Changes

https://nsa.gov

Compared to previous audit · 11 weeks ago View previous audit

Madrid, Spain → New York, United Stated

These audits ran from different locations. Timing metrics (TTFB, DNS, TLS) may reflect network path differences rather than site changes.

New issues

Resolved

score changes

Category	Previous	Current	Change
Composite	C (72)	C (79)	+7.000
Performance	C (76)	C (79)	+3.000
Security	D (66)	B (81)	+15.000
Accessibility	F (53)	C (76)	+23.000
SEO	B (89)	B (88)	-1.000
Infrastructure	B (84)	B (80)	-4.000
Compliance	C (77)	C (72)	-5.000
Content	D (68)	C (73)	+5.000
Sustainability	D (64)	C (70)	+6.000

Metric	Previous	Current	Change
Performance	5600	5200	-400
Accessibility	9600	9300	-300
Best Practices	7700	7700	—
SEO	8300	8300	—
PWA	0	0	—
Desktop Performance	7500	7200	-300
Desktop Accessibility	8400	8400	—
Desktop Best Practices	7700	7700	—
Desktop SEO	8300	8300	—
FCP	10.92 s	11.41 s	+487 ms
LCP	19.35 s	24.61 s	+5.26 s
TBT	0 ms	221 ms	+221 ms
CLS	0.000	0.000	—
Desktop FCP	1.35 s	1.32 s	-28 ms
Desktop LCP	3.55 s	4.66 s	+1.11 s
Desktop TBT	9 ms	0 ms	-9 ms
Desktop CLS	0.000	0.001	+0.000
TTFB †	19 ms	91 ms	+72 ms
DNS †	5 ms	35 ms	+30 ms
TLS †	5 ms	19 ms	+14 ms
Connect †	1 ms	17 ms	+16 ms
Total †	19 ms	91 ms	+72 ms

† Timing metrics may vary by worker location and do not necessarily indicate site changes.

Projected vs. Actual

Projected

Actual

Fell short of projection

26 issues resolved since last audit

148 issues remaining

Resolving remaining issues could reach A+

Estimate — actual results may vary

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/ZIG/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: http://www.dodig.mil/ content

CRITICAL 82 of 180 links are healthy content

CRITICAL 19 link(s) with no accessible text accessibility

CRITICAL Page weighs 7.9 MB (5.2 MB transferred) performance

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/Office-of-Discrimination-and-Comp... content

CRITICAL Parent zone has DS record but the zone publishes no DNSKEY infrastructure

WARNING 25 render-blocking stylesheet(s) -- recommended: <=3 performance

WARNING 1 images significantly larger than display size content

WARNING 34 link(s) open in new tab without warning accessibility

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Homepage/Home.css?cdv=4855 content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.servicesframework.js?cdv=4855 content

WARNING Third-party code accounts for 100% of page weight (5.2 MiB of 5.2 MiB) performance

WARNING Page weight 5.2 MB exceeds 1 MB target by 4.2 MB performance

WARNING Unattributable: 601ms CPU time performance

WARNING Third-party scripts: 1189ms (66% of total) performance

WARNING Certificate expires soon (18 days remaining) security

WARNING 1.49g CO2 per page view sustainability

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/: 482ms CPU time performance

WARNING https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL...: 330ms CPU time performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/portal.css?cdv=4855 content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.js?cdv=4855 content

WARNING 7 images missing explicit width/height content

WARNING SRI adoption: 1/5 third-party resources protected (20%) security

WARNING 27 render-blocking <script src> tag(s) without async/defer performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnncore.js?cdv=4855 content

WARNING All 7 images use legacy formats (JPEG/PNG/GIF) content

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/Resources/libraries/jQuery/03_...: 260ms CPU time performance

WARNING 1.49g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) sustainability

WARNING 15 link(s) open in a new tab without rel=noopener security

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/HotInfo/module.css?cdv=4855 content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.modalpopup.js?cdv=4855 content

WARNING Permissions-Policy header not set -- features default to allow-on-same-origin security

WARNING Images are 3.6 MB — compress or use modern formats performance

WARNING https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL...: 65 KB unused (43%) performance

WARNING Domain expires in 39 days infrastructure

CRITICAL Page weighs 7.9 MB (5.3 MB transferred) performance

CRITICAL 18 link(s) with no accessible text accessibility

CRITICAL Broken link: https://www.instagram.com/nsausgov/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: http://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations/ content

CRITICAL 80 of 176 links are healthy content

WARNING Unattributable: 492ms CPU time performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/portal.css?cdv=4840 content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Homepage/Home.css?cdv=4840 content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.modalpopup.js?cdv=4840 content

WARNING No meta description tag found seo

WARNING Third-party scripts: 1144ms (70% of total) performance

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/: 403ms CPU time performance

WARNING 1.50g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) sustainability

WARNING https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL...: 355ms CPU time performance

WARNING 1.50g CO2 per page view sustainability

WARNING Third-party code accounts for 100% of page weight (5.3 MiB of 5.3 MiB) performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.servicesframework.js?cdv=4840 content

WARNING https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL...: 61 KB unused (41%) performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnncore.js?cdv=4840 content

WARNING Page weight 5.3 MB exceeds 1 MB target by 4.3 MB performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.js?cdv=4840 content

WARNING 33 link(s) open in new tab without warning accessibility

WARNING Certificate expires soon (27 days remaining) security

WARNING Domain expires in 38 days infrastructure

WARNING No <nav> landmark found accessibility

WARNING Images are 3.7 MB — compress or use modern formats performance

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Site-Policies/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/Civil-Liberties-and-Privacy/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/General-Counsel/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/ArticleCS/RSS.ashx?Content... content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/site_map/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/Contact-NSA/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/NSA-Classified-Materiel-Convers... content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/about/faqs/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/About/Cybersecurity-Collaboration-Center/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/NSA-FOIA/Submit-a-Privacy-A... content

CRITICAL Content-Security-Policy header is missing security

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Research/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Applicant%20Reasonable%20Accom... content

CRITICAL Broken link: http://www.twitter.com/nsagov content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Business/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/Request-an-NSA-Speaker/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/Scams-and-Safety/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/documents/Culture/NSA%20FY24%2... content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/Commercial-Solutions-for-Classi... content

CRITICAL No Content-Security-Policy header found security

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/ABA/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/Media-Destruction-Guidance/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/No-Fear-Act/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Personal%20Assistance%20Servic... content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/Operating-Authorities/ content

CRITICAL HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS infrastructure

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/NSA-FOIA/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/Cryptographic-support-Services/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/Submit-a-Media-Query/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/museum/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/culture/compliance/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Lapse-In-Appropriations/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/Prepublication-Review/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Signals-Intelligence content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/nsa-accessibility/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Academics/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/about/ content

CRITICAL Broken link: https://nsa.gov/about/Leadership/ content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/Mobi... content

WARNING X-Content-Type-Options header is missing security

WARNING No Permissions-Policy header security

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/Resources/libraries/jQuery-UI/...: 59 KB unused (89%) performance

WARNING Title is only 4 characters — consider expanding seo

WARNING Privacy Policy not detected compliance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Homepage/animate.css content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/_default/skins/dod2/skin.css?cdv=... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/ArticleCS/Resources/Articl... content

WARNING Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing security

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/Soci... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/ncm_logo.png content

WARNING External script from dap.digitalgov.gov lacks integrity attribute security

WARNING No `<meta charset>` declaration in HTML seo

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/spec... content

WARNING Permissions-Policy header is missing security

WARNING Skip link target(s) don't exist on page: #skip-target accessibility

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/Shared/stylesheets/dnndefault/7... content

WARNING External script from search.usa.gov lacks integrity attribute security

WARNING Unexpected status code: HTTP 403 accessibility

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/ScriptResource.axd?d=NJmAwtEo3IrZZmhJbgLN... content

WARNING Bare server default 404 page accessibility

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/DesktopModules/SharedLibrary/I... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/SharedLibrary/Images/VCL%2... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/desktopmodules/ArticleCS/styles/DOD2/styl... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/ScriptResource.axd?d=dwY9oWetJoIvUjxxH4p9... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/business.png content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/WebResource.axd?d=pynGkmcFUV0JwCJq02pBM5h... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Homepage/wow.js content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/lightbulb.png content

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/75/logos.png?ver=EYzGy... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/PhotoDashboard/module.css?... content

WARNING No favicon.ico at site root accessibility

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/book.png content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/mission_icon.png content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/ArticleCSDashboard/module.... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/Colo... content

WARNING Registrar lock is NOT enabled infrastructure

WARNING GDPR Article 13 disclosure coverage: 0 / 8 categories compliance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/libraries/jQuery/03_07_01/jquer... content

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/book.png is missing width/height — may cause layout shift performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/libraries/HoverIntent/01_10_01/... content

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/lightbulb.... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/Goog... content

WARNING No canonical tag found seo

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/SharedLibrary/ValidatedPlu... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/favicon.ico?ver=qRajspwcTqAKBy... content

WARNING Referrer-Policy header is missing security

WARNING Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing security

WARNING Broken link: https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/latest/js/all.js content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/Skin... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/libraries/jQuery-Migrate/03_04_... content

WARNING Broken link: https://search.usa.gov/javascripts/remote.loader.js content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/logos.png?ver=EYzGyE75m8q1mOtv... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Desktopmodules/SharedLibrary/Plugins/Boot... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/_default/skins/dod2/resources/js/... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/_default/Containers/DOD2/containe... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/_default/skins/dod2/assets/dist/c... content

WARNING External script from www.googletagmanager.com lacks integrity attribute security

WARNING Heading level skipped: H2 → H5 (missing H3) accessibility

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/AccordionMenu/CSS/jumpMenu... content

WARNING X-Frame-Options header is missing security

WARNING External link from fonts.googleapis.com lacks integrity attribute security

WARNING https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/Homepage/business.p... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/Announcements/module.css?c... content

WARNING HSTS is missing includeSubDomains security

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/AccordionMenu/CSS/Template... content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/libraries/jQuery-UI/01_13_03/jq... content

WARNING No Open Graph meta tags found content

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/SharedLibrary/Controls/Ban... content

WARNING 84 third-party resources (100% of weight) performance

WARNING Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/PhotoDashboard/Templates/D... content

content-length

357 → 355

expires

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:46:49 GMT → Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:48:38 GMT

3 headers unchanged

Technology stack unchanged

18 technologies unchanged

Looking ahead

+18 pts

C (79) Could reach A+ (97)

Content +27Performance +21Accessibility +20Infrastructure +20Security +19SEO +10Compliance +8Sustainability +8

Estimate — actual results may vary (148 issues to fix)

Website improvement report — Nsa

April 22, 2026 → July 10, 2026

C C 72 → 79 +7 pts

Resolved

New issues

111

Still remaining

Financial summary

Investment delivered

$3,792 in development time

Investment remaining

$11,183 to complete the remaining items

Ongoing risk

$1/month in ongoing exposure

Figures are estimates based on local developer hourly rate, industry CPC, and regulatory fine ranges.

Performance by category

Metric	Before	After	Change
Overall score	72 (C)	79 (C)	+7
Performance	76 (C)	79 (C)	+3
Security	66 (D)	81 (B)	+15
Accessibility	53 (F)	76 (C)	+23
SEO	89 (B)	88 (B)	-1
Infrastructure	84 (B)	80 (B)	-4
Compliance	77 (C)	72 (C)	-5
Content	68 (D)	73 (C)	+5
Sustainability	64 (D)	70 (C)	+6

Resolved (26)

Page weighs 7.9 MB (5.3 MB transferred) (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Unattributable: 492ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/portal.css?cdv=4840 (Content)
→ Stronger social sharing and on-page quality
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Portals/75/Homepage/Home.css?cdv=4840 (Content)
→ Stronger social sharing and on-page quality
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.modalpopup.js?cdv=4840 (Content)
→ Stronger social sharing and on-page quality
No meta description tag found (SEO)
→ Better search engine visibility
Third-party scripts: 1144ms (70% of total) (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
18 link(s) with no accessible text (Accessibility)
→ Improved usability for assistive technology users
https://www.nsa.gov/: 403ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
1.50g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) (Sustainability)
→ Lower carbon footprint per page view
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL...: 355ms CPU time (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
1.50g CO2 per page view (Sustainability)
→ Lower carbon footprint per page view
Third-party code accounts for 100% of page weight (5.3 MiB of 5.3 MiB) (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/js/dnn.servicesframework.js?cdv=4840 (Content)
→ Stronger social sharing and on-page quality
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL...: 61 KB unused (41%) (Performance)
→ Page loads faster for users

…and 11 more resolved issue(s)

Recommended next steps (147)

Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/ZIG/ (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: http://www.dodig.mil/ (Content)
Sprint 1
82 of 180 links are healthy (Content)
Sprint 1
19 link(s) with no accessible text (Accessibility)
Sprint 1
Page weighs 7.9 MB (5.2 MB transferred) (Performance)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/Office-of-Discrimination-and-Comp... (Content)
Sprint 3
Parent zone has DS record but the zone publishes no DNSKEY (Infrastructure)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Site-Policies/ (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/Civil-Liberties-and-Privacy/ (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Culture/General-Counsel/ (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/DesktopModules/ArticleCS/RSS.ashx?Content... (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/site_map/ (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/Contact-NSA/ (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/Resources/NSA-Classified-Materiel-Convers... (Content)
Sprint 1
Broken link: https://nsa.gov/about/faqs/ (Content)

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