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Security report for nrc.no

Norwegian Refugee Council · Non-profit · Norway

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a well-established independent humanitarian organization based in Norway, operating globally in over 40 countries to assist displaced persons and refugees. The website reflects a mature digital presence with comprehensive content about their mission, latest news, and global projects. The organization targets donors, partners, and the general public interested in humanitarian aid. Their business model is non-profit, focusing on aid delivery and expert deployment through their NORCAP program. The site is professionally designed with consistent branding and clear trust indicators such as certifications and social media presence. Technically, the website employs a modern technology stack including jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Matomo Analytics, Hotjar, and Azure Application Insights, indicating a sophisticated approach to analytics and user engagement. The CMS appears to be Episerver, supporting a structured and scalable content management environment. Performance and mobile optimization are good, with accessibility and SEO features well implemented. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses multiple security best practices, although explicit security headers were not fully confirmed in the HTML. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Privacy compliance is strong, with clear privacy and cookie policies and GDPR adherence. Contact information is transparent and verified, enhancing business credibility. The lack of public WHOIS data suggests privacy protection, which is justified for this type of organization. Overall, the NRC website demonstrates a high level of professionalism, security, and compliance suitable for a large humanitarian NGO. Strategic recommendations include enhancing visible security headers, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and maintaining ongoing security audits of third-party scripts to mitigate risks.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
85/ 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. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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

  3. 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 SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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  • 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
65
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
85
Average
73

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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention nrc.no, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
1,385
Employees
43
Customers
355
Third parties
987
Weak passwords
8%

Latest record dated 2026-06-13 · 20 subdomains affected

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  • –mail.nrc.no2026-06-13
  • –mail.nrc.no2026-06-08
  • –mail.nrc.no2026-05-27
  • –eaytar.nrc.no2026-05-20
  • –eaytar.nrc.no2026-05-15

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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

NRC holds a strong market position as a leading humanitarian NGO with a global footprint. Their competitive advantage lies in their expert deployment program (NORCAP) and extensive field presence. Revenue streams are primarily donor-based, supported by fundraising campaigns and partnerships. The target customer segments include international donors, governments, and affected populations. Growth indicators include active news updates and expanding project coverage. The partnership ecosystem includes certified humanitarian standards bodies and global aid networks. Operationally, NRC maintains a professional and transparent online presence, supporting trust and donor confidence.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and no visible sensitive data leaks. The use of multiple analytics and tracking tools is balanced with privacy compliance measures. However, explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options were not confirmed and should be verified. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is publicly available, representing a compliance gap. The organization should consider publishing these policies to enhance transparency and readiness. Overall, the security culture appears strong but could benefit from formalized public documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publicly disclose a vulnerability disclosure and incident response policy.
  2. Verify and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools for security and privacy compliance.
  4. Enhance transparency by publishing data retention policies and data protection officer contact details.
  5. Maintain and update privacy and cookie consent mechanisms to align with evolving regulations.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Norwegian Refugee Council
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Norwegian Refugee Council
Description
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 40 countries.
Key services
Humanitarian aid, Expert deployment (NORCAP), Advocacy and information dissemination
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 2.2.4, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Matomo Analytics, Hotjar, Stripe.js, Azure Application Insights, Snapchat Pixel, Monsido
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of modern analytics and tracking scripts with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, Azure Application Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Bing Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Snapchat Pixel, Matomo, Hotjar, Monsido
Marketing tools
Zaius
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and professional design.
  2. Strong presence of tracking and analytics scripts indicating mature digital marketing.
  3. No WHOIS data publicly available, likely due to privacy protection.
  4. Clear contact information and social media presence enhance trust.
  5. No visible security or privacy policy gaps.
  6. No forms detected that collect user data on the landing page.
  7. Use of multiple third-party scripts requires ongoing security monitoring.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern CMS platform (likely Episerver) with a robust tech stack including jQuery and multiple analytics and marketing tools. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts to optimize user experience. Mobile optimization and accessibility are well addressed. The site uses CDN services and cloud-based analytics, indicating a scalable infrastructure. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party scripts which require continuous security monitoring. Opportunities exist to improve security header implementation and formalize compliance documentation.
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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