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Nursing Diploma Course Shikshan Shulka Samiti · Education · India

High risk. 11 critical or high findings in Email security, Network security and 3 other checks.

Security score

44/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The Nursing Diploma Course Shikshan Shulka Samiti website serves as an official online portal for fee approval proposals related to nursing diploma courses affiliated with the Maharashtra State Nursing and Paramedical Education Board for the academic year 2025-26. The portal targets private nursing diploma institutes in Maharashtra, providing them with a platform to submit fee proposals, upload necessary documents, and access related publications and minutes. The website is government-affiliated and focuses on regulatory compliance within the education sector. Technically, the website employs a traditional web stack including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript with jQuery 1.9.1, Bootstrap 4.6.2, and FontAwesome for icons. The site is mobile responsive and has a moderate performance profile. However, the use of an outdated jQuery version introduces potential security risks. The site lacks modern security headers and does not display privacy or cookie policies, indicating gaps in privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS, which is a positive baseline. No exposed sensitive data or obvious vulnerabilities are visible in the content. However, the absence of security headers and the use of outdated libraries reduce the overall security posture. The WHOIS data is privacy protected, which is common but limits transparency. No signs of malicious activity or phishing were detected. Overall, the website is functional and serves its intended regulatory purpose effectively but would benefit from updates to its security framework, privacy compliance, and modernization of its technical stack to improve trust and resilience against threats.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

11 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  2. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MySQL

      Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

  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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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
72
Security headers
20
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
35
Average
44

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 · found on this site
  • 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 portal occupies a niche regulatory position within the Maharashtra education sector, specifically targeting nursing diploma institutes for fee approval processes. Its business model is service-oriented, providing a mandatory compliance platform for private nursing institutes. The site’s limited size and focused scope suggest a small organizational footprint. The lack of public business registration details and privacy-protected WHOIS data is typical for government-affiliated portals. The portal’s partnership ecosystem is not evident from the data, and no commercial revenue streams or marketing efforts are visible. Growth indicators are limited due to the specialized nature of the service. The portal’s strategic importance lies in regulatory compliance facilitation rather than commercial expansion.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, the use of an outdated jQuery version (1.9.1) introduces known vulnerabilities that could be exploited. The absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options weakens defense-in-depth. No incident response or security policy information is provided, indicating limited transparency in security governance. The lack of privacy and cookie policies also suggests non-compliance with GDPR and related regulations. Overall, the security posture is functional but requires significant improvements to meet modern standards and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Update all JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to the latest stable versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  2. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Develop and publish clear privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR and privacy compliance.
  4. Introduce rate limiting and CAPTCHA mechanisms on login and registration forms to prevent brute force attacks.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to proactively identify and remediate risks.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Nursing Diploma Course Shikshan Shulka Samiti
Description
Portal for online fee approval proposals for nursing diploma courses affiliated with Maharashtra State Nursing and Paramedical Education Board for academic year 2025-26.
Key services
Online fee approval proposal submission, Document upload and confirmation, Access to publications, minutes, fee information
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery 1.9.1, Bootstrap 4.6.2, FontAwesome 5.7.0
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • Use of secure external libraries

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a government-affiliated portal for nursing diploma course fee approvals in Maharashtra, India.
  2. Content is primarily in English with some Marathi text.
  3. No privacy or cookie policy found on the site.
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on the page; contact is via contact form and physical address.
  5. Uses older jQuery version which may pose security risks.
  6. No visible security headers detected in provided data.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
  8. No advertising or marketing scripts detected.
  9. Site is mobile responsive and uses Bootstrap framework.
  10. WHOIS data is privacy protected with no registrar creation or expiry dates available.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a conventional technology stack with Bootstrap 4.6.2 for responsive design, FontAwesome for icons, and jQuery 1.9.1 for JavaScript functionality. While the design is mobile responsive and navigation is clear, the use of an outdated jQuery version is a technical debt and security risk. The site lacks modern SEO optimizations and accessibility features appear basic. No CMS or hosting provider information is discernible. Performance is moderate with reliance on external CDNs for fonts and scripts. There is an opportunity to modernize the stack, improve accessibility, and enhance SEO to better serve users and improve search visibility.
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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