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Security report for egu21.eu

Copernicus GmbH · Other · Germany

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website egu21.eu serves as the official platform for the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021 virtual conference. It provides comprehensive information about the event, including session programs, recorded sessions, networking opportunities, and community engagement. The site targets geoscientists worldwide, especially early career researchers, facilitating scientific exchange in Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The business is positioned as a leading organizer of scientific conferences in the geosciences domain, operated under Copernicus GmbH. Technically, the website employs a mature technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and custom Copernicus CMS components, hosted likely by Copernicus GmbH with domain registration via InterNetX GmbH. The site is mobile optimized with moderate performance and basic accessibility features. It uses HTTPS exclusively and reputable external libraries, ensuring a secure browsing experience. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices such as HTTPS enforcement and absence of exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks visible security headers, explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and cookie consent mechanisms, which are areas for improvement. No vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected. Privacy compliance is partial, with a privacy policy hosted on the parent domain but no cookie consent on the site. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-aligned with its scientific community mission. Strategic recommendations include implementing cookie consent, publishing security and incident response policies, enhancing security headers, and providing clear contact information to improve compliance and user trust.

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

  2. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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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  • 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
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
55

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

EGU21 is a flagship event organized by the European Geosciences Union under Copernicus GmbH, targeting the global geoscience research community. Its market position is strong as a leading scientific conference organizer in Europe. The business model revolves around event hosting, community engagement, and scientific knowledge dissemination. Revenue streams likely include registration fees, sponsorships, and exhibitor participation. The target customers are scientists, researchers, and academic institutions worldwide. Growth indicators include large participation numbers and extensive session offerings. The partnership ecosystem includes Copernicus GmbH and related scientific organizations. The website reflects a mature operation with consistent branding and professional content.

Security posture

The security maturity of the website is moderate to good. HTTPS is enforced, and no sensitive data is exposed in the HTML content. The use of reputable libraries reduces risk from vulnerable dependencies. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, lack of a published security policy or incident response plan, and missing vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicate room for improvement. No signs of malware, phishing, or other critical vulnerabilities were found. The site does not collect personal data via forms on the main page, reducing attack surface. Overall, the security posture is adequate for an informational event site but could be enhanced to meet higher compliance standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie policy to comply with GDPR and enhance user transparency.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response information accessible from the website footer or about section.
  3. Add standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to improve protection against common web attacks.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security contact emails (e.g., security@ or abuse@) to facilitate vulnerability reporting and incident communication.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and CMS components to mitigate risks from known vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Copernicus GmbH
Description
The EGU General Assembly 2021 is a virtual conference bringing together geoscientists worldwide to present and discuss Earth, planetary, and space sciences. It targets scientists, especially early career researchers, providing a forum for scientific exchange.
Key services
Virtual scientific conference hosting, Session programme management, Networking events, Presentation and display material hosting
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.11.1, Bootstrap (CSS and JS), dzsparallaxer, FontAwesome 5.11.2, Unsemantic CSS, Custom Copernicus JS and CSS
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
Copernicus Meeting Organizer
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of reputable external libraries

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional event site for the EGU General Assembly 2021 virtual conference.
  2. Content is rich with event details, session programs, and community engagement.
  3. No privacy or cookie policy explicitly linked on the main site, but privacy policy is available on copernicus.org.
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on the site.
  5. Social media presence is strong with official EGU accounts linked.
  6. No visible forms collecting personal data on the main page.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found.
  8. No advertising or tracking scripts detected.
  9. Site uses HTTPS and reputable external libraries.
  10. No signs of WAF or content blocking.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a custom CMS platform by Copernicus GmbH, leveraging common web technologies such as jQuery 1.11.1 and Bootstrap for responsive design. It uses external CDNs hosted by copernicus.org for scripts and stylesheets, ensuring content delivery efficiency. The site is mobile optimized with a clean layout and accessible navigation. Performance is moderate, likely due to multiple external resource calls. SEO is basic with meta tags present but no advanced structured data like JSON-LD detected. No analytics or tracking scripts were found, indicating minimal user tracking. The technical infrastructure is stable but could benefit from modernization of libraries and enhanced accessibility features.
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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