yoast SEO, Easy Fancybox, Instagram Feed Pro, Download Monitor
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of modern JS libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (gtag.js)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally designed WordPress site for a golf club in Tasmania.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. WHOIS data is unavailable or malformed, limiting domain trust verification.
  4. Contact information is clearly provided including email, phone, and physical address.
  5. Social media presence is active on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
  6. No security.txt or incident response information found.
  7. Google Analytics is used for tracking with no visible cookie consent mechanism.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; site content is fully accessible.
  9. Site uses modern web technologies and SEO best practices via Yoast plugin.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern tech stack including jQuery, Modernizr, and Yoast SEO plugin. It uses third-party services such as Vimeo for video content and Google Analytics for tracking. The site is mobile responsive with good SEO metadata and structured data (JSON-LD). Performance is moderate with room for optimization. Accessibility is basic but functional. No hosting provider details were found. The site lacks advanced security headers and privacy compliance features, representing technical debt and compliance risk.
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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