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Security report for snazzymaps.com

Snazzy Maps · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Snazzy Maps is a niche technology website founded in 2013 that provides a free repository of Google Maps styles aimed at web designers and developers. The site offers tools for exploring, creating, and building map styles, supported primarily through advertising revenue. The business model is focused on community-contributed content licensed under Creative Commons, positioning Snazzy Maps as a valuable resource in the web development ecosystem. The website demonstrates consistent branding and good content quality tailored to its target audience. Technically, the site uses a moderate technology stack including jQuery, Google Analytics, and Google Adsense, with assets served via Azure CDN. The site is mobile optimized with good SEO practices but lacks advanced accessibility features. Performance is moderate with no critical technical issues detected. However, the absence of a CMS or modern frameworks suggests some technical debt and opportunities for modernization. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and has domain transfer protections but lacks DNSSEC and security headers such as CSP or HSTS. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps. Advertising and analytics scripts are present, with moderate user tracking. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is available, which could be improved to enhance trust. Overall, Snazzy Maps is a legitimate, moderately secure, and well-positioned website serving a specialized audience. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance, security headers, and transparency would enhance its security posture and user trust.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

9 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 Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

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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
72
Security headers
25
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
58

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

Snazzy Maps occupies a niche market providing free Google Maps styling resources to web designers and developers. Its competitive advantage lies in its extensive repository of user-contributed styles and easy-to-use tools for style creation and map building. The business model relies on advertising revenue, with Google Adsense prominently integrated. The target customers are developers seeking customizable map styles. Growth indicators include a long domain history and active content updates. The partnership ecosystem includes social media channels and user feedback platforms. The company is small-sized, independently operated, and founded in 2013. The lack of privacy policies and security disclosures suggests room for operational maturity improvements.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and domain transfer protection. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces its defense-in-depth. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. The lack of privacy and cookie policies, as well as incident response contacts, indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and other regulations. Advertising and analytics scripts introduce moderate user tracking. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small technology site but requires enhancements in policy transparency and technical controls to mitigate risks and improve user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security.
  3. Add security headers including Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options.
  4. Establish and disclose an incident response process and vulnerability disclosure policy.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Snazzy Maps
Description
Snazzy Maps is a repository of different styles for Google Maps aimed towards web designers and developers. All styles are licensed under creative commons and are completely free to use.
Key services
Map style repository, Style creation editor, Map building tools, Plugins
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 2.2.3, Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Handlebars.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status

Analytics and tracking

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

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Adsense
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. Contact information limited to a support email address in the footer.
  4. Advertising is present via Google Adsense with multiple ad placements.
  5. No security headers detected in the HTML content.
  6. No forms detected on the main page except login/register links without visible form fields.
  7. Social media presence includes Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and email contact.
  8. Website uses HTTPS but lacks advanced security configurations.
  9. Content is relevant and well organized for target audience of web developers/designers.
  10. No explicit or adult content detected; site is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional tech stack centered on jQuery 2.2.3, Google Analytics, and Google Adsense for tracking and monetization. Assets are served via Azure CDN, indicating a cloud hosting environment. The site lacks a detected CMS or modern JavaScript frameworks, suggesting potential technical debt. Performance is moderate with some asynchronous script loading. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Mobile optimization is good, but accessibility is basic. There is an opportunity to modernize the stack with newer frameworks and improve security configurations to reduce risk and improve maintainability.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 58/100 +1Medium35 findingsView report
  2. 57/100 −3Medium36 findingsView report
  3. 60/100Medium33 findingsView report
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