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Security report for threecreeksmedia.com

Three Creeks Media · Media · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Three Creeks Media is a small media company specializing in consumer education about mortgages, real estate, personal finance, and veteran benefits. They operate notable brands such as The Military Wallet and Veteran.com and maintain partnerships with established publishers like Military.com and Mortgage Research Center. The website is built on WordPress with modern themes and plugins, optimized for SEO and mobile responsiveness. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS implementation is a critical security gap, exposing users to potential risks. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the site presents professional content and branding but requires urgent security improvements to protect user data and enhance trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

5 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. 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
50
Security headers
15
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
57

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 company targets consumers seeking financial guidance, especially veterans, leveraging content publishing and expert commentary as its business model. Its market position is niche but established within financial media. Revenue likely derives from content partnerships and advertising. The presence of multiple owned brands and publishing partners indicates a growing ecosystem. The company operates primarily in the United States and maintains a consistent brand identity. Growth opportunities exist in expanding compliance and security posture to meet evolving regulatory requirements.

Security posture

The current security posture is weak due to the lack of HTTPS and SSL certificate, which is a critical vulnerability. While Cloudflare is used as a CDN, the absence of TLS protocols and security headers reduces protection against common web threats. No incident response or security policies are publicly available, and no dedicated security contact channels exist. The site is free from known major vulnerabilities like Heartbleed or POODLE but requires immediate remediation of SSL issues and implementation of security best practices to safeguard user data and maintain compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3) and configure HSTS with preload and includeSubDomains.
  3. Implement a cookie consent banner to comply with privacy regulations and improve user trust.
  4. Publish clear security and incident response policies, including dedicated security contact emails.
  5. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  6. Regularly audit and update WordPress core, themes, and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  7. Enhance privacy compliance by detailing data retention policies and user rights in the privacy policy.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern WordPress CMS with Astra theme and Beaver Builder for layout. SEO is enhanced by Yoast SEO plugin and structured data (JSON-LD) is implemented for rich snippets. Hosting is proxied through Cloudflare, providing CDN and some security benefits. However, the lack of SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols severely impact security and performance. The site is mobile optimized and uses Google Analytics for tracking. Performance metrics are unavailable but the use of CDN and optimized assets suggests moderate performance. Technical debt is present due to missing HTTPS and incomplete security configurations, which should be prioritized for remediation.
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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