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Security report for ceptro.br

Ceptro.br - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Tecnologia de Redes e Operações · Technology · Brazil

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Ceptro.br is a Brazilian research and study center focused on network technology and Internet operations, affiliated with NIC.br and CGI.br. It provides educational resources, research projects, and community engagement to improve Internet infrastructure and quality in Brazil. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image aligned with its parent organizations. Technically, the site uses standard web technologies including Bootstrap and jQuery, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is basic, lacking explicit security headers and privacy policies, which should be addressed to enhance trust and compliance. Overall, the domain registration and website content are consistent and legitimate, with strong ties to official Brazilian Internet governance bodies.

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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

6 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, YouTube

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

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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
65
Security headers
70
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
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

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Ceptro.br operates as an important entity within the Brazilian Internet ecosystem, leveraging partnerships with NIC.br, CGI.br, and other official bodies. Its business model centers on non-profit research, education, and dissemination of best practices in Internet technology. The target audience includes network operators, researchers, and students. The organization benefits from a strong partnership ecosystem and recognized market position in Brazil's technology sector. Growth indicators include active course offerings and multiple projects related to Internet quality and infrastructure.

Security posture

The website currently exhibits a basic security posture with HTTPS implied but no visible security headers or explicit security policies. There is no evidence of vulnerability disclosures, incident response contacts, or certifications. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps, particularly regarding GDPR and similar regulations. No forms or data collection mechanisms were detected, reducing immediate risk exposure. Recommendations include implementing security headers, publishing privacy and cookie policies, and establishing clear incident response channels.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, and X-Frame-Options.
  3. Add visible contact information including security incident response contacts.
  4. Introduce cookie consent mechanisms to comply with privacy regulations.
  5. Conduct regular security audits of third-party scripts and dependencies.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ceptro.br - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Tecnologia de Redes e Operações
Description
Ceptro.br is a center focused on studies and research in network technology and operations, providing projects, activities, courses, and events related to Internet infrastructure and technology in Brazil.
Key services
Research projects, Internet quality measurement (SIMET), Educational courses and events, Podcasts and informational content, Best practices dissemination
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS (Bootstrap), JavaScript (jQuery 1.10.2), FontAwesome
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
40/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the main page.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided on the homepage content.
  4. Strong affiliation with official Brazilian Internet governance bodies (NIC.br, CGI.br).
  5. Content is primarily educational and research-focused with multiple external links to official partner sites.
  6. No security headers or explicit security policies detected in the HTML content.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected beyond basic jQuery and Bootstrap libraries.
  8. No forms detected on the homepage; no data collection fields present.
  9. Social media links present for official NIC.br accounts on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Telegram, LinkedIn, Instagram.
  10. Logo image found at /assets/img/logo-ceptro.png with alt text 'CEPTRO.br'.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional web stack with Bootstrap for responsive design and jQuery for scripting. The site loads multiple external resources from trusted Brazilian Internet governance domains, enhancing trust. Performance is moderate with no evident broken elements. Accessibility is basic with some skip links and alt attributes but could be improved. SEO is basic with meta tags present but no Open Graph or structured data detected. Hosting provider and CMS are not explicitly identified. There is an opportunity to modernize the tech stack and improve security configurations.
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. 63/100Medium33 findingsView report
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