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Security report for etwinning.ro

Agenția Națională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educației și Formării Profesionale (ANPCDEFP) · Education · Romania

High risk. 11 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

36/100

Risk levelHigh

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

eTwinning România is a national educational project co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ program. It facilitates inter-school collaborative projects for teachers and students across Europe using the European School Education Platform. The website serves as the official Romanian portal, coordinated by the Agenția Națională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educației și Formării Profesionale (ANPCDEFP). It provides resources, news, professional development courses, and contact information for stakeholders. The site is well-branded, consistent, and targets educators and schools in Romania and Europe. Technically, it is built on WordPress with common plugins and integrates Google services such as Maps and Analytics. Hosting is provided by HostX, and the site uses HTTPS with a moderate security posture. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and some security headers are missing. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism detected. Contact details are clearly provided, enhancing business credibility.

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

11 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
42
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
10
Average
36

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 positions itself as the Romanian national coordinator for the eTwinning action, part of the broader European Commission educational initiatives. It leverages partnerships with official European bodies and national agencies, providing a trusted platform for teacher collaboration and student projects. The business model is non-profit and educational, focusing on capacity building and resource sharing. The presence of professional development courses and campaigns indicates active engagement with the educational community. The site’s content and structure support its role as a central hub for eTwinning activities in Romania, with a medium-sized organizational footprint and a clear target audience of educators and schools.

Security posture

The security posture is moderate with HTTPS enabled and no visible exposed sensitive data. However, the absence of DNSSEC and some important HTTP security headers like Content Security Policy and X-Content-Type-Options reduces the overall security maturity. There is no visible security policy or incident response contact information, and no security.txt file is present. The site uses reputable plugins and integrates Google services securely. Recommendations include enabling DNSSEC, implementing security headers, and adding a vulnerability disclosure policy to improve trust and resilience.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to enhance domain name system security.
  2. Implement a Content Security Policy and other HTTP security headers.
  3. Add a security.txt file to provide vulnerability disclosure information.
  4. Introduce a cookie consent mechanism to improve privacy compliance.
  5. Regularly audit and update all plugins and WordPress core to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Agenția Națională pentru Programe Comunitare în Domeniul Educației și Formării Profesionale (ANPCDEFP)
Description
eTwinning este un proiect cofinanțat de Comisia Europeană care facilitează cadrelor didactice crearea de proiecte de colaborare interșcolară pentru elevi, utilizând platforma europeană European School Education Platform.
Key services
Facilitation of inter-school collaborative projects, Professional development courses for teachers, Dissemination of educational resources and best practices, Organization of events and campaigns
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, PHP, jQuery, Google Maps API, Bootstrap, WPBakery Page Builder, Contact Form 7, Jetpack
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of reputable plugins

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Jetpack Stats
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Jetpack Stats
Marketing tools
Jetpack Instant Search
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a Romanian national portal for the eTwinning educational project.
  2. Content is primarily in Romanian language.
  3. Site uses WordPress CMS with common plugins and Google services.
  4. Contact information is clearly provided with official emails and phone numbers.
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity detected.
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners found, but privacy policy is present.
  7. Site uses HTTPS and has moderate security posture.
  8. No visible terms of service or incident response policies.
  9. Site includes embedded Google Maps with custom styling.
  10. Social media presence includes Facebook and LinkedIn.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform using Bootstrap for responsive design and WPBakery Page Builder for content management. It integrates Google Maps API for location display and uses Contact Form 7 for user interactions. The site loads multiple external resources including Google Fonts and Jetpack services. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Hosting is provided by HostX, a known provider. Technical risks include missing DNSSEC and incomplete security headers, which should be addressed to reduce attack surface.
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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