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Security report for thepmcf.ca

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation · Healthcare · Canada

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation is a well-established Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for cancer research and treatment. The foundation supports the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre through various fundraising events such as the home lottery and the Ride to Conquer Cancer. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image targeting donors, patients, and the healthcare community. The domain age and registration details align with the organization's history and location, reinforcing legitimacy. Technically, the website is built on the Kentico CMS platform and integrates multiple modern marketing and analytics technologies including Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and Cookiebot for consent management. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, although performance is moderate. Hosting appears to be linked to University Health Network infrastructure, consistent with the healthcare focus. From a security perspective, the website employs HTTPS with good SSL configuration and uses cookie consent mechanisms to comply with privacy regulations. Security headers and CSRF protections are present, but DNSSEC is not enabled, which is a recommended improvement. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the site lacks explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure information. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile with strong business credibility and privacy compliance. Strategic recommendations include enabling DNSSEC, publishing terms of service and security policies, and enhancing transparency around incident response and vulnerability disclosures to further strengthen trust and security posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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';…

  2. 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

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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
15
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
70

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 Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation occupies a leading position in the Canadian healthcare non-profit sector, focusing on cancer research funding and patient support. Its business model revolves around fundraising events and donor engagement, leveraging digital marketing and analytics to optimize outreach. The foundation benefits from partnerships with major healthcare institutions and uses a multi-channel marketing ecosystem including social media and advertising networks. Growth indicators include sustained domain registration since 2012 and active use of modern digital tools. The organization targets a broad audience including patients, donors, and healthcare professionals, positioning itself as a trusted entity in cancer philanthropy.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS, cookie consent management, and protection against CSRF attacks. The use of clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited domain statuses adds domain-level security. However, the absence of DNSSEC and lack of published security or incident response policies represent gaps. The extensive use of third-party tracking pixels increases the attack surface but is managed through consent mechanisms. No immediate vulnerabilities or sensitive data exposures were identified. Compliance with GDPR is supported by Cookiebot integration. Overall, the security culture appears proactive but could benefit from enhanced transparency and DNS security improvements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Add a terms of service page to clarify legal terms and user obligations.
  4. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  5. Review and minimize third-party tracking where possible to reduce privacy risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
Description
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation raises crucial funds to support cancer research & treatment through events such as the home lottery and the Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Key services
Cancer research funding, Cancer treatment support, Fundraising events (home lottery, Ride to Conquer Cancer)
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Kentico CMS, Cookiebot, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Pinterest Tag, Amazon Advertising Pixel, Snap Pixel
Frameworks
Kentico
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Cookie consent management with Cookiebot
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of CSRF protection cookie (__RequestVerificationToken)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, LinkedIn Analytics, Facebook Analytics, Snapchat Analytics, Pinterest Analytics, Amazon Advertising Analytics, TikTok Analytics, Twitter Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Amazon Advertising, Google Ads, Teads, Cluep
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Pinterest Tag, Snap Pixel, Amazon Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Twitter Pixel
Marketing tools
Cookiebot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website uses comprehensive cookie consent management via Cookiebot.
  2. Multiple major advertising and analytics pixels are implemented, indicating active marketing and tracking.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content provided.
  4. No terms of service page detected in the analyzed content.
  5. Website content is professional and focused on cancer research fundraising.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found.
  7. Domain WHOIS data is privacy protected but consistent with business location and age.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; content fully accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Kentico CMS platform, integrating multiple third-party marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and Cookiebot for GDPR compliance. Hosting appears to be managed within a healthcare research network infrastructure, which may provide additional reliability and security. The site shows good mobile responsiveness and accessibility features, with proper meta tags for SEO. Performance is moderate, suggesting potential for optimization. The technical stack is modern and well-integrated, but reliance on numerous external tracking services could be a vector for privacy concerns if not properly managed.
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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