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Security report for shelbyenergy.com

Shelby Energy Cooperative · Energy · United States

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

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Shelby Energy Cooperative is a regional electric utility cooperative serving Shelbyville, Kentucky, and surrounding areas. The organization focuses on providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions to its members, including residential and business customers. Key services include energy provision, account management via SmartHub, energy audits, renewable energy programs, and electric vehicle resources. The cooperative positions itself as a trusted community energy provider with a strong local presence and customer service focus. Technically, the website is built on the Drupal CMS platform, utilizing modern web technologies such as FontAwesome, Google Tag Manager, and GTranslate for multilingual support. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility features, and SEO practices, although performance is moderate. The infrastructure appears stable and professionally maintained. From a security perspective, the website enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks several security headers and does not provide explicit security policies or incident response information. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism detected. The absence of WHOIS data reduces domain trustworthiness, though the website content and external partnerships suggest legitimacy. Overall, Shelby Energy Cooperative's digital presence is professional and functional, supporting its business objectives effectively. Strategic improvements in security headers, privacy compliance, and domain registration transparency would enhance trust and security posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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. 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

  2. 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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  • 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
62
Security headers
85
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
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

Shelby Energy Cooperative operates as an essential entity in the energy sector, focusing on cooperative energy provision. Its business model centers on member service and community engagement, leveraging programs for energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption. The cooperative maintains partnerships with platforms like SmartHub for account management and uses third-party services for mapping and outage management. The target customer base includes residential and commercial energy consumers in the Shelbyville region. The cooperative's market position is stable locally, with growth potential in renewable energy and electric vehicle support. The website content and social media presence reinforce brand trust and community involvement, supporting customer retention and engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and no visible sensitive data leaks. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options indicates room for improvement. No vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are published, which limits transparency in security management. Privacy compliance is partial, lacking cookie consent mechanisms and GDPR indicators. The missing WHOIS data is a concern for domain legitimacy and trust. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a cooperative website but should be enhanced to meet higher standards and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and improve privacy compliance.
  3. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to increase transparency and trust.
  4. Investigate and resolve the missing WHOIS data issue to improve domain legitimacy and trustworthiness.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies to ensure no vulnerable libraries are used.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Shelby Energy Cooperative
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Shelby Energy Cooperative
Description
Providing our members with safe, reliable and cost-effective energy. The people you trust to provide safe, reliable energy and quality customer service in your community.
Key services
Energy provision, SmartHub account management, Energy audits, Renewable energy programs, Electric vehicle resources, Outage management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal CMS, FontAwesome, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, GTranslate, jQuery, Bootstrap
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of external trusted scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is professionally presented and relevant to energy cooperative services.
  3. WHOIS data is missing which is unusual and reduces domain trust.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie consent mechanisms detected.
  5. Social media and contact information are clearly provided.
  6. Use of modern CMS (Drupal) and standard web technologies.
  7. No security.txt or incident response info found.
  8. No visible security headers detected in HTML content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal CMS, leveraging modern front-end libraries such as FontAwesome and Bootstrap for UI components. It integrates Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for tracking and marketing purposes. The site uses GTranslate for multilingual support and includes accessibility widgets to enhance usability. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in loading times and resource management. The site is mobile responsive and SEO optimized with proper meta tags and structured navigation. Technical debt appears low, but security header implementation and privacy mechanisms require attention to align with best practices.
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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