Rocky Mountain Bride is a specialized media company focused on providing wedding inspiration, vendor directories, event information, and print/digital magazines for couples planning weddings in the Rocky Mountains and Mountain West regions. The website serves as a comprehensive platform connecting brides and grooms with local vendors and venues, supported by rich editorial content and active social media engagement. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and Flodesk for marketing automation. The site is well-optimized for SEO and mobile devices, offering a professional user experience. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and some security best practices, though improvements such as CSP headers and cookie consent mechanisms are recommended. Overall, the domain registration and business information are consistent and trustworthy, supporting a high legitimacy score.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
58/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
Network security
Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.
Critical
Critical Service Exposed: MySQL
Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server
What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN
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"
This scan found 21 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.
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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
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
47
Security headers
35
Email security
100
DNS health
85
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
58
Average
54
After the cap
49
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 · found on this site
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
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
Add-on
Leaked records that mention rockymountainbride.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for rockymountainbride.com right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The company holds a strong market position as a leading regional wedding media brand, targeting couples in the Rocky Mountain and Mountain West areas. Its business model revolves around content publishing, advertising, and vendor partnerships, with revenue streams from magazine sales, advertising, and affiliate programs. The platform's extensive vendor directories and event listings create a valuable ecosystem for wedding planning. The company leverages partnerships with e-commerce (Shopify) and design agencies to enhance its offerings. Growth indicators include frequent content updates, active social media presence, and multiple regional guides and issues. Strategic observations suggest continued expansion into digital marketing and enhanced user engagement through personalized content and improved privacy compliance.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and use of reCAPTCHA to protect forms. Tracking and marketing scripts are implemented responsibly, with no exposed sensitive data or credentials found in the HTML. However, the absence of explicit Content-Security-Policy headers and a security.txt file indicates room for improvement in defense-in-depth strategies. The lack of a cookie consent banner may pose compliance risks under GDPR and similar regulations. Incident response and security policy documentation are not publicly available, which could affect transparency and readiness. Overall, the site maintains a good security baseline but should address these gaps to enhance protection and compliance.
Recommendations
Implement a Content-Security-Policy (CSP) header to mitigate cross-site scripting and related attacks.
Add a cookie consent banner and mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
Publish a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and incident reporting.
Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience for all visitors.
Regularly review and update third-party scripts and plugins to minimize security risks.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Rocky Mountain Bride
Description
Plan the perfect wedding in the Rocky Mountains and Mountain West with blogs and magazines featuring top venues, vendors, inspiration, and events across Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada.
Key services
Wedding inspiration blogs, Vendor and venue directories, Event listings, Print and digital wedding magazines, Advertising and sponsorship opportunities
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
WordPress, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Pinterest Tag, Flodesk (email marketing), Instagram Feed plugin, Event Tickets plugin, Easy Fancybox, Google Fonts, Google Maps API
Frameworks
Yoast SEO, Event Tickets, Flodesk
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
Use of reCAPTCHA script
No exposed credentials or sensitive data in HTML
Use of security plugins (e.g., Easy Fancybox for content protection)
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics (via gtag.js), Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Pinterest Tag
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic
Advertising
Ad networks
AvantLink
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Pinterest Tag
Marketing tools
Flodesk, MarketingCloudFX
Transparency
good
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a professionally designed regional wedding media platform.
Content is rich with vendor directories, blogs, event listings, and magazine issues.
Strong social media integration and active presence.
Use of multiple third-party marketing and tracking tools.
No visible security or privacy policy gaps except missing cookie consent banner.
No signs of blocking or WAF interference.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is powered by WordPress CMS with a variety of plugins for SEO (Yoast), event management, email marketing (Flodesk), and social media integration. It uses modern web fonts, responsive design techniques, and asynchronous loading of scripts to optimize performance. Google Maps API is integrated for venue location services. The site shows moderate performance with room for optimization, particularly in script management and caching. Technical debt appears low, with a clean and structured HTML markup and use of JSON-LD for structured data enhancing SEO. Hosting details are not explicit, but the site uses multiple CDN and third-party services for content delivery and marketing. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a robust and scalable platform for its business needs.
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.
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