campuscard.umbc.edu

We performed a comprehensive analysis of campuscard.umbc.edu on 2026-06-28. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 6240ms. The page is served over HTTP/2 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 151 KB, and the site is served behind a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Warning: The website does not have a valid SSL certificate. Visitors may see security warnings in their browser, and data transmitted to and from this website is not encrypted. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 70/100 (good). The following security headers are properly configured: Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy. However, the site is missing X-Content-Type-Options and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 6 technologies across 6 categories powering campuscard.umbc.edu. The detected stack includes WordPress, Webpack, Google Tag Manager, New Relic, jQuery, and Font Awesome. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, campuscard.umbc.edu receives an overall trust score of 67/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, campuscard.umbc.edu receives a trust score of 67/100, 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 and HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforcement preventing protocol downgrade attacks. Areas of concern include: 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 campuscard.umbc.edu 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.

Our technology detection engine scanned campuscard.umbc.edu and identified 6 distinct technologies across 6 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. CMS: WordPress — manages the content and page structure for campuscard.umbc.edu. Build Tool: Webpack — bundles and optimizes the JavaScript and CSS assets for campuscard.umbc.edu. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for campuscard.umbc.edu. Monitoring: New Relic — monitors application performance and errors for campuscard.umbc.edu. JavaScript Library: jQuery — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for campuscard.umbc.edu. Icon Set: Font Awesome — provides additional functionality for campuscard.umbc.edu. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Tag Manager container GTM-N47G5NG. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

campuscard.umbc.edu delivers its homepage in 6240ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 151 KB, and we detected 134 resource requests loading assets from 28 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: 1 out of 3 CSS files and 4 out of 13 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 11 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 campuscard.umbc.edu produces approximately 0.07g 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 151 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for campuscard.umbc.edu. 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.

campuscard.umbc.edu resolves to the IPv4 address 23.185.0.4 and also supports IPv6 (2620:12a:8001::4), demonstrating modern network infrastructure readiness. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. SPF is not configured, meaning any server could potentially send emails pretending to be from this domain. This is a significant email security concern. DMARC is not configured, leaving the domain vulnerable to email spoofing and phishing attacks that impersonate this domain. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is not enabled for campuscard.umbc.edu. 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.

The homepage of campuscard.umbc.edu contains 693 words of visible text content. This is a moderate amount of content. The page is structured with 21 H2 headings, 1 H3 headings, 0 H4 headings. The page includes 7 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 53 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 49 external links pointing to third-party websites. There are 13 external JavaScript files, 3 CSS stylesheets, and 1 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: XML Sitemap (helps search engines discover all pages) and Schema.org structured data (WebSite). Notable missing features: robots.txt. Adding these could improve search engine discoverability and rich result eligibility. The website has social media presence across 4 platforms: Facebook (@umbcpage), Twitter (@umbc), Instagram (@umbc_campuscard), and Github (@newrelic). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for campuscard.umbc.edu is well-optimized at 44 characters: "Retriever Card Center & Mail Services – UMBC". The length falls within the ideal range for Google search results, ensuring the full title is displayed without truncation. No meta description is configured for campuscard.umbc.edu. This is a critical SEO oversight — without a meta description, Google will auto-generate a snippet from page content, which may not accurately represent the page or entice users to click. Adding a unique, compelling meta description of 120-155 characters is strongly recommended. The canonical url is correctly set to https://campuscard.umbc.edu/, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en-us, the meta robots directive is set to max-image-preview:large, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 4/4 recommended fields: OG title ("Home..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), OG type (article). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. A Twitter Card of type summary is configured, which controls how links appear when shared on Twitter/X. The "summary" type displays a large image preview, which typically generates higher engagement rates than the basic card type. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: WebSite. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates.