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Security report for htugraz.at

HochschülerInnenschaft an der TU Graz (HTU Graz) · Education · Austria

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, DNS health and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

HTU Graz serves as the official student representation body at the Technical University of Graz, Austria. It advocates for student interests, provides various support services, and organizes events with a large volunteer base. The organization is well integrated within the university ecosystem and collaborates with multiple student unions and partners. The website is built on TYPO3 CMS with Bootstrap, offering a professional and accessible user experience. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and cookie consent mechanisms, though it lacks advanced security headers and formal incident response disclosures. Overall, the site reflects a trustworthy and credible non-profit educational entity.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

7 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 Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

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

  2. DNS health

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

    • High

      Weak SPF Policy

      SPF record has permissive policy allowing any server to send email

      What to do: Use -all or ~all qualifier for better email security

  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
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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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
25
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
60

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
83
Employees
2
Customers
76
Third parties
5
Weak passwords
2%

Latest record dated 2025-08-31 · 7 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

HTU Graz holds a strong market position as the primary student representative organization at TU Graz. Its business model is non-profit, focusing on advocacy, support, and community engagement for students. The organization benefits from partnerships with national and regional student unions and university bodies, enhancing its influence and service offerings. The website's content and structure support its mission effectively, targeting students primarily. Growth indicators include active volunteer involvement and diverse service programs. The partnership ecosystem is robust, linking to multiple related educational and student service domains.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with enforced HTTPS and a cookie consent banner indicating GDPR awareness. However, it lacks visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and does not provide a public security policy or vulnerability disclosure mechanism. No incident response contacts or security.txt files are present, which could be improved to enhance transparency and readiness. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a non-commercial educational site but could benefit from enhancements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to improve protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information to increase transparency and preparedness.
  3. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies to ensure no vulnerable libraries are included.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by providing more detailed cookie and data retention information.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
HochschülerInnenschaft an der TU Graz (HTU Graz)
Description
HTU Graz is the statutory student representation body for all students at TU Graz, offering services, advocacy, and organizing leisure activities with over 350 volunteers.
Key services
Student advocacy, Consulting and support, Event organization, Financial support programs, Printing and copying services, Psychosocial counseling, Job and housing exchange
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, Bootstrap, JavaScript
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS, Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

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

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

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. Content is primarily in German with English alternate available.
  3. No forms detected on the homepage; no data collection forms present.
  4. Social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
  5. Cookie consent banner present and functional.
  6. No explicit privacy or security policy pages beyond basic privacy policy.
  7. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure.
  8. No advertising or tracking scripts detected.
  9. Website uses TYPO3 CMS and Bootstrap framework.
  10. Contact information is clearly provided with email, phone, and physical address.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses TYPO3 CMS combined with Bootstrap for responsive design, ensuring good mobile optimization and accessibility. The HTML structure is valid and SEO-friendly with proper meta tags and language alternates. Performance is moderate with compressed CSS and JS assets loaded asynchronously. No heavy analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating a privacy-conscious approach. The site could improve by adopting modern security headers and possibly upgrading hosting or CDN services for enhanced performance and security. Overall, the technical implementation supports the business goals effectively with room for modernization.
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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