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Security report for ucsbgauchos.com

University of California, Santa Barbara · Education · United States

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

78/100

Risk levelLow

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

The University of California, Santa Barbara's official athletics website serves as a comprehensive digital platform for collegiate sports information, targeting students, athletes, and sports fans. It provides schedules, rosters, news, statistics, and ticketing information for a wide range of men's and women's sports teams. The site is well-branded and consistent with the university's identity, positioning itself as a trusted source for UCSB athletics content. Technically, the website leverages modern JavaScript frameworks such as Knockout.js and RequireJS, utilizes AWS Cloudfront CDN for content delivery, and integrates Google Tag Manager and Analytics for user tracking and marketing insights. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and accessibility features, ensuring a positive user experience across devices. Security-wise, the website employs HTTPS with strong domain registration protections but lacks DNSSEC and explicit security policies or vulnerability disclosures. Privacy compliance is well addressed with a clear privacy and cookie policy, including consent mechanisms and GDPR considerations. Overall, the website is professional, secure, and compliant, with room for improvement in security transparency and contact information availability.

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

4 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 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
90
Security headers
65
Email security
60
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
78

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
1
Employees
0
Customers
0
Third parties
1
Weak passwords
100%

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

UCSB Athletics operates within the education and media sectors, focusing on collegiate sports engagement and community outreach. The business model revolves around providing official sports content, fan engagement, and fundraising partnerships, such as with the Gaucho Fund. The website supports multiple sports teams with dedicated social media channels, enhancing community interaction and brand presence. The domain's long-standing registration since 1999 aligns with the university's established athletics history, reinforcing credibility. The platform's integration with Sidearm Sports CMS indicates a specialized solution for collegiate athletics websites, facilitating content management and digital marketing. Growth opportunities include expanding direct contact channels and enhancing security transparency to build further trust with users and stakeholders.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS enforcement and domain locking via multiple EPP status flags, reducing risks of unauthorized domain transfers or deletions. However, the absence of DNSSEC leaves DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy is present, limiting transparency for security researchers. The site avoids exposing sensitive data in its HTML and uses anonymized user identifiers in analytics, supporting privacy. Security headers beyond HSTS are not explicitly detected, suggesting potential improvements in Content-Security-Policy and other headers. Incident response contact information is missing, which could delay handling of security issues. Overall, the site is secure but would benefit from enhanced DNS security and formalized security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve overall DNS security.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response page including contact channels for reporting vulnerabilities.
  3. Implement a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosures.
  4. Add additional HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
  5. Include clear contact information such as emails or phone numbers for general and security-related inquiries to improve user trust and support.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
University of California, Santa Barbara
Description
The official athletics website for the University of California, Santa Barbara
Key services
Sports schedules, Team rosters, News and archives, Statistics, Ticket information, Athletics communications
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, jQuery, RequireJS, Knockout.js, Underscore.js, LazySizes, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, AWS DNS, Cloudfront CDN
Frameworks
Knockout.js
Platforms
Sidearm Sports platform
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain locked with multiple EPP status flags
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager with user ID anonymization

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, comScore
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ad Manager (DFP)
Tracking pixels
comScore, ScorecardResearch
Marketing tools
Krux (Salesforce DMP)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is official athletics site for UCSB
  2. Comprehensive sports coverage for men's and women's teams
  3. Strong use of social media links for team engagement
  4. Good privacy and cookie policy presence
  5. No visible security or content blocking issues
  6. Modern JavaScript frameworks and CDN usage
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on homepage
  8. No terms of service page detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern JavaScript stack with frameworks like Knockout.js and RequireJS, supported by CDN delivery via AWS Cloudfront, ensuring scalability and performance. It uses Google Tag Manager and Analytics for marketing and user behavior tracking, with moderate user tracking levels and privacy compliance. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices including meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). The CMS platform is Sidearm Sports, specialized for collegiate athletics, which streamlines content management but may limit customization. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in loading times and script management. Technical debt appears low, but the lack of DNSSEC and some security headers indicates areas for modernization and risk mitigation.
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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