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Security report for junioruni.ruhr

Junior-Uni Ruhr · Education · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Junior-Uni Ruhr is a non-profit, privately funded educational and research institution based in Mülheim, Germany, serving children and youth aged 4 to 17. It offers practical, curiosity-driven courses without grades or pressure, focusing on STEM and sustainable development. The institution is recognized as a zdi-Schülerlabor and holds status as a provider of free youth welfare. The website is built on WordPress with Elementor and Bootstrap, hosted by Hetzner. While content quality and business credibility are good, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate and modern security configurations, which significantly impacts its security posture. Privacy policies and terms of service are present, but cookie consent mechanisms are missing. Social media presence is active, and contact information is clearly provided.

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

6 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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

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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
100
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
90
GDPR outside view
43
Average
65

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 Junior-Uni Ruhr occupies a niche in regional education, focusing on out-of-school STEM learning for children and youth. Its business model relies on course fees, supported by a dedicated Förderverein (support association) and donations. The institution leverages partnerships and government recognition to enhance credibility. The target audience includes families and educational stakeholders in the Ruhr region. The website supports course registration via a subdomain and promotes engagement through social media and newsletters. Growth potential exists through expanded course offerings and increased digital presence.

Security posture

The website currently exhibits a low security maturity level due to the absence of HTTPS and modern TLS protocols, lack of HSTS, and missing advanced security headers. While SPF and DMARC records are configured for email protection, the lack of SSL exposes users to risks such as data interception. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are evident. The site does not implement cookie consent, which may affect GDPR compliance. Immediate remediation of SSL and security headers is critical to protect user data and enhance trust.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Configure and enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Implement HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS usage.
  4. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Introduce a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with GDPR and inform users.
  6. Develop and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file.
  7. Regularly audit and update third-party plugins and libraries to avoid vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.8.1 using Elementor Pro 3.18.3 and Bootstrap 3.3.7, with jQuery 3.7.1. Hosting is provided by Hetzner (your-server.de). The site has a large page size (~3.6MB) and slow load time (~15 seconds), indicating potential optimization needs. Mobile optimization is good, but accessibility and SEO are basic. No analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. The DNS setup includes SPF and DMARC records but lacks DNSSEC and CAA records. SSL is not configured, resulting in no HTTPS support and poor security posture.
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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