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Security report for soonersports.com

University of Oklahoma · Education · United States

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The University of Oklahoma's official athletics website serves as a comprehensive digital platform for collegiate sports fans, students, and alumni. It provides extensive coverage of sports news, schedules, rosters, ticketing, and multimedia content, positioning itself as the authoritative source for all things related to University of Oklahoma athletics. The site leverages modern web technologies including Vue.js and Nuxt.js frameworks, hosted on AWS infrastructure with Cloudfront CDN, ensuring fast and responsive user experiences across devices. Privacy and cookie policies are well established and GDPR compliant, reflecting a mature approach to user data protection. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and domain registration locked, though there is room for improvement in publishing explicit security policies and vulnerability disclosures. Overall, the website demonstrates a high level of professionalism, trustworthiness, and technical sophistication appropriate for a large educational institution's athletics department.

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

8 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 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
72
Security headers
25
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
61

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's market positioning is strong within the collegiate sports domain, serving a large audience of sports enthusiasts and university stakeholders. Its business model centers on content delivery and ticket sales, supported by partnerships with ticketing platforms such as soonersports.evenue.net and SeatGeek. The site benefits from a consistent branding strategy aligned with the University of Oklahoma's identity. Revenue streams likely include ticket sales, premium seating memberships, and advertising. The partnership ecosystem includes specialized service providers for ticketing, stats broadcasting, and fan engagement, enhancing the overall user experience and operational efficiency. Growth indicators include comprehensive multimedia content and active event scheduling. Strategic observations suggest continued investment in security transparency and expanded contact channels could further strengthen stakeholder trust.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security foundation with HTTPS enabled and domain registration protected by multiple client prohibitions, reducing risks of unauthorized transfers or deletions. Security headers are implied but not explicitly detailed in the provided data. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represents a compliance gap and potential risk area. The use of third-party scripts such as Google Tag Manager and Transcend telemetry is managed with defer loading, minimizing performance and security impacts. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by formalizing incident response and disclosure practices.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and compliance.
  3. Establish and publicize incident response contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ emails.
  4. Implement a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies to ensure no vulnerable libraries are included.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
University of Oklahoma
Description
The official athletics website for the University of Oklahoma providing news, schedules, rosters, tickets, and multimedia content related to university sports teams.
Key services
Sports news and updates, Event schedules, Team rosters, Ticket sales and management, Multimedia content (videos, galleries, podcasts)
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Google Tag Manager, Swiper.js, AWS DNS, Cloudfront CDN
Frameworks
Vue.js, Nuxt.js
Platforms
AWS, Cloudfront
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Domain locked with multiple client prohibitions
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager with defer loading

Analytics and tracking

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

Advertising

Ad networks
htlbid.com
Tracking pixels
Transcend telemetry
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Comprehensive sports content with schedules, rosters, news, and ticketing.
  3. Strong use of modern web technologies and CDN for performance.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  5. Contact information is clearly provided for ticketing support.
  6. No security policy or incident response information publicly available.
  7. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  8. Advertising and tracking are present but transparent and limited to known services.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern JavaScript framework stack (Vue.js and Nuxt.js) optimized for performance and SEO. Hosting on AWS with Cloudfront CDN ensures scalability and fast content delivery. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA roles. SEO is supported by comprehensive meta tags including Open Graph and Twitter cards. The use of deferred script loading and preconnect hints improves load times. No technical debt or deprecated technologies were identified. Opportunities for modernization include enhancing security headers and expanding structured data usage for richer search results.
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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