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Security report for uni-bayreuth.de

Universität Bayreuth · Education · Germany

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Email security.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Universität Bayreuth is a well-established German university offering innovative and interdisciplinary academic programs. The website serves as an official digital presence, targeting prospective and current students, researchers, and academic staff. It emphasizes a livable campus environment and career opportunities. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including React, Emotion CSS-in-JS, and a CMS platform (Scrivito). It integrates Usercentrics for cookie consent and Google Tag Manager for analytics, reflecting a moderate level of digital maturity. Security-wise, the site uses HTTPS and cookie consent mechanisms but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies, indicating room for improvement. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and safe for general audiences, with a good balance of content quality and technical implementation.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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 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

  2. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

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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
85
Email security
55
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
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 uni-bayreuth.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
2,877
Employees
3
Customers
2,511
Third parties
363
Weak passwords
11%

Latest record dated 2026-01-13 · 119 subdomains affected

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  • –uni-bayreuth.de2026-01-13
  • –www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de2025-07-20
  • –.uni-bayreuth.de2025-04-14

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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 university operates in the education sector, focusing on higher education and research. Its business model is public academic service provision. The website positions the university as innovative and interdisciplinary, appealing to a broad academic audience. The presence of an intranet subdomain suggests internal collaboration infrastructure. The use of Usercentrics and Google Tag Manager indicates compliance efforts and marketing analytics usage. No direct commercial activities or affiliate partnerships are evident from the data. The university maintains a consistent brand image and leverages modern web technologies to support its digital presence.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security posture. HTTPS is enforced, and cookie consent is managed via Usercentrics, supporting GDPR compliance. However, the absence of visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is published, which could hinder transparency and responsiveness to security issues. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. Overall, the security posture is adequate for an academic website but could be enhanced by adopting additional security best practices and publishing relevant policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service to improve transparency and compliance.
  2. Add standard security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection) to strengthen security posture.
  3. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to facilitate vulnerability reporting and incident management.
  4. Consider adding a security.txt file to formalize vulnerability disclosure processes.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and provide more explicit contact information to improve user trust and engagement.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Universität Bayreuth
Description
Universität Bayreuth is a university offering innovative, interdisciplinary study programs and good career opportunities on a livable campus.
Key services
Bachelor and Master degree programs, Research and academic teaching, Campus services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Usercentrics CMP, Google Tag Manager, Emotion CSS-in-JS
Frameworks
React
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Usercentrics for cookie consent
  • No visible exposed sensitive data

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
Usercentrics CMP
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional university site in German with English alternate.
  2. Uses modern web technologies and cookie consent management.
  3. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service found in the provided content.
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the truncated HTML.
  5. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information.
  6. Content is educational and safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern React-based stack with Emotion CSS-in-JS for styling and Scrivito CMS for content management. It uses Usercentrics for cookie consent management and Google Tag Manager for analytics, indicating integration with common marketing and compliance tools. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, with preconnect hints to key domains. No major technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected. Opportunities exist to improve security headers and accessibility compliance to further modernize the technical infrastructure.
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. 70/100Medium27 findingsView report
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