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Security report for schf.org.au

Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation · Non-profit · Australia

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

79/100

Risk levelLow

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

Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation is a well-established non-profit organization dedicated to supporting sick children through fundraising and community engagement. The website serves as a platform to inspire donations and facilitate fundraising activities, targeting community members and donors. The organization maintains a professional online presence with consistent branding and clear messaging focused on children's health and hospital support in Sydney, Australia. Technically, the website employs a modern technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome, and integrates multiple third-party services such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, and Visual Website Optimizer. Hosting is supported by AWS Cloudfront CDN, ensuring reasonable performance and availability. The site is mobile-optimized and includes accessibility considerations, though some improvements could be made. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and loads scripts asynchronously to reduce risk. However, no explicit security headers were detected in the provided data, and privacy and cookie policies are not clearly presented, which may impact compliance and user trust. The WHOIS data is unavailable, limiting domain trust assessment, though the website content and technical setup indicate a legitimate and professional operation. Overall, the website is functional, secure to a reasonable degree, and professionally maintained, but would benefit from enhanced transparency in privacy policies, security headers, and domain registration information to improve trust and compliance.

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

3 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 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

  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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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
80
Email security
80
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
79

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 Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation occupies a strong position in the non-profit healthcare sector, focusing on fundraising for children's hospitals in Sydney. Its business model revolves around community donations and fundraising campaigns, leveraging digital channels to engage supporters. The foundation benefits from partnerships with major hospitals and uses advanced marketing and analytics tools to optimize fundraising efforts. The presence of multiple tracking and marketing platforms indicates a data-driven approach to donor engagement. Growth potential exists through expanded digital outreach and enhanced transparency. The lack of visible contact information and privacy policies suggests areas for operational improvement to build donor trust further.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security posture with HTTPS enforced and use of reputable third-party analytics and marketing services. However, the absence of visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. The lack of explicit privacy and cookie policies may expose the organization to compliance risks under GDPR and similar regulations. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. Incident response and security policy information are not publicly available, indicating potential gaps in security governance transparency. Overall, the site is reasonably secure but should enhance security headers, privacy disclosures, and incident response readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to ensure GDPR and other privacy regulation compliance.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to improve web security.
  3. Make contact information for security incidents and data protection officers publicly accessible to enhance trust and compliance.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate risks from external dependencies.
  5. Improve accessibility features and conduct usability testing to ensure inclusivity and better user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation
Description
Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation inspires the community to support sick kids so they can live their best lives. Donate or fundraise today.
Key services
Donation collection, Fundraising campaigns, Community engagement
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.5.1, Bootstrap 3.4.1, Font Awesome 6.5.1, Owl Carousel 2.1.6, Slick Carousel 1.9.0, Google Maps API, Zoho Desk Widget, Hotjar, Visual Website Optimizer (VWO), Google Tag Manager, Facebook SDK and Pixel, Autopilot (Ortto), CookieYes
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No inline scripts with unsafe eval detected
  • Use of third-party security and analytics scripts with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), Facebook Analytics, Hotjar, Visual Website Optimizer
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Visual Website Optimizer, Google Analytics (via GTM)
Marketing tools
Autopilot (Ortto), Zoho Desk
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional non-profit fundraising platform for Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation.
  2. Content is well structured with clear calls to action for donations and fundraising.
  3. Extensive use of third-party analytics and marketing tools for user engagement and conversion tracking.
  4. No privacy or cookie policy pages explicitly found in the provided content.
  5. WHOIS data is unavailable, limiting domain trust assessment.
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content provided.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  8. Website uses HTTPS and modern JavaScript libraries but lacks visible security headers in provided data.
  9. No signs of adult or NSFW content; content is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a solid technical foundation using jQuery, Bootstrap, and Font Awesome for UI components, supplemented by advanced marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, and Visual Website Optimizer. Hosting via AWS Cloudfront CDN supports good performance and scalability. The site is mobile responsive and includes basic accessibility features. However, the use of older Bootstrap 3.x versions suggests some technical debt and opportunity for modernization. The site loads multiple external scripts asynchronously, which is good for performance but requires careful management to avoid security risks. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Overall, the technical infrastructure is robust but could benefit from updates to frameworks and enhanced security configurations.
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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