# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://usni.org

**Date:** April 22, 2026  
**URL:** https://usni.org  
**Overall Grade:** C (72/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/cd799c36-f065-4833-b8eb-630f1dba2748

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
2. **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Security > Security Headers
3. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy
4. **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 17.7 MB (4.0 MB transferred) — Performance > Page Weight Budget
5. **[CRITICAL]** 1 link(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 33 |
| Accessibility | 86 |
| Best Practices | 77 |
| SEO | 92 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (C — 65/100)

*8 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Strict-Transport-Security forces browsers to use HTTPS, preventing downgrade attacks. Add the header with a max-age of at least 1 year.
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Permissions-Policy is set
- **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis.
- **[PASS]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy is set
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info

### Content Security Policy (F — 0/100)

*No enforcing CSP policy found*

- **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — CSP is the most effective defense against XSS attacks. Add a Content-Security-Policy header to restrict resource loading.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance.
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 47 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 2 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100)

*No cookies set — no cookie security risks*

- **[PASS]** No cookies set — no cookie security risks

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (A+ — 100/100)

*No external resources*

- **[PASS]** No external resources to protect

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[INFO]** No security.txt found — Consider adding a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt.
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (A — 85/100)

*DMARC: quarantine*

- **[PASS]** DMARC policy is quarantine — good protection

### Permissions-Policy (A+ — 100/100)

*18 directives, 0 missing*

- **[PASS]** accelerometer=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** browsing-topics=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** camera=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** clipboard-read=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** clipboard-write=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** geolocation=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** gyroscope=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** hid=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** interest-cohort=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** magnetometer=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** microphone=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** payment=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** publickey-credentials-get=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** screen-wake-lock=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** serial=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** sync-xhr=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** usb=() — blocked for all origins
- **[INFO]** xr-spatial-tracking=(self)

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (F — 0/100)

*4.0 MB transferred, 224 requests*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 17.7 MB (4.0 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 3.0 MB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts.
- **[WARNING]** 224 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing — Each request adds latency. Bundle small files, use sprites, or eliminate unnecessary requests.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.85 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (D — 50/100)

*100% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[WARNING]** Third-party code accounts for 100% of page weight (4.0 MiB of 4.0 MiB)
- **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (C — 65/100)

*19 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://survey-images.hotjar.com/surveys/logo/fc63... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.usni.org/themes/custom/usni_bootstrap/... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (F — 20/100)

*4631ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.usni.org/: 816ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 757ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NM5...: 402ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-48YH...: 351ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/mana...: 343ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Third-party scripts: 4631ms (100% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*7 fonts (189 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 7 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (F — 20/100)

*144 scripts, 648 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/manag...: 137 KB unused (77%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/mana...: 111 KB unused (59%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-48YH...: 70 KB unused (40%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?...: 67 KB unused (50%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-955...: 61 KB unused (42%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 648 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*No optimization needed*

- **[PASS]** No resource hint issues

### Page Weight Inventory (F — 30/100)

*224 resources · 4.0 MB · 648 KB savings available*

- **[WARNING]** Page weight 3.0 MB over 1MB target
- **[INFO]** ~648 KB of savings available
- **[WARNING]** 223 third-party resources (100% of weight)
- **[INFO]** 1 resources over 200KB

### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources detected*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in <head>

### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources detected*


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## Content Quality

### Links (A — 95/100)

*2 links checked, 1 healthy, 1 broken*

- **[WARNING]** 1 of 2 links are healthy
- **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://usni.org/cdn-cgi/content?id=LsbpynBjyVeHsbpIT0Wf2... — Found in <a href>. Returns HTTP 404.

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (F — 0/100)

*No Open Graph tags found — social sharing previews will be generic.*

- **[WARNING]** No Open Graph meta tags found — Without og:title, og:description, and og:image, social media platforms will generate a generic preview when your page is shared.

### Structured Data (C — 40/100)

*No structured data (JSON-LD) found.*

- **[INFO]** No structured data (JSON-LD) found — Adding structured data helps search engines understand your content and can enable rich results.

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (A+ — 100/100)

*2 A records, 54 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
- **[PASS]** Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
- **[PASS]** 2 nameserver(s) configured
- **[PASS]** 1 mail exchanger(s) configured
- **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
- **[PASS]** SPF record present in TXT
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 54 ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*0 redirect(s), 62 ms total*


### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100)

*IPv6 reachable (17 ms)*

- **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700:10::6814:15dc, 2606:4700:10::ac42:9ea5

### Crawlability (A+ — 95/100)

*robots.txt present, sitemap with 19 URLs*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 19 entries
- **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 19 child sitemaps
- **[INFO]** robots.txt does not reference a sitemap — Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

### URL Variants (D — 50/100)

*www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS*

- **[CRITICAL]** Both www and non-www versions serve content
- **[CRITICAL]** HTTP version does not redirect to HTTPS

### Domain Intelligence (A — 90/100)

*usni.org — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 30 years, 3 months old*

- **[WARNING]** Domain expires in 37 days — Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.
- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not enabled — DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
- **[WARNING]** Registrar lock is NOT enabled — The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (B — 80/100)

*No consent signals detected*

- **[WARNING]** No privacy policy link detected — A privacy policy page is recommended for transparency and may be legally required.
- **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Language & i18n (A — 90/100)

*Lang attribute present*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The <html lang> attribute and Content-Language header should agree.

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Third-Party Trackers (C — 55/100)

*3 trackers detected*

- **[INFO]** 3 third-party trackers detected — Found 3 analytics, 0 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager trackers.
- **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no cookie policy found — This page loads 3 trackers but no cookie policy was detected. GDPR requires disclosure when using tracking cookies.
- **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no privacy policy found — Most data protection regulations require a privacy policy when collecting user data via trackers.

### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*0 cookies · 3 trackers · 0 pre-consent*

- **[INFO]** 3 third-party tracker(s) detected on page

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 0/100)

*0 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[WARNING]** Privacy Policy not detected — No link matching common Privacy Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Privacy Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[WARNING]** Terms of Service not detected — No link matching common Terms of Service URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Terms of Service, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Accessibility Statement not detected — No link matching common Accessibility Statement URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Accessibility Statement, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (C — 55/100)

*No copyright notice detected*

- **[INFO]** No copyright notice detected — No copyright notice detected in the page content. While not legally required in most jurisdictions (copyright exists automatically), a notice is standard practice and signals site ownership.

### Regulatory Indicators

*0 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** No specific regulatory indicators detected — No strong signals for GDPR, CCPA, ADA, PCI, HIPAA, or COPPA were found. This does not mean these regulations don't apply — it means we didn't detect common technical indicators.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*0 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts.

### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100)

*0 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (B — 80/100)

*Cloudflare*

- **[PASS]** Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG)

### HTTP Caching (F — 30/100)

*No cache headers*

- **[WARNING]** No Cache-Control header found — Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

### Transport Security (B — 75/100)

*HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis*

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) not advertised — HTTP/3 eliminates head-of-line blocking. If your CDN supports it, consider enabling it.
- **[WARNING]** Missing Strict-Transport-Security header — HSTS tells browsers to only use HTTPS, preventing SSL stripping attacks.
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (C — 65/100)

*1 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[WARNING]** No <nav> landmark found
- **[INFO]** No banner (header) landmark
- **[INFO]** No contentinfo (footer) landmark
- **[WARNING]** Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1) — Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

### Heading Hierarchy (B — 80/100)

*No headings*

- **[WARNING]** No headings found — Headings (H1-H6) create the document outline for screen reader navigation.

### Alt Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*No images*

- **[PASS]** No images on this page

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No form controls*

- **[PASS]** No form controls on this page

### Link & Button Quality (A — 90/100)

*1 issue(s) across 1 links and 0 buttons*

- **[CRITICAL]** 1 link(s) with no accessible text — Links without text are announced as raw URLs by screen readers.

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (F — 25/100)

*HTTP 403, custom page*

- **[WARNING]** Unexpected status code: HTTP 403 — Expected HTTP 404 but received 403. This may confuse search engine crawlers.
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (F — 15/100)

*1 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[INFO]** No apple-touch-icon detected — iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.

### Web Manifest (D — 40/100)

*Not found*

- **[INFO]** No web manifest found — No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

### Dark Mode Support (D — 40/100)

*No dark mode signals*

- **[INFO]** No dark mode signals detected — Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (D — 40/100)

*No print styles*

- **[INFO]** No print-specific styles detected — When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

### Navigation UX (F — 0/100)

*No navigation patterns*

- **[INFO]** No breadcrumbs, search, or skip link detected — These navigation aids help users orient themselves and find content efficiently, especially on large sites.

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (B — 80/100)

*Minor issues*

- **[WARNING]** No canonical tag found — Search engines will determine the canonical URL themselves, which may cause duplicate content issues.

### Meta Tags (A — 90/100)

*Title: 16 chars*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[WARNING]** Title is only 16 characters — consider expanding

### Content Depth (F — 10/100)

*3 words, Very Easy*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page has only 3 words — nearly empty — Search engines need substantive text content to understand and rank a page.
- **[INFO]** Text-to-HTML ratio is 0% — Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Very Easy (grade 0)
- **[WARNING]** Thin content — only 3 words

### Internal Links (B — 75/100)

*1 internal, 0 external*

- **[PASS]** 1 internal links (100%)
- **[WARNING]** Only 0% of links use descriptive anchor text — Generic text like 'click here' wastes an opportunity to tell search engines what the linked page is about.
- **[INFO]** 1 internal / 0 external links
- **[WARNING]** 1 internal links have no anchor text

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*No images*

- **[PASS]** No images on this page

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (D — 50/100)

*0.96g CO2 per view*

- **[INFO]** 0.96g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 4.0 MB, producing an estimated 0.96g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.02g, network 0.20g, end-user device 0.74g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 115.0 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 115.0 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 14373 smartphones.
- **[PASS]** Green hosting reduces data center emissions

### Green Hosting (A+ — 100/100)

*Green (both)*

- **[PASS]** Both hosting and CDN use renewable energy
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: Verified by the Green Web Foundation
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: 100% renewable energy for global network since 2019
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*99% cached*

- **[PASS]** 99% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 35 KB (vs 4145 KB first visit). 212 of 224 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.95g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.01g CO2 (first visit: 0.96g)

### Carbon Budget (D — 50/100)

*60th percentile*

- **[WARNING]** 0.96g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) — Heavier than an estimated 40% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 60th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*84% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 84% — An estimated 647 KB (16%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 647 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.15g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

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