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Security report for 42vienna.com

42 Vienna · Education · Austria

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

42 Vienna is a Digital Excellence Campus based in Austria, providing innovative, free, and open-access coding education using a peer-to-peer learning model without teachers or lectures. It targets aspiring programmers and IT professionals, emphasizing inclusivity regardless of financial or academic background. The website is professionally designed, mobile-optimized, and integrates modern marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, and LinkedIn Insight. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and cookie consent mechanisms, though explicit privacy and security policies are absent. WHOIS data is unavailable, which slightly impacts trust but is mitigated by consistent branding and social media presence. Overall, the site reflects a credible educational institution with room for improvement in privacy and security transparency.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
52
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
63

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The organization positions itself as a pioneering educational institution within the tech sector in Austria, part of a global 42 Network with over 21,000 students worldwide. Its business model is non-profit or partner-funded, focusing on accessible education through innovative methods. The website supports growth through event registrations and partner collaborations. The target market includes young adults and career changers seeking coding skills without traditional barriers. The partnership ecosystem includes event platforms and application subdomains, enhancing operational efficiency. The company demonstrates strong branding consistency and trust signals through social media and partner engagement.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and cookie consent management, indicating baseline security and privacy awareness. However, the absence of explicit privacy policies, security headers, vulnerability disclosure, and incident response information reveals gaps in compliance and transparency. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The lack of WHOIS data reduces domain trust slightly but does not indicate malicious intent. Overall, the security posture is moderate with recommendations to enhance policy disclosures and technical security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy page detailing data processing and GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement and publish security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Create a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Add incident response and security contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks and ensure compliance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
42 Vienna
Description
42 Vienna is an international Digital Excellence Campus located in Austria, offering free, open-access, peer-to-peer coding education with no teachers, no lectures, and no fees. It aims to train the next generation of programmers and IT experts using an innovative learning model.
Key services
Peer-to-peer coding education, Selection bootcamps (Piscine), Career path guidance, Open-access digital campus
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, CookieHub Consent Management, basicLightbox.js, YouTube embedded videos, Chatbase chatbot
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), LinkedIn Insight, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads (AW-10865545994)
Tracking pixels
LinkedIn Insight, Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Chatbase chatbot
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages found.
  3. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented via CookieHub.
  4. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  5. Contact information includes a valid company email and physical address in Vienna, Austria.
  6. Social media presence is strong across major platforms.
  7. WHOIS data is unavailable, indicating possible privacy protection or recent registration.
  8. Website uses modern tracking and marketing tools responsibly.
  9. Content is educational and safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack including Google Tag Manager, CookieHub for consent management, and embedded YouTube videos for content engagement. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible with good SEO practices including meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts. No CMS or hosting provider is explicitly identified. The site lacks some advanced security headers but otherwise shows good technical implementation. Opportunities exist to improve security posture and privacy transparency to align with best practices.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 68/100Medium33 findingsView report
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