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Security report for nyu.edu

New York University · Education · United States

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.nyu.edu is currently inaccessible due to a security verification CAPTCHA challenge served by AWS WAF, which blocks direct access to the site's content. This prevents a full analysis of the website's content, metadata, and business information. The domain WHOIS data is not found in the provided raw WHOIS output, which is unusual for a major educational institution. The site appears to be protected by strong bot mitigation measures, but this also limits visibility into its technical and security posture. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies are detectable in the provided HTML content. Overall, the site is recognized as belonging to New York University, a large educational institution in the United States, but the lack of accessible content and WHOIS data reduces confidence in the completeness of the analysis.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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 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

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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
20
Email security
75
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
72

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 nyu.edu, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
49,889
Employees
529
Customers
23,180
Third parties
26,180
Weak passwords
8%

Latest record dated 2026-06-17 · 535 subdomains affected

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  • –ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.library.nyu.edu2026-06-17
  • –vital.engineering.nyu.edu2026-06-17
  • –nyu.edu2026-06-15
  • –hroot.abudhabi.nyu.edu2026-06-15
  • –sonic.cs.nyu.edu2026-06-13

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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

New York University is a leading private university offering higher education and research services. The website is intended for students, faculty, researchers, and prospective applicants. The business model is educational, focusing on academic programs and research. The domain is large and important in the education sector. However, the website's current state behind a CAPTCHA challenge limits insight into its digital maturity, partnership ecosystem, and growth indicators. No direct business contact information or trust indicators are visible in the analyzed content.

Security posture

The website employs AWS WAF with CAPTCHA challenges to mitigate bots and automated access, indicating a high level of security control at the perimeter. However, no security headers or SSL/TLS configuration details are visible in the provided data. The absence of privacy and cookie policies and contact information for incident response reduces compliance and transparency. The security posture is strong in terms of access control but weak in user-facing transparency and policy disclosures.

Recommendations

  1. Reduce user friction by implementing less intrusive bot mitigation methods where possible.
  2. Publish clear privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies accessible without CAPTCHA.
  3. Ensure WHOIS data is accurate and publicly available to improve domain trust.
  4. Add visible security headers and ensure SSL/TLS configurations are strong and up to date.
  5. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and data protection inquiries.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Page is a security verification (captcha) challenge served by AWS WAF, blocking direct content access. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
New York University
Description
New York University (NYU) is a private research university based in New York City, offering higher education and research services.
Key services
Higher education, Research, Student services
Content quality
poor
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
AWS WAF, JavaScript, Amazon Ember font
Platforms
AWS

Security

Observed score
25/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of AWS WAF for bot mitigation

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is blocked behind a CAPTCHA security challenge.
  2. No metadata such as Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data found.
  3. No contact information, privacy policy, cookie policy, or terms of service detected in the provided HTML.
  4. No forms or input fields other than the CAPTCHA verification button.
  5. Scripts loaded are related to AWS WAF CAPTCHA challenge.
  6. No social media links or emails found in the HTML content.
  7. No security headers visible in the provided data.
  8. WHOIS data is missing or domain not found in WHOIS database.
  9. Website is hosted behind AWS WAF with CAPTCHA challenge, indicating strong bot mitigation.
  10. Content quality and user experience cannot be assessed due to blocking.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on AWS infrastructure and protected by AWS WAF with CAPTCHA challenges. The tech stack includes JavaScript and Amazon Ember fonts. No CMS or frameworks are detectable from the provided HTML. The site lacks visible metadata, structured data, or SEO optimizations in the accessible content. Performance, accessibility, and mobile optimization cannot be assessed due to content blocking. The heavy reliance on CAPTCHA challenges impacts user experience and content accessibility.
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. 71/100 +26Medium28 findingsView report
  2. 45/100High26 findingsView report
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