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Security report for versary.town

Private by Design, LLC · Technology · United States

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website versary.town is a personal creative portfolio and blog site owned by Annie, who identifies as a gay girl interested in music and programming. The site features personal blogs, recipes, resources, and links to social media and code repositories. The business is small and niche, targeting a general audience interested in personal creative content. The domain is registered to Private by Design, LLC in the US, consistent with the website's content and timeline. Technically, the site uses standard web technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Google Fonts. It is hosted with DNS services from Porkbun LLC, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. However, there is no CMS detected, and no advanced frameworks are used. SEO and accessibility are basic but functional. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS but lacks DNSSEC and security headers, which reduces its security posture. There are no visible privacy, cookie, or security policies, and no incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. No analytics or tracking scripts are present, indicating minimal user tracking. The site content is safe for general audiences with no adult or explicit material. Overall, the site is a legitimate personal project with moderate technical and security maturity. Strategic improvements include adding privacy and cookie policies, enabling DNSSEC, implementing security headers, and considering vulnerability disclosure to enhance trust and compliance.

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

8 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 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

    • 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

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  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
65
DNS health
85
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
35
Average
50

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

Versary.town operates as a personal portfolio and blog platform for Annie, focusing on music, programming, and personal interests. The business model is non-commercial, centered on content sharing and community engagement through social media and code repositories. The site maintains a niche market position with a small audience. The partnership ecosystem includes links to related creative and technical sites such as lavender.software and goop.house. Growth indicators are limited due to the personal nature of the site. The site demonstrates moderate branding consistency and trust signals through domain registration and social links.

Security posture

The website's security maturity is basic. HTTPS is enabled, providing encrypted communication, but the absence of DNSSEC and security headers like Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security weakens its defense against DNS spoofing and clickjacking. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and other regulations. There is no incident response or vulnerability disclosure information, which limits readiness for security events. The lack of analytics reduces privacy risks but also limits user behavior insights. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a personal site but requires enhancements for better protection and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and inform users.
  4. Establish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Consider adding basic analytics with privacy-respecting configurations to understand user engagement.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Private by Design, LLC
Description
Personal website of Annie, a gay girl who makes music and websites, sharing blogs, recipes, resources, and personal interests.
Key services
Music creation, Website development, Blogging, Sharing recipes and resources
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Google Fonts
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Personal website with creative and technical content
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found
  3. No security policies or incident response information
  4. No forms detected except a link to an email page
  5. Multiple external social and code-related links
  6. No analytics or tracking scripts detected
  7. Basic SSL and domain security features
  8. No DNSSEC enabled
  9. No security headers detected
  10. Good mobile optimization and responsive design
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built with standard web technologies without reliance on heavy frameworks or CMS platforms, which simplifies maintenance but limits scalability. The use of Google Fonts enhances typography but introduces external dependencies. Performance is moderate with no evident optimization techniques like lazy loading or minification. Mobile responsiveness is good, ensuring usability across devices. Accessibility features are basic, with room for improvement in semantic HTML and ARIA attributes. SEO is minimal, relying on basic meta tags without structured data or Open Graph tags. Hosting details beyond DNS are not explicit, but domain registration is through Porkbun LLC.
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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