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Security report for avaliaeducacional.com

Avalia Educacional · Education · Brazil

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Avalia Educacional is an established educational assessment service provider operating as part of Grupo Santillana, the largest educational group in Latin America. The company focuses on delivering quality educational evaluations to support managers, teachers, and students across 22 countries, with a significant market presence and recognition. The website serves primarily as an informational landing page with basic content and contact details, indicating a medium-sized business with a solid foundation and market leadership in its sector. Technically, the website is simple and uses basic web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and Google Fonts. Hosting and domain registration are managed through Amazon Registrar, Inc., suggesting reliable infrastructure. However, the site lacks advanced technical features such as CMS, analytics, or security headers, and the performance and mobile optimization are basic. There is no evidence of modern frameworks or platforms, and SEO and accessibility features are minimal. From a security perspective, the site uses domain status protections but lacks DNSSEC and security headers. There is no visible privacy policy, cookie consent, or incident response information, which are critical for compliance and user trust. No forms or data collection mechanisms are present, reducing immediate risk but also limiting user engagement and data-driven insights. The absence of tracking or analytics tools suggests minimal user tracking, which is positive for privacy but limits marketing intelligence. Overall, the website is safe and appropriate for a general audience, with no adult or questionable content. The domain age and WHOIS data support the legitimacy of the business. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security posture by enabling DNSSEC and security headers, publishing privacy and cookie policies, and adding incident response and vulnerability disclosure information. Improving technical sophistication and user engagement features would also benefit the business's digital maturity and compliance standing.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

8 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 Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

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

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
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

Avalia Educacional holds a strong market position as the leading educational assessment brand in Latin America, supported by its parent company Grupo Santillana. Its business model centers on providing evaluation services to educational institutions, targeting managers, teachers, and students. The company benefits from a large user base, with approximately 10 million students assessed. The website reflects a medium-sized enterprise with consistent branding and a focus on educational quality. The lack of extensive digital marketing or analytics tools suggests a traditional or conservative approach to online presence. The company’s growth potential lies in digital transformation and enhanced customer engagement through improved web presence and compliance with evolving data protection regulations.

Security posture

The current security posture is basic with domain-level protections such as clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited status flags. However, the absence of DNSSEC, security headers, and HTTPS enforcement details indicates room for improvement. The lack of privacy and cookie policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represents compliance gaps, particularly under GDPR and similar regulations. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The security culture appears minimal but not negligent. Enhancing security policies, implementing technical security controls, and establishing clear incident response protocols are recommended to elevate the security maturity and reduce risk exposure.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement and configure essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance statements and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
  4. Add incident response and vulnerability disclosure information, including dedicated security contact emails.
  5. Upgrade website technical infrastructure to include modern CMS, analytics, and accessibility improvements to enhance user experience and compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Avalia Educacional
Description
Avalia Educacional is the evaluation arm of Grupo Santillana, the largest educational group in Latin America, present in 22 countries. It provides educational assessment projects aimed at enhancing the performance of managers, teachers, and students. Approximately 10 million students have participated in their assessments. The brand is recognized as the market leader for 8 consecutive years.
Key services
Educational assessments, Evaluation projects
Content quality
basic
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, Google Fonts (Open Sans)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
40/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
good
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a simple informational landing page with no advanced interactive features.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. Contact information is clearly provided with company email and toll-free phone number.
  4. No social media or external business-related links present.
  5. No forms or data collection mechanisms detected.
  6. No security headers or advanced security features detected in the HTML content.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
  8. Website content is in Brazilian Portuguese.
  9. The site announces a forthcoming new website, indicating possible future improvements.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built with basic HTML and CSS, utilizing Google Fonts for typography. There is no evidence of a CMS or JavaScript frameworks. Hosting appears to be managed via Amazon Registrar, likely AWS infrastructure, providing reliable DNS services but lacking DNSSEC. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility. SEO is minimal with only basic meta tags. No analytics or tracking scripts are present, indicating limited data collection. The site is a static informational page with no forms or interactive elements, reducing complexity but also limiting engagement. Technical debt is low due to simplicity but modernization opportunities exist to improve security, compliance, and user experience.
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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