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Security report for fundacionico.es

Fundación ICO · Finance · Spain

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Fundación ICO is a Spanish non-profit foundation affiliated with the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), focusing on promoting cultural activities, financial education, and sustainable economic development. The website serves as a portal for information on their educational programs, art exhibitions, publications, and institutional collaborations. It targets a broad audience including educators, students, professionals in finance, and the general public interested in sustainability and culture. The foundation holds a recognized position in Spain's public and cultural sectors, leveraging its connection to ICO to deliver impactful programs and resources. Technically, the website is built on the Liferay CMS platform with custom theming and uses a mix of legacy and modern JavaScript libraries including jQuery and Google Tag Manager for analytics and marketing. The site is mobile optimized with good navigation and SEO practices, though some accessibility features are basic. Performance is moderate, with room for improvement in modernizing the tech stack and enhancing accessibility. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and implements cookie consent mechanisms compliant with GDPR and Spanish regulations. However, it lacks visible security headers and explicit security or incident response policies. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Analytics usage is moderate, primarily through Google services, with a reasonable privacy compliance posture. Overall, Fundación ICO's website is professional, trustworthy, and aligned with its public foundation status. Strategic improvements in security headers, updated libraries, and enhanced transparency on security policies would further strengthen its posture and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

6 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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 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
77
Security headers
65
Email security
55
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
67

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
4
Employees
0
Customers
4
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Fundación ICO operates as a public non-profit foundation under the umbrella of ICO, Spain's official credit institute. Its market positioning is strong within the public and cultural sectors, focusing on finance education, sustainable economy, and cultural promotion. The foundation's business model relies on public funding and institutional partnerships, delivering educational programs, exhibitions, and research publications. Its target customers include educators, students, financial professionals, and cultural audiences. The foundation maintains a broad partnership ecosystem including ICO and Axispart, enhancing its reach and impact. Growth indicators include active program offerings and digital presence across multiple languages. The website reflects a mature digital presence with consistent branding and trust signals appropriate for a government-affiliated entity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent implemented. However, it lacks several best practices such as security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.) and explicit security or incident response documentation. The use of an outdated jQuery version presents a potential vulnerability vector. No exposed credentials or sensitive data were found, and no visible vulnerability disclosures or security.txt files exist. Incident response readiness is unclear due to lack of published policies or contact channels. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a public informational site but could be improved by adopting modern security headers, updating libraries, and publishing security policies to enhance transparency and resilience.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Update JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to the latest secure versions to reduce vulnerability exposure.
  3. Publish explicit security and incident response policies on the website, including contact channels for security issues.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards for improved inclusivity.
  5. Increase transparency on data retention policies related to analytics and user data to strengthen privacy compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Fundación ICO
Description
Fundación ICO is a Spanish foundation linked to ICO (Instituto de Crédito Oficial) focused on cultural promotion, education in finance and sustainable economy, and social initiatives. It offers educational programs, exhibitions, publications, and collaborations in finance, art, and sustainability sectors.
Key services
Educational programs in financial literacy and sustainable finance, Art exhibitions and cultural activities, Research and publications in economics and finance, Collaborations with institutions and platforms
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.8.3, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Liferay Portal, Responsive Lightbox Swipebox, js.cookie
Frameworks
Liferay
Platforms
WordPress (partial scripts), Liferay Portal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

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. Cookie consent banner complies with Spanish cookie law and GDPR.
  3. No explicit privacy policy page found in the main HTML but linked in cookie banner.
  4. No visible terms of service or security policy pages.
  5. Contact information is primarily via contact form and social media links; no direct emails or phone numbers found in HTML.
  6. Uses Liferay CMS with custom theme and scripts.
  7. Includes Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for tracking.
  8. No exposed sensitive data or obvious vulnerabilities detected in scripts.
  9. Branding is consistent with ICO and Fundación ICO logos.
  10. External links mostly to official partner domains and social media.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Liferay CMS platform with custom theming and uses a combination of legacy (jQuery 1.8.3) and modern JavaScript libraries. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are integrated for marketing and analytics purposes. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and good SEO meta tags. Performance is moderate, with some potential technical debt due to older libraries and mixed platform usage (some WordPress scripts detected). Accessibility is basic, and no advanced performance optimization techniques were evident. Hosting provider details were not identified. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the foundation's digital needs 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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