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Security report for rolltide.com

University of Alabama Athletics · Education · United States

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website rolltide.com serves as the official athletics portal for the University of Alabama, providing comprehensive coverage of its sports teams including news, schedules, rosters, and multimedia content. It targets sports fans, students, alumni, and media, positioning itself as a leading collegiate athletics platform with a strong brand presence in NCAA sports. The business model revolves around fan engagement, content dissemination, and supporting university athletics programs. Technically, the site is built on the Sidearm Sports platform, hosted on Linode, and integrates modern technologies such as Google Tag Manager and Transcend Consent Management for analytics and privacy compliance. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, although performance is moderate and could benefit from further optimization. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and employs consent management for privacy compliance. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and some security headers are not explicitly detected, representing areas for improvement. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found. The domain registration is consistent and legitimate, reflecting the university's long-standing presence. Overall, the website presents a professional, trustworthy, and user-friendly experience with solid privacy compliance. Strategic recommendations include enabling DNSSEC, enhancing security headers, and improving incident response visibility to further strengthen security posture and trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
70/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  2. 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 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';…

  3. 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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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
72
Security headers
25
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
61

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 University of Alabama Athletics operates a large-scale collegiate sports program with a well-established market position in NCAA athletics. The website supports multiple revenue streams including ticket sales, merchandise, and media rights, while targeting a broad audience of sports enthusiasts and university stakeholders. The use of Sidearm Sports CMS indicates a specialized partnership ecosystem focused on collegiate sports content management. The presence of multiple Google Tag Manager containers suggests sophisticated marketing and analytics capabilities. The absence of explicit contact information and terms of service pages may reflect a focus on content delivery rather than direct commercial transactions on the site. The athletics department benefits from the university's brand strength and operates within the education and media sectors. Growth indicators include active content updates and multimedia engagement. Partnerships with Sidearm Sports and use of third-party consent management demonstrate a mature digital ecosystem.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS and use of a consent management platform ensuring GDPR compliance. The lack of DNSSEC and some missing security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are notable gaps that could be exploited in DNS spoofing or clickjacking attacks. No evidence of vulnerable libraries or exposed sensitive data was found. The site does not publicly disclose incident response or security policies, which could hinder rapid response to security events. The domain registration is transparent and consistent with the university's identity, enhancing trust. The use of multiple Google Tag Manager containers requires ongoing vigilance to prevent third-party script risks. Overall, the site is secure but could improve with enhanced DNS security and header policies.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on rolltide.com domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve DNS security.
  2. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish an incident response policy and provide clear security contact channels to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and Google Tag Manager containers to minimize risk from external code.
  5. Enhance site performance optimization to improve user experience and reduce load times.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
University of Alabama Athletics
Description
Official athletics website for the University of Alabama, providing news, schedules, rosters, and multimedia content related to Alabama Crimson Tide sports teams.
Key services
Sports news and updates, Game schedules and results, Team rosters and player information, Multimedia content (videos, photos), Ticketing and fan engagement
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Transcend Consent Management, Sidearm Sports platform, Linode hosting
Frameworks
Sidearm Sports CMS
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No DNSSEC enabled (recommend enabling)
  • Use of consent management platform for privacy compliance
  • No exposed sensitive data detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
htlbid.com
Tracking pixels
Transcend telemetry
Marketing tools
Transcend Consent Management
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official university athletics website with comprehensive sports content.
  2. Uses Sidearm Sports platform specialized for collegiate athletics.
  3. Good privacy and cookie policy presence with consent management.
  4. No visible contact emails or phone numbers explicitly labeled on the homepage.
  5. No terms of service page detected.
  6. No explicit security or incident response policy pages found.
  7. Uses multiple Google Tag Manager containers indicating advanced analytics and marketing setup.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; site fully accessible.
  9. DNSSEC not enabled, recommended for improved DNS security.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Sidearm Sports CMS platform, a specialized solution for collegiate athletics websites, hosted on Linode infrastructure. It integrates multiple Google Tag Manager containers and a Transcend Consent Management system for privacy compliance and telemetry. The site uses modern HTML5 and CSS with responsive design techniques ensuring good mobile usability and accessibility. Performance is moderate, likely due to multiple third-party scripts and advertising elements. The absence of DNSSEC and some security headers indicates technical debt in security hardening. The site architecture supports rich multimedia content and dynamic sports data, reflecting a mature technical infrastructure tailored to the needs of a large university athletics department.
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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