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Security report for uib.no

Universitetet i Bergen · Education · Norway

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Universitetet i Bergen (UiB) is a well-established public university in Norway, serving approximately 21,000 students and over 4,200 employees. The institution focuses on higher education, research, innovation, and library services, positioning itself as a mature and reputable educational entity within Europe. The website reflects this with professional content, consistent branding, and a clear target audience including students, researchers, and academic staff. The business model is centered on public education and research services, with a strong regional presence and a long domain history supporting its legitimacy. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 7, utilizing jQuery and Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking. While the site is mobile-optimized and accessible with good SEO practices, it suffers from slow load times and uses an outdated CMS version, which may pose security and maintenance challenges. The hosting appears to be managed by Uninett, a Norwegian academic network provider, inferred from DNS records. From a security perspective, the site has significant weaknesses: it lacks a valid SSL certificate, does not support modern TLS protocols, and misses critical security headers such as HSTS. DNSSEC and CAA records are not implemented, and OCSP stapling is disabled. These gaps expose the site to potential risks and reduce user trust. However, privacy and cookie policies are present and appear GDPR compliant, reflecting a commitment to data protection standards. Overall, the website is trustworthy and professional but requires urgent improvements in security infrastructure and performance optimization to enhance user trust and compliance. Strategic recommendations include obtaining and maintaining a valid SSL certificate, enabling modern TLS protocols, implementing security headers, and upgrading the CMS to a supported version. Addressing these will significantly improve the security posture and user experience.

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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. 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 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, YouTube

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

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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
90
Security headers
50
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

UiB holds a strong market position as a mature, large educational institution in Norway, with a clear focus on research and innovation. Its competitive advantage lies in its established reputation, comprehensive academic offerings, and integration with regional and European academic networks. The business model is publicly funded education and research, targeting students, academic staff, and researchers. Revenue streams are likely from government funding, tuition, and research grants. The university maintains a broad partnership ecosystem, including academic collaborations and social media engagement. Growth indicators include recent research funding announcements and active communication channels. The website supports these operations with relevant content and digital presence, though technical modernization is needed.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is low due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS enforcement. Missing security headers and lack of DNSSEC and CAA records further weaken the domain's security posture. These vulnerabilities could lead to data interception, man-in-the-middle attacks, and reduced user trust. Compliance with GDPR is supported by the presence of privacy and cookie policies, but incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are absent, indicating gaps in security governance. The use of an outdated CMS version (Drupal 7) may expose the site to known vulnerabilities if not properly patched. Overall, the site requires immediate remediation to meet modern security standards and protect sensitive user data.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Upgrade Drupal CMS to a supported and secure version to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  3. Implement security headers such as HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, and X-Frame-Options.
  4. Enable DNSSEC and CAA records to enhance domain security and certificate issuance control.
  5. Develop and publish incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies to improve security governance.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 7, an older CMS platform, with jQuery and Google Tag Manager integrated for analytics. The site uses Adobe Typekit fonts and loads multiple CSS and JS resources, contributing to a high resource count and large page size (~579 KB). Performance is slow with a load time exceeding 21 seconds, indicating potential optimization needs. Mobile optimization and accessibility are good, with responsive images and ARIA landmarks present. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Hosting is likely provided by Uninett, a Norwegian academic network, based on DNS NS records. The lack of modern TLS protocols and SSL certificate is a critical technical risk. Overall, the infrastructure is functional but requires modernization and performance tuning.
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. 74/100Medium27 findingsView report
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