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Security report for eea4edu.ro

ANPCDEFP · Education · Romania

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

38/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The website www.eea4edu.ro represents the official Romanian national operator ANPCDEFP for the EEA Grants education program. It provides information about education grants, scholarships, apprenticeships, and youth entrepreneurship funded by Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The site targets educational institutions, universities, vocational schools, and youth organizations in Romania and donor states. The business model is governmental/non-profit, managing EU and EEA grant programs. The website is well-branded, consistent, and professional, reflecting its official status. Technically, the site is built on WordPress using the Divi theme and several plugins including WPML for multilingual support, Google Analytics for tracking, and Popup Maker for UI elements. The site is mobile optimized and uses HTTPS, but lacks some advanced security headers and explicit privacy/cookie policies. Performance is moderate with good SEO and accessibility basics. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS and no visible vulnerabilities, but could be improved by adding security headers and a security.txt file. Privacy compliance is limited due to missing explicit privacy and cookie policies. Contact information is clearly provided, enhancing business credibility. Overall, the site is trustworthy and legitimate, with no WAF or blocking detected. WHOIS data is privacy protected as per ROTLD policy, which is standard for Romanian domains. The domain and website content align well, supporting legitimacy. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and security headers would enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

10 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.

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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

  2. 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';…

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
50
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
10
Average
38

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 organization operates as a governmental program operator managing EU and EEA grants focused on education and youth development in Romania. It holds a strong market position as the official national operator for the EEA Grants education program. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on grant administration and educational project funding. The target customers are universities, vocational schools, youth organizations, and public educational authorities. The website reflects a mature partnership ecosystem with official donor states and national agencies. Growth indicators include ongoing grant calls and project showcases. The partnership with EEA Grants and Erasmus+ programs strengthens its strategic position.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks several recommended security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options. There is no visible vulnerability disclosure or incident response information. GDPR compliance is partial due to absence of explicit privacy and cookie policies. The site uses Google Analytics, indicating some user tracking but no advanced consent mechanisms. Overall, the security posture is adequate for informational purposes but could be improved to meet higher compliance and security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection to enhance protection.
  3. Establish a vulnerability disclosure policy and publish a security.txt file to improve transparency.
  4. Regularly update WordPress core and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance user consent mechanisms for tracking and cookies to align with privacy best practices.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Agenţia Naţională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educaţiei şi Formării Profesionale (ANPCDEFP)
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
ANPCDEFP
Description
Agenţia Naţională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educaţiei şi Formării Profesionale (ANPCDEFP) implements in Romania the EU education, vocational training, youth and sport program Erasmus+ and operates the program dedicated to education, scholarships, internships and youth entrepreneurship (2014-2021) funded by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Key services
Program management, Grant administration, Educational project funding, Information dissemination
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Divi Theme, jQuery, Google Analytics, Popup Maker plugin, Magic Liquidizer Responsive Table, Monarch plugin, WPML (multilingual plugin)
Frameworks
WordPress CMS
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Analytics with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

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. Content is primarily in Romanian with English alternate language available.
  3. Website uses HTTPS and modern web technologies.
  4. No privacy or cookie policy pages explicitly found.
  5. Contact information is clearly provided with phone and physical address.
  6. No forms with personal data collection detected on the main page.
  7. Social media presence includes Facebook and YouTube official channels.
  8. WHOIS data is not publicly available due to ROTLD privacy policy.
  9. Website is well-branded and consistent with official EEA Grants and ANPCDEFP identity.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform using the Divi theme and multiple plugins for multilingual support, responsive tables, and social sharing. It employs Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking. The site is mobile optimized and uses HTTPS, ensuring secure data transmission. Performance is moderate with some room for optimization. Accessibility features are basic but present. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. The technical stack is standard for governmental informational websites, with no critical technical debt or risks detected.
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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