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Security report for cnpq.br

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico · Government · Brazil

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and DNS health.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) is a Brazilian government agency dedicated to promoting scientific and technological development. The website serves as an official portal providing information on research funding, scholarships, scientific dissemination, and public access to government programs. It targets researchers, students, and the general public interested in science and technology within Brazil. The site is part of the gov.br ecosystem and is hosted on government infrastructure, ensuring authenticity and trustworthiness. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including Plone CMS, jQuery, Swiper.js for carousels, and Font Awesome for icons. It integrates Google Tag Manager for analytics and uses security best practices such as HTTPS enforcement and security headers. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices evident from meta tags and structured data. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates a strong posture with HTTPS, security headers, and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not prominently available, which could be improved to enhance transparency and trust. Overall, the website is a professional, secure, and reliable government portal with comprehensive content relevant to its audience. It maintains high legitimacy and aligns well with Brazilian government digital standards.

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

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Cloudflare, Google Ads

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

  2. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain:

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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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
90
Security headers
80
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
75

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

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention cnpq.br, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
225,054
Employees
131
Customers
224,546
Third parties
377
Weak passwords
23%

Latest record dated 2026-06-09 · 285 subdomains affected

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  • –wikidba.cnpq.br2026-06-09
  • –www.cnpq.br2026-06-07
  • –wikicosui.cnpq.br2026-05-31
  • –wwws.cnpq.br2026-05-28
  • –blade1.cnpq.br2026-05-27

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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

CNPq holds a key position in Brazil's scientific ecosystem as a government agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Its business model revolves around funding research, providing scholarships, and fostering scientific knowledge dissemination. The agency's partnerships include other government bodies and research institutions, supported by a strong digital presence on gov.br and social media platforms. The website reflects a mature digital strategy with integration of analytics and accessibility features, supporting its mission to serve a broad audience of researchers and citizens. Growth indicators include active calls for research proposals and scholarship programs, highlighting ongoing engagement with the scientific community.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, comprehensive security headers, and no detected vulnerabilities in the front-end code. The use of government hosting (SERPRO) and official name servers adds to the trustworthiness. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure channels represents a gap in transparency and readiness communication. There is no evidence of exposed credentials or sensitive data. The site uses secure forms with autocomplete disabled where applicable. Overall, the security maturity is good but could benefit from publishing formal security documentation and contact points.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page detailing security practices and compliance.
  2. Provide clear incident response contact information, including security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Enhance visibility of privacy and cookie policies directly on the CNPq site or via clear links.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Description
CNPq is a Brazilian government agency focused on scientific and technological development, providing research funding, scholarships, and promoting scientific dissemination.
Key services
Research funding, Scholarships and grants, Scientific dissemination, Public information access
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Swiper.js, Font Awesome, Google Tag Manager, Plone CMS
Frameworks
Plone
Platforms
gov.br platform
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security headers
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with autocomplete off

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official Brazilian government domain for CNPq
  2. Content is in Portuguese and targeted at Brazilian scientific community
  3. No signs of phishing, malware, or suspicious content
  4. Good use of modern web technologies and accessibility features
  5. Social media presence on official platforms
  6. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found on main page
  7. Privacy and cookie policies are present on the broader gov.br domain
  8. No explicit security or incident response contact information found
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Plone CMS platform, a robust and secure content management system widely used in government and enterprise environments. It leverages jQuery and Swiper.js for interactive UI components and Font Awesome for iconography. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and tracking. The site is hosted on SERPRO infrastructure, indicating government-grade hosting with likely strong network security. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in loading times. The site is mobile responsive and includes accessibility features such as skip menus and ARIA labels. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. There is no indication of technical debt or deprecated technologies in use.
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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