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Security report for springest.com

Springest · Education · Netherlands

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and DNS health.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Springest is a well-established European education technology company founded in 2010, operating the largest learning platform in Europe focused on connecting learners, learning providers, and organizations. Their platform supports multiple countries and languages, offering learning portals, enterprise solutions, and services for providers. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern SEO and analytics integrations, hosted on AWS infrastructure, and optimized for mobile users. Security posture is solid with HTTPS, domain transfer protection, and cookie consent mechanisms, though lacking explicit published security policies or incident response contacts. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR, with no blocking or suspicious content detected.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 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

4 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 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. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Potential Subdomain Takeover

      Subdomain api.springest.com points to unregistered service dualstack.awseb-e-z-awsebloa-fnf0fb88jumd-794219273.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com

      What to do: Remove or fix CNAME record to prevent subdomain takeover

      • WSTG-CONF-10
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory
    • High

      Domain Expires Soon

      Domain expires in 7 days

      What to do: Renew domain registration before expiration

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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
100
Security headers
30
Email security
85
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
75

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

Springest holds a strong market position as a leading learning platform in Europe, targeting learners and organizations seeking educational resources and enterprise learning solutions. Their business model revolves around a marketplace and platform services, supported by multilingual portals and regional sites. The company benefits from a consistent brand presence, positive customer reviews, and active social media engagement. Partnerships such as Archipel Academy enhance their ecosystem. Growth indicators include multiple country-specific portals and enterprise offerings. The company maintains a transparent domain registration and a clear digital footprint.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, domain transfer lock, and cookie consent compliance. However, it lacks publicly available security policies, vulnerability disclosure programs, and dedicated incident response contacts, which are recommended for enhanced trust and compliance. DNSSEC is not enabled, and security headers are not explicitly detected, representing areas for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found in the analysis. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be strengthened with formal documentation and technical enhancements.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and compliance.
  2. Implement a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  3. Add explicit contact channels for security incidents such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  4. Enable DNSSEC to improve domain name system security.
  5. Implement additional HTTP security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Springest
Description
Springest helps people, learning providers and organisations reach their full potential. It is the biggest learning platform in Europe for people and organisations in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom and Sweden.
Key services
Learning portals for multiple countries, Enterprise learning solutions, Services for learning providers
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot WordPress plugin, AWS DNS hosting
Frameworks
Holacracy (organizational framework mentioned)
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, HubSpot Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (via gtag.js), HubSpot tracking
Marketing tools
HubSpot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is well structured with multilingual support.
  3. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented and visible.
  4. No explicit terms of service page found.
  5. No explicit security policy or incident response information published.
  6. Social media presence is active and linked.
  7. WHOIS data is transparent and consistent with business claims.
  8. Use of modern SEO and analytics tools.
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses WordPress CMS with Yoast SEO and HubSpot plugins, hosted on AWS infrastructure. The site is mobile optimized with responsive images and fonts preloaded for performance. SEO is enhanced with structured JSON-LD data and canonical tags. Analytics are implemented via Google Analytics and HubSpot tracking scripts. The site shows moderate performance and basic accessibility features. There is room for improvement in accessibility and security headers. The technical stack is modern and well maintained, supporting a professional user experience.
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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