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Security report for atm.cat

Generalitat de Catalunya · Transportation · Spain

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) is a public consortium under the Generalitat de Catalunya, managing integrated transport tariffs and mobility projects in the Barcelona metropolitan area. The website serves as an official portal providing comprehensive information about transport tariffs, mobility plans, transparency, and customer support. It targets residents and public transport users in Catalonia, offering multilingual content and links to related government services. The business model is public sector focused, emphasizing transparency and service delivery rather than commercial revenue. Technically, the website is built on the Liferay CMS platform with modern web technologies including React and Bootstrap. While the site is content-rich and accessible, performance is hindered by a high load time and large page size. The site is mobile optimized and includes accessibility features. SEO and metadata are well implemented, including Open Graph tags. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enforced, valid SSL certificates, and email authentication via DMARC and SPF. However, advanced security headers like HSTS and DNSSEC are missing, and domain protection locks are not enabled, which could be improved. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Privacy compliance is strong with clear cookie and privacy policies and consent mechanisms. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professionally maintained, reflecting its governmental nature. Recommendations include enhancing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, improving performance, and adding explicit security and incident response policies to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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

5 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 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 Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Cloudflare, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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  • Security score drift

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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
92
Security headers
65
Email security
50
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
67

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
5,053
Employees
0
Customers
5,053
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
5%

9 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

ATM holds a key position as the regional transport authority in Catalonia, managing integrated fare systems and mobility projects such as T-mobilitat. Its competitive advantage lies in its governmental backing and comprehensive transport integration. The business model is service-oriented, focusing on public transport users and regional municipalities. Growth indicators include expansion of tariff zones and digital mobility initiatives. The partnership ecosystem includes Catalan government portals and public procurement platforms, reinforcing its public sector legitimacy. Strategic observations highlight a focus on transparency, user support, and digital transformation in mobility services.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS and email authentication standards in place. The absence of HSTS and DNSSEC reduces DNS and transport security robustness. No visible vulnerabilities or outdated libraries were found. Compliance with GDPR is evident through privacy and cookie policies. Incident response and security policies are not explicitly published, indicating a potential gap in transparency. The security culture appears cautious but could benefit from enhanced security headers and domain protection mechanisms to mitigate risks of domain hijacking or man-in-the-middle attacks.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS.
  2. Implement DNSSEC to protect DNS integrity and prevent spoofing.
  3. Activate domain protection locks to prevent unauthorized domain transfers or modifications.
  4. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Publish explicit security and incident response policies to improve transparency and trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a mature and robust CMS platform (Liferay) combined with modern frontend technologies like React and Bootstrap. The tech stack supports multilingual content and accessibility features. However, the site suffers from slow load times and a large page size, indicating potential optimization opportunities. The use of multiple third-party libraries and scripts requires ongoing security audits. Hosting details are not explicit but the domain IP and DNS records suggest stable infrastructure. SEO and metadata are well implemented, supporting good search engine visibility.
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

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