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Security report for tieteentermipankki.fi

Tieteen termipankki · Education · Finland

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Tieteen termipankki is an open, collaborative terminology database serving all scientific disciplines in Finland, coordinated by the University of Helsinki and integrated into the national Fin-Clariah research infrastructure. The website provides a multilingual platform for researchers, students, and the public to access and contribute to scientific terminology. Technically, the site is built on MediaWiki with Semantic MediaWiki extensions and uses Matomo for analytics. However, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate and does not serve content over HTTPS, which is a critical security vulnerability. Privacy compliance is limited, with no cookie consent mechanism despite user tracking. Contact information is minimal, limited to a single email address. Overall, the site offers valuable academic content but requires urgent security and privacy improvements.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

7 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

  2. 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';…

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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
35
Email security
50
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
57

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

The project is positioned as a national academic infrastructure resource, leveraging partnerships with major Finnish universities such as the University of Helsinki and Turun yliopisto. Its open collaborative model supports multidisciplinary terminology work and education. The presence of awards and ISSN registration enhances credibility. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on research community support and open science principles. Growth potential lies in expanding terminology coverage and user engagement. The partnership ecosystem is academic and research-focused, with no commercial subsidiaries or payment processing domains detected.

Security posture

The website's security posture is weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS support, exposing users to potential data interception risks. DNS security features like DNSSEC and DMARC are not implemented, increasing domain spoofing risks. The site uses HSTS header, but it is ineffective without HTTPS. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response policies are published. The use of Matomo analytics without cookie consent indicates privacy compliance gaps. Overall, the site requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues and enhancement of security policies to meet modern standards and GDPR requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the site.
  2. Implement cookie consent mechanisms to comply with privacy regulations given the use of analytics.
  3. Publish clear security and vulnerability disclosure policies to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Add DNS security records such as DMARC, DNSSEC, and CAA to strengthen domain protection.
  5. Enhance security headers with Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
  6. Improve accessibility and SEO by adding ARIA landmarks and meta tags.
  7. Consider adding more comprehensive contact information including phone and physical address for credibility.
Technical notes

Notes

The website runs on MediaWiki 1.42.6 with Semantic MediaWiki extensions, indicating a mature wiki platform tailored for structured content. Hosting appears to be managed by CSC and FUNET infrastructure, reliable Finnish academic IT providers. The site suffers from slow load times (~24.7 seconds) and a relatively large number of resources (58) for a page size of ~71 KB, suggesting optimization opportunities. Mobile responsiveness is good, but accessibility features are basic. The absence of HTTPS and modern TLS protocols is a major technical risk. Analytics are implemented via Matomo, but privacy controls are lacking. Overall, the technical stack is stable but requires modernization and security upgrades.
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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