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Security report for richpetrone.com

Rich Petrone · Real Estate · N/a

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

44/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Rich Petrone's website serves as a minimal online presence for a real estate professional with over 38 years of experience assisting home buyers and sellers. The site primarily acts as a frameset redirecting visitors to an external domain affiliated with eXp Realty, indicating a partnership or brokerage relationship. The business model focuses on personalized real estate services targeting home buyers and sellers, positioning Rich Petrone as an experienced realtor in the market. However, the website itself lacks comprehensive content, modern design, and essential compliance elements such as privacy and cookie policies. From a technical perspective, the website employs outdated HTML frameset technology, which negatively impacts accessibility, mobile responsiveness, and SEO. There is no evidence of modern frameworks, CMS platforms, or analytics tools. The absence of HTTPS enforcement and security headers further diminishes the site's technical maturity and security posture. Security evaluation reveals critical gaps including lack of HTTPS, missing security headers, and no visible privacy or cookie policies, which are essential for GDPR compliance and user trust. The site does not provide contact information or incident response channels, limiting transparency and user confidence. These factors collectively result in a low security score and highlight the need for urgent improvements. Overall, the website's minimal content, outdated technology, and lack of compliance measures present a moderate risk profile. Strategic enhancements in security, privacy compliance, and technical modernization are recommended to improve trustworthiness, user experience, and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
15/ 100 · Critical
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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

  2. 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

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  4. 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"

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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
0
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
15
Average
44

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 business operates in the real estate sector, providing services to home buyers and sellers. The affiliation with eXp Realty suggests a brokerage partnership, which may provide additional market reach and resources. The business model is service-oriented, relying on personal expertise and long-term experience. The website's minimal content and lack of detailed business information limit insights into revenue streams or growth indicators. No evident partnerships beyond the exprealty.com domain are identified. The site does not leverage digital marketing or analytics tools, indicating a low level of digital maturity and limited online customer engagement strategies.

Security posture

The current security posture is weak, with critical issues such as absence of HTTPS, no security headers, and no visible privacy or cookie policies. The use of deprecated HTML frameset elements may expose the site to clickjacking or framing attacks. Lack of incident response information and security contact channels further reduce the site's readiness to handle security incidents. Compliance gaps with GDPR and other data protection regulations are evident due to missing policies and consent mechanisms. The site does not appear to use any modern security frameworks or certifications, indicating a low maturity level in security culture and practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate to secure all communications.
  2. Replace deprecated frameset HTML with modern responsive design using HTML5 and CSS.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance and consent mechanisms.
  4. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  5. Provide clear contact information including security incident response channels to improve transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Rich Petrone
Description
Rich Petrone has been assisting home buyers and sellers for over 38 years. Rich works hard to help you find your dream home!
Key services
Home buying assistance, Home selling assistance
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML Frameset
Performance
moderate
Mobile
poor
Accessibility
poor
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
30/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website uses outdated frameset HTML structure
  2. Content is minimal and mostly redirects or frames external domain
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found
  4. No contact information explicitly provided on the page
  5. No visible security headers or HTTPS enforcement in provided data
  6. External link to exprealty.com domain indicates affiliation with eXp Realty
  7. No analytics or advertising scripts detected
  8. Mobile and accessibility optimizations are lacking
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using outdated HTML frameset technology, which is deprecated and negatively impacts accessibility, SEO, and mobile responsiveness. There is no evidence of modern CMS, JavaScript frameworks, or analytics integrations. The site lacks performance optimization indicators and does not appear to use any hosting or platform-specific technologies. The external link to richardpetrone.exprealty.com suggests reliance on a partner platform for core content delivery. Technical debt is high due to legacy code and missing modern web standards, posing risks to user experience 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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