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Security report for colorincolorado.org

Colorín Colorado · Education · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Colorín Colorado is a bilingual educational website dedicated to supporting educators and families of English language learners. It provides a range of bilingual resources and information aimed at enhancing the educational experience for its target audience. The site is positioned as a trusted resource in the education sector, focusing on accessibility and bilingual content delivery. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 7, leveraging modern web technologies including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and various JavaScript libraries to enhance user experience and track engagement. The site demonstrates moderate performance and good mobile optimization, although accessibility features are basic. Security-wise, the website uses HTTPS and integrates standard tracking tools with IP anonymization, but lacks explicit security headers and detailed privacy or cookie policies. The absence of publicly available WHOIS data suggests privacy protection, which is typical for educational or non-profit entities. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and safe for general audiences, but could improve in privacy compliance and security best practices.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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

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 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 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 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

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
65
Security headers
40
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
68

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 website serves the education sector, specifically targeting bilingual education and English language learners. Its business model revolves around providing free educational content and resources, likely funded through grants or partnerships rather than direct commercial activities. The site’s market position is that of a specialized educational resource with a consistent brand and good content quality. The integration of advertising and tracking tools indicates some level of monetization or audience measurement. The lack of explicit contact information and WHOIS transparency is consistent with a non-profit or educational organization. There is no evidence of subsidiaries or parent companies. The site’s partnership ecosystem includes common web service providers but no direct business partners were identified from the data.

Security posture

The website has a moderate security posture with HTTPS enabled and use of anonymized Google Analytics tracking. However, it lacks important security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web vulnerabilities. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The absence of explicit privacy and cookie policies, as well as incident response information, indicates gaps in compliance and security transparency. The site should consider implementing these policies and security headers, regularly updating its CMS and libraries, and providing clear security contact channels to improve its security maturity and compliance with regulations such as GDPR.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to enhance GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen security posture.
  3. Provide clear contact information including security incident response contacts to improve transparency and trust.
  4. Regularly update Drupal core and third-party modules to mitigate vulnerabilities and maintain platform security.
  5. Conduct periodic security audits and penetration testing to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Colorín Colorado
Description
A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners
Key services
bilingual educational content, resources for English language learners, support for educators and families
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 7, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, FontAwesome, Micromodal, AddToAny, Quantcast, DoubleClick, Modernizr, jQuery
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Google Tag Manager and Analytics configured with anonymize IP

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Quantcast
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
DoubleClick, Quantcast
Tracking pixels
AddToAny
Marketing tools
GetSiteControl
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a bilingual educational resource for English language learners
  2. No WHOIS data publicly available, indicating privacy protection
  3. Uses Drupal 7 CMS with modern tracking and advertising scripts
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found in the provided HTML snippet
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided content
  6. No security headers detected in the provided data
  7. HTTPS is enabled and used site-wide
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected
  9. Content is safe and appropriate for general audiences
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 7, a mature but aging CMS platform, which may pose technical debt and security risks if not actively maintained. It uses a variety of modern JavaScript libraries and services such as FontAwesome, Micromodal, AddToAny, and Google Analytics for enhanced user experience and analytics. Performance is moderate with indications of asynchronous script loading and mobile optimization. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Accessibility is basic, suggesting room for improvement to meet modern standards. Hosting provider details are not evident from the data. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business goals but would benefit from modernization and enhanced 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

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