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Security report for valkyries.com

Golden State Valkyries · Media · United States

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers.

Security score

82/100

Risk levelLow

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

The Golden State Valkyries website serves as the official digital presence for the newly founded WNBA franchise established in 2025. It provides fans and visitors with comprehensive access to team news, game highlights, schedules, merchandise, and ticket purchasing options. The site is well-branded and consistent with the WNBA's overall digital ecosystem, targeting basketball enthusiasts and sports fans primarily in the United States. The business model revolves around fan engagement, merchandising, and ticket sales, positioning the Valkyries as an emerging team in the professional women's basketball market. Technically, the website leverages modern web technologies including React and Next.js, ensuring a responsive and performant user experience across devices. Integration with major tag management and analytics platforms such as Adobe DTM, Google Tag Manager, and Tealium indicates a mature approach to marketing and user behavior tracking. The site includes a cookie consent mechanism, demonstrating awareness of privacy regulations such as GDPR. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and employs standard best practices, although explicit security headers are not fully confirmed in the provided data. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information were detected. The absence of WHOIS data is explained by the domain being a subdomain of wnba.com, a reputable parent domain, which aligns with the team's recent founding date. Overall, the site presents a trustworthy and professional front for the Valkyries franchise. Strategically, the site could benefit from publishing explicit privacy policies, terms of service, and security incident response information to enhance transparency and compliance. Continued monitoring of third-party libraries and security headers is recommended to maintain a strong security posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
100/ 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

2 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 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';…

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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
92
Security headers
30
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
100
Average
82

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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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The Golden State Valkyries operate as a professional women's basketball team under the WNBA umbrella, targeting sports fans and regional supporters in California and beyond. Their digital presence supports revenue streams from ticket sales, merchandise, and sponsorships, including partnerships with Kaiser Permanente and affiliate marketing via Rakuten. The team's market positioning as a new franchise offers growth opportunities in fan base development and brand establishment. The website's integration with multiple marketing and analytics tools reflects a data-driven approach to audience engagement. The partnership ecosystem includes official WNBA channels and commercial sponsors, supporting a robust operational model for a sports franchise.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security foundation with HTTPS enforcement and cookie consent mechanisms aligned with privacy regulations. However, explicit security headers such as X-Frame-Options and Content-Security-Policy are not clearly identified, representing an area for improvement. No signs of exposed credentials, malware, or phishing were found. The absence of a public vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file suggests limited transparency in security incident handling. Overall, the security maturity is moderate to good, suitable for a sports media site but with room for enhancement in formal security policies and header configurations.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify comprehensive security headers including X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Content-Security-Policy.
  2. Publish clear privacy policy and terms of service documents accessible from the homepage.
  3. Establish a public vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards for broader user inclusivity.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries for vulnerabilities and update them promptly.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Golden State Valkyries
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Golden State Valkyries
Description
The official website of the Golden State Valkyries. Includes news, scores, schedules, statistics, photos and video.
Key services
News and updates, Game highlights and videos, Ticket sales, Merchandise store
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, JavaScript, CSS Modules, Video.js, Adobe DTM (Adobe Tag Manager), Google Tag Manager, Tealium Tag Manager
Frameworks
Next.js, React
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent banner for privacy compliance
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager, Adobe DTM, Tealium Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Adobe DTM, Tealium Tag Manager
Marketing tools
Adobe DTM, Tealium Tag Manager
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is official team site for Golden State Valkyries, a WNBA franchise founded in 2025
  2. Content includes team news, videos, merchandise, and ticket sales
  3. Site uses modern React/Next.js technology stack
  4. Cookie consent mechanism present indicating privacy compliance efforts
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found on homepage
  6. No privacy policy or terms of service explicitly found in provided content
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found
  8. No explicit security or incident response policies found
  9. Site is well-branded and consistent with WNBA standards
  10. No WAF or blocking detected, full content accessible
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern React and Next.js framework, enabling server-side rendering and improved SEO. It uses CSS modules for styling and integrates video playback via Video.js. Tag management is handled through Adobe DTM, Google Tag Manager, and Tealium, indicating sophisticated marketing infrastructure. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and responsive design. The site is mobile-optimized and includes meta tags for social sharing and SEO. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary solution. Hosting details are not disclosed but likely managed by WNBA or associated providers. Technical risks are minimal but include potential dependency on multiple third-party scripts which require ongoing security monitoring.
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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