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Security report for holyfamily.edu

Holy Family University · Education · United States

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Holy Family University is a private higher education institution based in the United States, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs. The university emphasizes a personalized educational experience, student engagement, and community involvement. Its website reflects a strong market position as a regional university with recognized academic partnerships and NCAA Division II athletics. The target audience includes prospective and current students, parents, alumni, and academic professionals. The business model centers on providing quality education and student services. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10 and integrates multiple modern marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Hotjar, and others. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, with good performance and professional design. Multimedia content such as embedded videos enhances user engagement. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit security headers and publicly available security or incident response policies. Privacy compliance is strong, with visible cookie consent mechanisms and a comprehensive privacy policy. The extensive use of tracking pixels indicates a high level of user tracking, balanced by compliance efforts. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, with minor areas for improvement in security transparency and terms of service availability. The domain registration data supports the legitimacy and consistency of the institution's online presence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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

5 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

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

    • 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

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  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 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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  • 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
0
Security headers
50
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
55

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

Holy Family University holds a solid position in the regional higher education market, leveraging academic partnerships and NCAA athletics to attract students. Its business model focuses on degree programs and student services, targeting a diverse audience including undergraduates, graduates, and adult learners. The university's marketing ecosystem is robust, utilizing multiple advertising and tracking platforms to drive engagement and enrollment. Growth indicators include recent news events and academic partnerships. The absence of parent or subsidiary companies suggests an independent operational structure. The website content and branding are consistent, supporting a strong institutional identity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS and no visible exposure of sensitive information. The presence of multiple third-party tracking and advertising scripts introduces a moderate risk surface, though no vulnerable libraries or critical issues were detected. The lack of security headers and public incident response contacts represents an area for improvement. Privacy compliance is well addressed with cookie consent and a detailed privacy policy. Overall, the security posture is good but could benefit from enhanced transparency and additional technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and user trust.
  3. Consider adding a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Review and minimize third-party tracking scripts to reduce privacy risks and improve site performance.
  5. Ensure terms of service are clearly available to users to cover legal and compliance aspects.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Holy Family University
Description
Holy Family University is a private university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, with a focus on a personalized educational experience, student engagement, and community involvement.
Key services
Undergraduate Majors and Minors, Graduate Programs, Admissions and Financial Aid, Student Life and Engagement, Athletics, Alumni Resources
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Vimeo video embedding, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Hotjar, Taboola, Outbrain, Snapchat Pixel, Google Analytics, AdRoll, Twitter Ads
Frameworks
Drupal
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security and analytics scripts with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Hotjar, Snapchat Pixel, Twitter Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Taboola, Outbrain, AdRoll, Twitter Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Snapchat Pixel, Hotjar
Marketing tools
Hotjar
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and multimedia.
  2. Strong presence of tracking and advertising scripts indicating marketing focus.
  3. Comprehensive navigation structure supporting multiple user groups.
  4. Good privacy and cookie compliance with visible consent mechanisms.
  5. No explicit security or incident response policies found publicly.
  6. No terms of service page detected.
  7. Multiple external marketing and analytics integrations present.
  8. No suspicious or malicious indicators detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern CMS platform (Drupal 10) with a well-structured front-end including responsive design and multimedia integration. The use of asynchronous loading for analytics and marketing scripts optimizes performance. SEO and accessibility best practices are followed, with proper meta tags and ARIA attributes. The site leverages multiple third-party services for marketing and analytics, which increases complexity and potential privacy concerns. Hosting details are not explicitly identified, but the site uses HTTPS with strong SSL configuration. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid with room for security enhancements.
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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