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Consortium GARR · Education · Italy

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

86/100

Risk levelLow

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

Consortium GARR operates as Italy's national high-capacity network dedicated to the education, research, and cultural communities. It provides ultrafast connectivity and innovative services tailored for educators, researchers, and students. The organization holds a strong market position as a key infrastructure provider in the Italian research and education sector, offering services such as cloud infrastructure, IP and DNS management, digital identity, and web conferencing. The website reflects a mature digital presence with professional design, clear navigation, and comprehensive content relevant to its audience. Technically, the site leverages Joomla CMS, UIkit framework, and Matomo analytics with privacy-conscious configurations, ensuring good performance and accessibility. Security posture is robust with HTTPS enforcement, security headers, and GDPR-compliant cookie consent mechanisms, although explicit security policies and incident response details are not publicly disclosed. Overall, the domain registration and website content are consistent and trustworthy, supporting the legitimacy of the consortium.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
100/ 100 · Low
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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  1. 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.

    • Medium

      Missing X-XSS-Protection header

      Legacy XSS protection (deprecated but still recommended)

      What to do: Add "X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block"

  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.

    • Medium

      DMARC not enforcing

      DMARC policy is set to "none"

      What to do: Gradually move to "quarantine" then "reject" policy

    • Medium

      No DKIM record found

      DKIM adds cryptographic signatures to emails

      What to do: Configure DKIM with your email provider

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Medium

      DNSSEC Not Enabled

      DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

      What to do: Enable DNSSEC to prevent DNS spoofing attacks

      • CAPEC-142
      • RFC 4033
      • RFC 4035

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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
100
Security headers
90
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
100
Average
86

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

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

Add-on

Leaked records that mention garr.it, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
275
Employees
22
Customers
182
Third parties
71
Weak passwords
8%

Latest record dated 2026-06-15 · 33 subdomains affected

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  • –garr.it2026-06-15
  • –idp.dir.garr.it2026-06-04
  • –www.garr.it2026-05-24
  • –garr.it2026-01-13
  • –idp.dir.garr.it2025-11-12

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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

GARR is positioned as a non-profit consortium serving the Italian education and research sectors with advanced networking infrastructure. Its business model focuses on providing essential digital infrastructure and services rather than commercial offerings. The consortium benefits from partnerships with European research networks like GÉANT, enhancing its international connectivity. The website indicates a medium-sized organization with a broad target audience including universities, research centers, cultural institutions, and students. The presence of multiple specialized service portals and active social media channels suggests a well-established ecosystem. Growth indicators include ongoing projects and infrastructure expansions. The lack of commercial advertising and affiliate programs aligns with its non-profit status.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security foundation with HTTPS, secure cookie settings, and implementation of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options. The use of Matomo analytics configured for privacy respects user data protection. However, the absence of a publicly available security policy, incident response plan, or vulnerability disclosure mechanism limits transparency. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. The site employs GDPR-compliant cookie consent with opt-in, enhancing compliance. Recommendations include publishing explicit security and incident response information and establishing a vulnerability disclosure policy to improve security maturity and stakeholder trust.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response information page to enhance transparency.
  2. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  3. Add dedicated security contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  4. Regularly update CMS and third-party plugins to mitigate risks from known vulnerabilities.
  5. Continue enhancing accessibility and mobile optimization to maintain excellent user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Consortium GARR
Description
GARR è la rete telematica italiana per l’istruzione, la ricerca e la cultura. Fornisce connettività ad alte prestazioni e servizi innovativi per docenti, ricercatori e studenti.
Key services
High-capacity national network, Cloud infrastructure, IP addresses and DNS services, Digital identity services, Eduroam wireless access, Digital certificates, Webconference and live streaming services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Joomla CMS, jQuery, Yootheme UIkit, Font Awesome, Matomo Analytics, GDPR Cookie Consent plugin
Frameworks
UIkit
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced with secure cookies
  • Cookie consent with opt-in mechanism
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Matomo with privacy settings
  • Accessibility features implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured
  2. Strong focus on education and research networking services
  3. Comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with opt-in consent
  4. Use of open source CMS and modern frontend frameworks
  5. Active social media presence with official accounts
  6. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity
  7. No visible security policy or incident response information
  8. No explicit terms of service found
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Joomla CMS with UIkit frontend framework and uses jQuery and Font Awesome for UI components. It integrates Matomo analytics with privacy-focused settings and a GDPR-compliant cookie consent plugin. The site is mobile responsive, accessible, and SEO optimized with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, likely due to rich media content and multiple scripts, but overall user experience is smooth. Hosting provider details are not explicit. The technical stack is modern and well-maintained, with opportunities to improve by streamlining scripts and enhancing security transparency.
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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