ascension.org

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After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, ascension.org receives a trust score of 77/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit, HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforcement preventing protocol downgrade attacks, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, DMARC email authentication with a reject policy — the strongest available setting, and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) providing cryptographic email verification. Areas of concern include: no X-Frame-Options header, which could allow the site to be embedded in malicious iframes (clickjacking), the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked ascension.org against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

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Our technology detection engine scanned ascension.org and identified 9 distinct technologies across 8 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. Framework: Next.js (version ruxitagentjs_ICA7NQVfhqrux_10339260603164134) — provides the application framework and routing for ascension.org. UI Library: React — handles the user interface rendering and component management for ascension.org. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 and Amplitude — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for ascension.org. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for ascension.org. A/B Testing: VWO — enables experimentation and conversion optimization for ascension.org. CDN: Cloudflare — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for ascension.org. JavaScript Library: jQuery — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for ascension.org. Icon Set: Font Awesome — provides additional functionality for ascension.org. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Tag Manager container GTM-TTD82F. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

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ascension.org delivers its homepage in 41183ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 100 KB, and we detected 84 resource requests loading assets from 8 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. The website uses Gzip compression for text-based assets, achieving an estimated 60.0% reduction in transfer size. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for visitors on slower connections. Asset minification status: 0 out of 8 CSS files and 2 out of 28 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 34 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. The site is served through a Content Delivery Network (CDN), which caches static assets at edge servers around the world. This means visitors from different geographic regions receive content from the nearest edge server, significantly reducing latency. CDN usage is particularly important for websites with a global audience, as it can reduce page load times by 40-60% for distant visitors. From an environmental perspective, each page view of ascension.org produces approximately 0.05g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of A. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 100 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for ascension.org. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

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ascension.org resolves to the IPv4 address 151.101.131.52, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 4 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 2 name servers: ns1.ascensionhealth.org and ns2.ascensionhealth.org. Having 2 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for ascension.org is handled by mimecast.com with 2 MX records configured: us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com and us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is configured, which specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email on behalf of this domain. This helps prevent email spoofing and improves email deliverability. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a reject policy — the strongest setting, instructing receiving servers to reject unauthorized emails entirely. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is configured, adding a cryptographic signature to outgoing emails that receiving servers can verify to confirm the email hasn't been tampered with in transit. DNSSEC is not enabled for ascension.org. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 4 active subdomains for ascension.org: api.ascension.org, app.ascension.org, mail.ascension.org, and www.ascension.org. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

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The homepage of ascension.org contains 273 words of visible text content. This is a relatively short page — adding more descriptive content could improve search engine visibility. The page is structured with 2 H2 headings, 0 H3 headings, 7 H4 headings, 3 H5, and 0 H6 headings. The page includes 5 images. All images have proper alt text attributes ✓, which is excellent for both accessibility (screen readers) and SEO (search engines can understand image content). The link structure consists of 21 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 4 external links pointing to third-party websites. There are 28 external JavaScript files, 8 CSS stylesheets, and 1 iframes on the page. Notable missing features: XML Sitemap, robots.txt, and Schema.org structured data. Adding these could improve search engine discoverability and rich result eligibility.

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The title tag for ascension.org is good at 22 characters: "Healthcare | Ascension". The length is acceptable, though it may be slightly truncated in some search result displays. The meta description is 147 characters (well-optimized): "At Ascension, we listen and provide healthcare that's right for you. Find a doctor, access your patient portal, pay your...". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The canonical url is correctly set to https://healthcare.ascension.org, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 3/4 recommended fields: OG title ("Ascension - Listening to you, caring for you.™..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol.

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Related domain discovery works by finding other websites that share the same IP address, Google Tag Manager container ID, Google Analytics property, or advertising pixel IDs with ascension.org. This data becomes available after batch-crawling the domain database — individual domain lookups cannot populate this section. We extracted the following tracking IDs that can be used for cross-referencing: gtm_id: GTM-TTD82F.