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ETC · Education · Austria

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

53/100

Risk levelMedium

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

ETC is a well-established Austrian IT training and certification provider with a strong market position since 1999. The company offers a wide range of IT courses, certifications, and talent acquisition services across multiple locations including Vienna, Graz, and Attnang-Puchheim, as well as online. Their offerings cover major IT domains such as Microsoft, Cisco, Red Hat, VMware, and more, targeting IT professionals and enterprises seeking digital skill enhancement. Technically, the website is built on a modern WordPress platform with WooCommerce integration, leveraging popular libraries like jQuery, Algolia, and Swiper.js for enhanced user experience. However, the security posture is currently weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of TLS support, which is a critical risk for user data protection and trust. Privacy and cookie policies are present and supported by a consent management platform, indicating good compliance with GDPR. Overall, the site is professional and content-rich but requires urgent security improvements to ensure safe user interactions and maintain trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

5 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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Security headers
85
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
53

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

ETC holds a leading position in the Austrian IT training market, with a comprehensive portfolio of courses and certifications that cater to a broad audience including individuals and corporate clients. Their business model is service-oriented, focusing on education and certification with additional offerings like events, webinars, and talent qualification. The company demonstrates strong branding consistency and trust signals such as customer testimonials, certifications, and high Google review ratings. Their partnership ecosystem includes major IT vendors and service providers, enhancing their market credibility. The presence of multiple physical locations and a significant number of annual participants indicates a medium-sized enterprise with stable growth and market relevance.

Security posture

The website implements several security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection, which are positive indicators of security awareness. However, the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of TLS protocols severely undermine the security posture, exposing users to potential data interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. The missing HSTS enforcement and OCSP stapling further weaken the HTTPS security model. No explicit incident response or security policy pages were found, indicating potential gaps in formal security governance. Overall, while some best practices are observed, critical vulnerabilities must be addressed promptly to protect user data and comply with security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable and enforce TLS 1.2 or higher protocols to secure data in transit.
  3. Activate HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload options to prevent protocol downgrade attacks.
  4. Implement OCSP stapling to improve certificate validation performance and security.
  5. Develop and publish a formal security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  6. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  7. Enhance transparency on data retention policies and user privacy controls.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
ETC Enterprise Training Center GmbH
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.7.2 with WooCommerce 9.4.3, using PHP 8.3.22. It employs modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Algolia for search, Swiper.js for sliders, and Popper.js for UI elements. The site is hosted behind Cloudflare CDN, which provides caching and performance benefits. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility considerations. SEO is well implemented with comprehensive meta tags, Open Graph data, and structured JSON-LD schema for organization and webpage. Performance metrics were not provided but inferred as moderate based on resource usage and caching headers. The absence of valid SSL is a major technical risk. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern and robust but requires security enhancements.
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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