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Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site · Education · United States

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

VirginiaSports.com is the official athletic site for the University of Virginia Cavaliers, providing comprehensive coverage of university sports including news, schedules, rosters, and multimedia content. The site serves a broad audience of sports fans, students, alumni, and the university community, positioning itself as the authoritative source for Cavaliers athletics. The business model revolves around content publishing, advertising, merchandise sales, and ticketing services, supported by partnerships with sponsors and technology providers.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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

8 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 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';…

  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

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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
20
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
58

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 website leverages a strong partnership ecosystem including WMT Digital for technology, sponsors like UVA Health and BankWithUnited, and integrates with official university channels. Its market position as the official athletics site gives it a competitive advantage in content authenticity and fan engagement. Revenue streams likely include advertising, merchandise, ticket sales, and sponsorships. The site targets sports enthusiasts and university affiliates, with growth potential in digital media and fan engagement platforms.

Security posture

The site demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced, use of security-related plugins, and compliance with privacy regulations via Iubenda. However, it lacks explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and advanced security headers. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The absence of DNSSEC and security.txt are minor gaps. Overall, the site maintains good security hygiene appropriate for a university athletics media site.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement additional HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate risks from external dependencies.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site
Description
The Official Athletic Site of the Virginia Cavaliers, partner of WMT Digital. The most comprehensive coverage of Virginia Cavaliers on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, and rosters.
Key services
Sports news and updates, Schedules and scores, Video content, Team rosters, Merchandise sales, Ticket sales
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, JavaScript, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook SDK, Hotjar, Iubenda Cookie Solution, WMT Digital plugins, Video.js, Google Adsense
Frameworks
WordPress, Backbone.js, Underscore.js
Platforms
Google Cloud Storage (media hosting), Rackspace (DNS hosting)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security plugins (e.g., WP Sentry integration)
  • Cookie consent and privacy compliance via Iubenda
  • No exposed sensitive data found in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, Twitter Pixel, Eloqua
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Adsense, DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Twitter Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar
Marketing tools
Eloqua (Oracle Marketing Cloud)
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official athletics website for University of Virginia sports teams.
  2. Comprehensive sports content including news, schedules, videos, and rosters.
  3. Strong use of modern web technologies and analytics.
  4. Good privacy and cookie policy implementation via Iubenda.
  5. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on the homepage or footer.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information published.
  7. Advertising and tracking scripts are extensive but managed with consent.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; site fully accessible.
  9. No adult or questionable content detected; safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress with modern JavaScript frameworks like Backbone.js and Underscore.js, and integrates multiple analytics and marketing tools including Google Analytics, Hotjar, and Facebook Pixel. Media assets are hosted on Google Cloud Storage, and DNS is managed via Rackspace. The site shows good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices. Performance is moderate, with opportunities to optimize loading times further. The technical stack is robust and supports a rich multimedia experience for users.
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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