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Security report for ichb.pl

Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk · Education · Poland

Medium risk. 11 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

54/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk is a leading Polish academic research institute specializing in interdisciplinary scientific research at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and informatics. The website serves as an official portal providing information about the institute's research activities, scholarship programs, and scientific events. It targets the scientific community, researchers, students, and academic institutions. The institute holds a strong market position within Poland and is recognized in Europe and globally for its research excellence. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with WooCommerce and several plugins enhancing functionality such as download management and floating cart features. The site uses modern web technologies including jQuery and implements cookie consent via hu-manity.co scripts. The website is mobile-optimized and demonstrates good SEO and accessibility basics, though some accessibility features could be improved. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration and implements cookie consent mechanisms. However, it lacks explicit security headers, a published security policy, incident response contacts, and a vulnerability disclosure policy. No sensitive data exposure or vulnerabilities were detected in the HTML content. The WHOIS data aligns well with the institution's identity, supporting legitimacy. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and serves its academic audience well. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance documentation, security policy transparency, and accessibility would enhance its security posture and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

11 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

  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
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

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

    • 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
77
Security headers
20
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
54

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

The institute operates as a non-profit academic research entity within the education sector, focusing on bioorganic chemistry and related interdisciplinary fields. Its business model centers on research, education, and scientific collaboration. The website reflects a well-established institution with a medium-sized organizational scale. The presence on multiple social media platforms and use of structured data indicate a mature digital presence. No commercial sales focus is evident, but WooCommerce may support donations or merchandise. The institute's partnerships and collaborations are implied but not explicitly detailed on the site. Growth indicators include active scholarship programs and scientific sessions. SecurityPosture: The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS and cookie consent in place. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates room for improvement. Compliance with GDPR is partially indicated by cookie consent but lacks formal privacy policy documentation. The site does not expose sensitive data or show signs of vulnerabilities. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not publicly visible. Recommendations: Prioritize publishing comprehensive privacy and security policies, including GDPR compliance details. Implement security headers and a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability reporting. Enhance accessibility features to meet compliance standards. Maintain and monitor third-party plugins for vulnerabilities. Consider adding contact information for security incidents to improve trust and readiness.

Security posture

The website is secured with HTTPS and employs cookie consent mechanisms, indicating awareness of privacy and security requirements. However, it lacks several best practices such as explicit security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options), published security policies, and incident response contact information. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file is present, which limits transparency and responsiveness to security issues. The use of popular and updated plugins like WooCommerce and Download Manager reduces risk but requires ongoing monitoring. No exposed credentials or sensitive data were found in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is moderate but can be significantly improved by adopting formal policies and technical security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Implement and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Create and publish a security policy including incident response contact channels (e.g., security@ or abuse@ emails).
  4. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Enhance website accessibility to meet recognized standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Description
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk jest jedną z czołowych polskich jednostek naukowych. Jego wyjątkowość w skali Europy, a nawet świata stanowi działalność na styku trzech nauk: chemii, biologii i informatyki. Prowadzone są tu interdyscyplinarne badania obejmujące takie dziedziny, jak chemia bioorganiczna, biochemia, biologia molekularna, biologia systemowa, biologia syntetyczna i bioinformatyka, a w szczególności badania nad syntezą, strukturą i funkcją kwasów nukleinowych i białek oraz ich komponentów, a także nad ich wzajemnym oddziaływaniami w warunkach modelowych i komórkowych.
Key services
interdisciplinary scientific research, education and training, scientific publications, scholarship programs
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, WooCommerce 9.9.4, jQuery 3.7.1, PHP (implied by WordPress), hu-manity.co cookie consent scripts, Download Manager plugin, Nicepage plugin, Woo Floating Cart Lite plugin
Frameworks
WooCommerce
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data detected in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
hu-manity.co cookie consent, WooCommerce marketing features
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an official academic research institute portal.
  2. Content is primarily in Polish with English alternate links.
  3. Uses WordPress CMS with WooCommerce for possible e-commerce or donations.
  4. Cookie consent is implemented via hu-manity.co scripts.
  5. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages detected in the provided content.
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  7. Social media presence is strong with official accounts linked.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found.
  9. No signs of adult or questionable content.
  10. Good technical implementation with modern plugins and frameworks.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform with WooCommerce for e-commerce capabilities, supported by plugins like Download Manager and Nicepage for enhanced functionality and design. It uses jQuery and other JavaScript libraries for interactivity. The site loads external resources from trusted CDNs and implements cookie consent via hu-manity.co scripts. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and SEO practices. The technical infrastructure is sound but could benefit from improved security headers and accessibility features. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified from the HTML content. Overall, the technical implementation supports the business goals effectively with room for modernization in security and compliance aspects.
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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