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Security report for oph.fi

Opetushallitus · Education · Finland

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Opetushallitus is the Finnish National Agency for Education, serving as a key government authority responsible for early childhood education, school curricula, lifelong learning, and internationalization in education. The website reflects a mature digital presence with comprehensive educational content, services, and resources targeted at educators, students, and organizations within Finland and internationally. The site is built on Drupal 10, employs modern web technologies, and demonstrates good mobile optimization and accessibility standards. Privacy and cookie policies are clearly presented with consent mechanisms in place, indicating compliance with GDPR requirements. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and appropriate security headers detected. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious activities were found. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-aligned with its role as a national education authority.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

5 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Cloudflare

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
82
Security headers
75
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
4
Employees
0
Customers
4
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
75%

2 subdomains affected

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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

The agency holds a strong market position as the authoritative body for education in Finland, providing regulatory frameworks, funding programs, and international cooperation initiatives such as Erasmus+. Its business model is government-funded service provision with a focus on education quality and internationalization. The website supports multiple languages and offers extensive resources including news, events, funding opportunities, and educational materials. Partnerships with other Finnish educational platforms like Opintopolku.fi and Vipunen.fi are evident. The agency's digital maturity is high, supporting strategic goals in education development and international collaboration.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced, modern security headers, and no exposed sensitive information. Cookie consent is managed via CookieHub, and analytics tracking respects user consent. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, which could be improved. The absence of a security.txt or dedicated security policy page is noted. Overall, the site follows best practices for a government website, minimizing risk exposure and protecting user privacy.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact page to improve transparency.
  2. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  3. Regularly review third-party scripts and tracking services to ensure ongoing security and privacy compliance.
  4. Enhance data retention policy disclosures related to analytics and user data.
  5. Maintain and update accessibility and mobile optimization to meet evolving standards.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Opetushallitus
Description
Opetushallitus on kansallinen varhaiskasvatuksen, koulutuksen, elinikäisen oppimisen ja kansainvälistymisen asiantuntija, kehittäjä ja palveluntuottaja.
Key services
Educational curriculum development, Recognition of foreign qualifications, Funding and grants management, Statistical and analytical services, Internationalization and exchange programs
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Font Awesome 6.4.2, JavaScript, CookieHub, Askem feedback plugin
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
90/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent management
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of async and defer for scripts
  • No vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo (self-hosted analytics)
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
CookieHub, Askem, Matomo (implied by trackerid param)
Marketing tools
Google Tag Manager (implied by gtag function), CookieHub
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a Finnish government education authority site with comprehensive content.
  2. Uses modern Drupal CMS and good security practices.
  3. Clear privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms.
  4. No evidence of security incidents or vulnerabilities.
  5. Good accessibility and mobile optimization.
  6. Social media presence on major platforms.
  7. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is powered by Drupal 10 CMS, using Font Awesome for icons and CookieHub for cookie management. It loads scripts asynchronously to optimize performance. The site is mobile responsive with good accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels. SEO is supported by canonical links, hreflang tags for multilingual support, and Open Graph metadata for social sharing. The hosting provider is not explicitly identified but the site uses a Finnish domain and local resources. Performance is moderate, with potential for further optimization. No deprecated or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided HTML content.
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. 71/100Medium28 findingsView report
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