New ScanGov government website security report cards 🛡️

We added a new ScanGov indicator that grades/scores federal and state government websites based on basic web security practices.

Why it matters 🚨

Government agencies must incorporate web security throughout every phase of website and digital service design and development.

What we monitor 🟢

• Content Security Policy
• HTTP Strict Transport Security
• X-Content-Type-Options
• security.txt

Grades/scores 🧑‍🏫

• Overall: F / 27%
• Federal: F / 27%
• States: F / 31%

Sources 📖

We use these government and nonprofit sources for guidance:

• Cloud.gov
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Open Web Application Security Project

About ScanGov ℹ️

ScanGov is a Civic Hacking Agency project to spread awareness about the importance of government digital experience best practices.

Questions? 🤔

• Contact us