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Eesti Hariduse Kvaliteediagentuur · Education · Estonia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 1 other check.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Eesti Hariduse Kvaliteediagentuur (HAKA) is a government-affiliated Estonian agency specializing in the external quality assessment and accreditation of educational institutions. It operates under the Education and Youth Board and is recognized as a leading competence center in Estonia for education quality assurance. The agency is a member of prominent European quality assurance networks such as EQAR, ENQA, INQAAHE, and EQAVET, reinforcing its credibility and international cooperation. The website provides comprehensive information about its services, quality culture promotion, and training activities targeted at educational institutions, experts, and students.

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

8 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 Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

  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.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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

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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
90
Security headers
80
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
62

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

HAKA's market position is strong within the Estonian education sector, serving as the primary authority for quality assurance in higher education, vocational training, and continuing education. Its business model is non-profit and government-supported, focusing on accreditation, quality assessments, and consultancy. The agency maintains partnerships with European and international quality assurance bodies, enhancing its influence and operational standards. The website content is rich and well-structured, targeting educational stakeholders and experts, with a clear focus on transparency and service delivery.

Security posture

The website's security posture is currently weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS enforcement, which is a critical vulnerability. Additional security measures such as HSTS, DMARC, DNSSEC, and security headers are missing, exposing the site to potential risks. However, the use of Google reCAPTCHA on forms and the absence of known vulnerable libraries indicate some security awareness. Immediate remediation of SSL/TLS configuration and implementation of standard security headers are necessary to improve the security stance.

Recommendations

  1. Acquire and properly configure a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload options.
  3. Configure DNS security features including DMARC, DNSSEC, and CAA records to protect domain integrity.
  4. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Eesti Hariduse Kvaliteediagentuur
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS using Bootstrap framework and common JavaScript libraries like jQuery and Select2. It integrates Google Analytics and Google reCAPTCHA for analytics and bot protection respectively. The hosting is provided by EENet, an Estonian education and research network. Performance is moderate to slow with a page load time of approximately 5 seconds and a large page size (~764 KB). The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and basic accessibility features. SEO is enhanced by Yoast SEO plugin with proper meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format. However, the lack of HTTPS and security headers represents a significant technical risk.
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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