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Security report for socceroos.com.au

Football Australia · Media · Australia

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Football Australia operates the official website for the Australian Men's National Football Team, the Socceroos. The site serves as a comprehensive platform for fans and stakeholders, offering news, match fixtures, video content, ticketing, and merchandise sales. It holds a strong market position as the authoritative source for Socceroos-related content and maintains consistent branding and trust indicators through official partnerships and sponsorships. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10, leveraging modern analytics and advertising technologies, and demonstrates good performance and mobile optimization. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and no visible vulnerabilities, though some security headers and explicit privacy compliance mechanisms could be improved. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, supporting Football Australia's engagement with its audience effectively.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 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

7 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

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  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 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
62
Security headers
65
Email security
40
DNS health
55
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
63

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 website reflects Football Australia's strategic positioning as a national sports governing body with a focus on media content delivery and fan engagement. Revenue streams likely include ticket sales, merchandise, and sponsorships. The presence of multiple official partners and sponsors indicates a robust partnership ecosystem. The site targets football fans and the general Australian public, providing timely updates and multimedia content. The integration with related domains for account management and merchandise sales suggests a well-structured digital ecosystem supporting the organization's operations and growth.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, use of reputable analytics and advertising platforms, and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and cookie consent mechanisms indicates areas for compliance and transparency improvement. The lack of certain security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options could be addressed to enhance protection against common web threats. Overall, the site is secure but could benefit from formalizing and publishing security and privacy practices to align with best practices and regulatory expectations.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations and enhance user transparency.
  2. Publish a detailed security policy and incident response contact information to improve trust and readiness.
  3. Add and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by reviewing data collection and retention policies and communicating them clearly to users.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Football Australia
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Football Australia
Description
Official website providing news, videos, fixtures, and information about the Australian Men's National Football Team (Socceroos).
Key services
News updates, Match fixtures and results, Video content, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Analytics, Google Publisher Tags (GPT), FontAwesome
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
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 secure cookies (implied)
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is the official portal for the Australian Men's National Football Team.
  2. Content is rich with news, videos, fixtures, and merchandising.
  3. Strong presence of official partners and sponsors.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  6. No visible contact forms collecting personal data on the homepage.
  7. No explicit cookie consent mechanism detected.
  8. Social media integration is comprehensive and consistent.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, ensuring a solid foundation for content management and scalability. It integrates multiple analytics and advertising technologies including Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and TikTok Analytics, enabling comprehensive user behavior tracking and marketing capabilities. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices evident in meta tags and structured navigation. Performance is moderate, likely influenced by advertising scripts and rich media content. Opportunities exist to optimize loading times and further enhance accessibility features. The technical infrastructure supports the business goals effectively but should continue evolving to maintain security and performance standards.
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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