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Security report for italiacaritas.it

Caritas Italiana · Non-profit · Italy

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Italia Caritas operates as a prominent Italian non-profit organization affiliated with Caritas Italiana, focusing on social charity, poverty alleviation, migration, and ecological issues. The website serves as an information hub providing articles, blogs, stories, and newsletters to engage the Italian-speaking public and promote charitable activities. It maintains a strong market position as a trusted source for Catholic social outreach and community support. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern libraries and frameworks, ensuring good mobile optimization and SEO practices. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and cookie consent mechanisms, though some security headers and explicit policies could be enhanced. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR, supporting its mission effectively.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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. 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';…
  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
  3. 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

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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
70
DNS health
45
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
63

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

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Leaked records that mention italiacaritas.it, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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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

The organization leverages a content-driven model to engage and inform its audience, supported by fundraising through donation links. Its partnership ecosystem includes official Caritas domains and Catholic Church-related sites, enhancing credibility. The site targets a broad demographic interested in social justice and Catholic charity work. Growth indicators include active blog updates and social media presence. The business model is non-profit, focusing on advocacy and community engagement rather than commercial revenue streams.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, cookie consent, and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, it lacks published security policies or incident response information, which could improve transparency and readiness. The use of Matomo analytics respects privacy better than many alternatives. No vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected in the content or WHOIS data. Security headers could be improved to harden defenses against common web attacks.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information.
  3. Regularly audit and update WordPress core and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards.
  5. Maintain transparency on data retention and privacy practices beyond cookie consent.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Caritas Italiana
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Caritas Italiana
Description
Italia Caritas is a non-profit organization focused on social charity, poverty alleviation, migration, ecological conversion, and community support through articles, blogs, stories, and newsletters.
Key services
Information dissemination via articles and blogs, Fundraising (donation link provided), Community engagement through stories and testimonies, Newsletter subscription
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 5.9.12, jQuery 3.6.0, Bootstrap 4.6, Font Awesome 6.5.1, Animate.css 4.1.1, Slick Carousel, Lightbox, Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent banner with customization
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of async loading for analytics scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally maintained non-profit portal for Caritas Italiana.
  2. Content is rich, updated, and well organized with multiple categories and recent posts.
  3. Strong social media integration and official branding.
  4. Cookie consent and privacy policies are implemented in compliance with GDPR.
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity detected.
  6. No terms of service page found, which is common for non-profit informational sites.
  7. No explicit security or incident response policies published on the site.
Technical notes

Notes

The site uses a modern WordPress CMS with popular libraries like Bootstrap, jQuery, Font Awesome, and Animate.css, ensuring responsive design and good user experience. Performance is moderate, with lazy loading of images and asynchronous analytics scripts. SEO is well supported by Yoast SEO plugin and proper meta tags including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. Hosting provider details are not explicit, but the site uses Matomo for analytics, indicating a preference for privacy-conscious tools. Technical debt appears low, but security header implementation and accessibility can be improved.
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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