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Security report for sghfoundation.org

Stratford General Hospital Foundation · Healthcare · Canada

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Stratford General Hospital Foundation is a well-established non-profit organization focused on raising funds for medical equipment and facility improvements at the Stratford General Hospital in Ontario, Canada. The foundation leverages community support and donor engagement to fulfill its mission, positioning itself as a trusted regional healthcare fundraising entity. The website reflects this mission with clear content, consistent branding, and active social media integration. Technically, the website uses a combination of legacy and modern web technologies including jQuery, Bootstrap, Swiper.js, and integrates Google Analytics and Facebook SDK for tracking and marketing. The site is hosted behind Cloudflare DNS services, ensuring reliable performance and security. Mobile optimization and SEO practices are adequately implemented, though some JavaScript libraries could benefit from updates. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses domain transfer and update prohibitions to protect domain integrity. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and security headers are not explicitly detected, indicating room for improvement. Privacy compliance is well addressed with a clear privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are found, which could be enhanced to improve trust and security posture. Overall, the website presents a professional and trustworthy front for the foundation, with a good balance of content quality, technical implementation, and privacy compliance. Strategic improvements in security headers, updated libraries, and published security policies would further strengthen the site's security and compliance standing.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
80/ 100 · Low
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

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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

  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.

    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
65
Security headers
50
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
80
Average
75

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 foundation operates in the healthcare and non-profit sectors, targeting community members and donors primarily in Southwestern Ontario. Its business model centers on fundraising through donations, campaigns, and events, supported by donor recognition programs. The organization benefits from a long domain history since 2006, indicating stability and community trust. Partnerships with campaign-specific domains like inourhands.ca and sgh5050.ca enhance fundraising capabilities. The website's content and structure support donor engagement and transparency, which are critical for non-profit success. The foundation's market position is solid within its regional healthcare fundraising niche, with opportunities to expand digital engagement and security maturity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and domain transfer protections in place. The absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options suggests potential vulnerabilities to DNS spoofing or clickjacking attacks. The use of older JavaScript libraries like jQuery 1.11.2 may expose the site to known vulnerabilities if not properly patched. Privacy compliance is strong with cookie consent and a privacy policy, but the lack of a published security policy or incident response contacts limits transparency in handling security incidents. No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be improved with modern best practices and enhanced transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Update JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to the latest secure versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  4. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and preparedness.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Legal name
Stratford General Hospital Foundation
Registration number
Registration Now
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Stratford General Hospital Foundation
Description
The Stratford General Hospital Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to fundraising for medical equipment, facility upgrades, and special projects for the Stratford General Hospital site of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance in Ontario, Canada.
Key services
Fundraising for hospital equipment, Donor recognition and engagement, Community campaigns and events
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.11.2, Bootstrap CSS and JS, Swiper.js, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Facebook SDK
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited set
  • Cookie consent banner implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook SDK
Marketing tools
Mailchimp (newsletter)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed with clear navigation and consistent branding.
  2. Strong focus on community engagement and donor relations.
  3. Use of modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks, though some libraries are outdated.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are implemented with consent mechanisms.
  5. No visible security policy or incident response information.
  6. No terms of service page found.
  7. Social media presence is active and linked.
  8. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
  9. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and domain age is appropriate.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using REM Web Solutions' WebWiz@rd CMS platform, leveraging Bootstrap for responsive design and Swiper.js for interactive elements like sliders. Google Analytics and Facebook SDK are integrated for analytics and social media engagement. The site is hosted with Cloudflare DNS services, providing reliable DNS resolution and some security benefits. Performance is moderate with some legacy scripts that could be modernized. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Accessibility is basic but could be enhanced with ARIA roles and improved keyboard navigation support. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the foundation's goals but would benefit from modernization 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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