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Security report for theicegarden.com

The Ice Garden · Media · N/a

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

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Ice Garden is an independent media platform specializing in women's hockey news, rumors, and analysis. It serves a niche audience of players, coaches, and fans with regularly updated articles, podcasts, and merchandise offerings. The website uses the Ghost CMS platform and integrates modern web technologies such as Stripe for payments and Google Tag Manager for analytics. The design is professional, mobile-optimized, and content-rich, positioning the site as a trusted source within its niche. However, the absence of a privacy policy, cookie consent mechanism, and WHOIS registration data introduces some trust and compliance concerns. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS and some security headers, but lacks explicit incident response or vulnerability disclosure information.

Scanned

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 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 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

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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
95
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
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 Ice Garden operates in the media sector with a focus on women's hockey, leveraging subscription and tip jar revenue models alongside merchandise sales. Its market position is that of a specialized, independent media outlet with a loyal community. The business model relies on content quality and community engagement. The use of a generic Gmail address for contact and lack of detailed company registration information may limit perceived credibility. Partnerships include a merchandise platform hosted on creator-spring.com and the Ghost CMS service. Growth indicators include frequent content updates and active social media presence.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses some security headers, indicating a baseline security maturity. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the lack of published privacy and cookie policies, absence of incident response contacts, and no vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represent compliance and security gaps. The missing WHOIS data for the domain is a notable anomaly that reduces trustworthiness. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved by adding formal policies and transparency around security practices.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Implement a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations.
  3. Add a security.txt file or a dedicated vulnerability disclosure page with contact information.
  4. Use a company domain email address for contact rather than a generic Gmail account to improve credibility.
  5. Investigate and resolve the missing WHOIS data issue to enhance domain trust and legitimacy.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
The Ice Garden
Description
The Ice Garden is an independent media platform dedicated to covering women's hockey. Our passionate, knowledgeable creators are on the front line of women's hockey. We tell the sport's stories by engaging with its community of players, coaches, and fans.
Key services
News articles, Analysis, Podcasts, Merchandise, Subscription content
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Ghost CMS, JavaScript, Stripe, Font Awesome, Google Tag Manager, CDNJS, JSDelivr
Frameworks
Ghost
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

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

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

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 rich content focused on women's hockey.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages detected.
  3. Contact email is a generic Gmail address, not a company domain email.
  4. No phone numbers or physical addresses found.
  5. Uses modern CMS (Ghost) and standard web technologies.
  6. Good SEO and social media integration.
  7. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  8. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual and reduces domain trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The site is built on the Ghost CMS platform, leveraging modern JavaScript libraries and external CDNs for fonts and icons. It uses Stripe for payment processing and Google Tag Manager for analytics. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good SEO metadata including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. Performance is moderate with deferred script loading and CDN usage. Accessibility is basic but could be enhanced. No critical technical debt or vulnerabilities were detected in the HTML content. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified from the content.
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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