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Karolinska Institutet · Healthcare · Sweden

High risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

48/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe's largest medical universities, offering the broadest range of medical education in Sweden and leading in medical academic research. The institution targets students, researchers, and medical professionals, operating as a public university with a strong market position in healthcare education and research. The website is built on Drupal 10 and integrates modern analytics and marketing tools, demonstrating a mature digital infrastructure. However, the current lack of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS implementation significantly undermines the security posture. While privacy and cookie policies are well implemented with consent mechanisms, the absence of explicit security policies and incident response information suggests room for improvement in security governance. Overall, the website is professional, content-rich, and trustworthy but requires urgent attention to SSL/TLS security to protect users and maintain institutional credibility.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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. 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

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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
70
Email security
50
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
48

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

Karolinska Institutet holds a leading position in medical education and research within Sweden and Europe. Its business model focuses on public education and research services, supported by a large institutional infrastructure. The website reflects a strong brand presence with consistent messaging and active engagement through multiple social media channels. The institution leverages partnerships and integrates various third-party services for analytics and marketing. The domain's long registration history and consistent WHOIS data reinforce its legitimacy. Growth indicators include active event participation and extensive academic offerings. The lack of domain protection locks is a minor risk but does not detract from overall credibility.

Security posture

The website demonstrates partial adherence to security best practices, including the use of security headers like CSP, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS support is a critical vulnerability, exposing users to potential interception and undermining trust. The lack of DNSSEC and CAA records further reduces domain security. No visible incident response or security policy pages were found, indicating potential gaps in security governance and transparency. The use of multiple third-party scripts necessitates ongoing vulnerability management. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues.

Recommendations

  1. Acquire and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable and enforce HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload directives to strengthen transport security.
  3. Implement DNSSEC and CAA records to enhance domain name system security.
  4. Publish clear security policies and incident response procedures accessible to users.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Karolinska Institutet
VAT number
SE202100297301
Registration number
202100-2973
Technical notes

Notes

The website is powered by Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, indicating a robust content management infrastructure. Integration with Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, and other analytics tools shows a mature approach to user behavior analysis and marketing. The site is mobile optimized with good accessibility features and SEO practices. However, the invalid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS degrade the overall technical quality and security. Performance data was not available, but the use of CDNs and modern JavaScript libraries suggests potential for good performance. Technical debt appears low, but security misconfigurations pose operational risks.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 68/100Medium31 findingsView report
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