The International Association of Geodesy (IAG) operates a professional and comprehensive website focused on advancing geodetic science globally. The organization, founded in 1862 and headquartered in Austria, serves a specialized audience of scientists, researchers, and governmental bodies. Their digital presence is supported by a modern WordPress CMS with WooCommerce for membership/shop functionalities, enhanced by SEO and accessibility plugins. The website offers rich content, including news, events, job listings, and detailed organizational structure information, reflecting a mature digital infrastructure. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS and no obvious vulnerabilities, though improvements are recommended in DNSSEC deployment and explicit security policies. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy and terms of use present but lacking cookie consent mechanisms. Overall, the site is trustworthy, well-branded, and professionally maintained, supporting the organization's mission effectively.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
73/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
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
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
73
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
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 geodesy.science, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
IAG holds a strong market position as a global scientific association within the government and non-profit sectors, affiliated with the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). Their business model centers on research promotion, data provision, and community engagement through memberships and events. The website's integration with multiple social media platforms and external partner domains indicates a well-established partnership ecosystem. Revenue streams likely include membership fees and event participation. The organization's digital maturity is moderate to high, with opportunities to enhance security and privacy compliance further.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a solid security foundation with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data. However, the absence of DNSSEC and lack of explicit security policies or incident response contacts represent gaps in security maturity. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, limiting transparency for security researchers. Security headers beyond HTTPS are not explicitly detected, suggesting room for improvement. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could benefit from formalized policies and enhanced DNS security.
Recommendations
Enable DNSSEC on the domain to strengthen DNS security and prevent spoofing.
Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
Implement a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
Add and verify security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Introduce a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations and improve user transparency.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
IAG - International Association of Geodesy
Description
International Association of Geodesy (IAG) is a global scientific organisation promoting geodetic research and cooperation, advancing geodesy through research, data analysis, technology development and providing accurate representations of the Earth.
Key services
Geodetic research promotion, Data analysis and technology development, Global geodetic observing system (GGOS), Events and symposiums, Membership community
Use of security plugins (e.g., Accessibility OneTap)
Analytics and tracking
Services
WP Statistics (mentioned in HTML comments)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic
Advertising
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO, GTranslate
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a professional, well-structured scientific association site.
Content is rich, relevant, and well-maintained with frequent updates.
Strong social media presence across multiple platforms.
No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
Lacks explicit privacy and security policies beyond basic terms of use.
No cookie consent mechanism detected despite use of cookies.
No explicit incident response or vulnerability disclosure information.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a modern WordPress platform using the Enfold theme and WooCommerce plugin, supported by various plugins for SEO, accessibility, and event/job management. The tech stack is robust and widely supported, ensuring good performance and mobile responsiveness. The site uses jQuery and standard web technologies with no deprecated or vulnerable libraries detected. Performance is moderate, with potential for optimization. Accessibility features are implemented, enhancing usability for diverse users. SEO is well addressed via Yoast SEO and structured data (JSON-LD). Hosting details are not explicit but likely stable given the domain registrar and hosting references.
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.
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