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Security report for uniba.it

Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro · Education · Italy

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The University of Bari Aldo Moro is a well-established public higher education institution in Italy, offering a wide range of academic programs including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies. The website serves as a comprehensive portal for students, staff, and researchers, providing access to educational resources, research information, and various online services. The university maintains a strong regional and international presence, supported by a consistent brand identity and active social media engagement. Technically, the website is built on the Plone CMS platform, leveraging modern web technologies such as jQuery, FontAwesome, and Matomo for analytics. The site demonstrates good performance, mobile optimization, and accessibility standards, ensuring a positive user experience across devices. SEO practices are adequately implemented with proper meta tags and structured navigation. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and includes a robust cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR. While explicit security headers are not fully documented in the HTML, the overall security posture is good with no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. The WHOIS data aligns with the university's identity, reinforcing the legitimacy and trustworthiness of the domain. Overall, the website reflects a mature digital presence suitable for an academic institution, with strong compliance to privacy regulations and a secure environment for users. Strategic improvements could focus on enhancing security header implementation and publishing formal security policies to further strengthen trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • 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 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

  3. 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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  • 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
67
Security headers
30
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
65

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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention uniba.it, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
20,639
Employees
329
Customers
14,151
Third parties
6,159
Weak passwords
12%

Latest record dated 2026-06-13 · 202 subdomains affected

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  • –idpuniba.uniba.it2026-06-13
  • –idpuniba.uniba.it2026-06-13
  • –idpuniba.uniba.it2026-06-11
  • –portiamovalore.uniba.it2026-06-11
  • –prestito.uniba.it2026-06-11

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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 of Bari Aldo Moro operates in the education sector as a public university with a large organizational size. Its business model revolves around providing academic education, conducting research, and offering student and staff services. The university targets students at various levels, academic staff, researchers, and international students. The website indicates active engagement in research grants, international mobility, and community events, suggesting a dynamic growth and partnership ecosystem. The institution benefits from a strong brand and trust signals such as official social media accounts and comprehensive privacy policies. Revenue streams likely include government funding, research grants, and tuition fees. The university's centenary celebration highlights its long-standing market position and reputation in the Italian higher education landscape.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security maturity level with enforced HTTPS and a clear cookie consent mechanism that distinguishes between technical and profiling cookies. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers like X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options suggests room for improvement. There is no visible incident response or security policy documentation, which could be enhanced to improve transparency and readiness. The use of anonymized technical cookies and Matomo analytics indicates a privacy-conscious approach. Overall, the security posture is solid for a public academic institution but could benefit from formalized security policies and enhanced header configurations.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and explicitly document security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate clickjacking and MIME sniffing risks.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and user trust.
  3. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to prevent vulnerabilities from outdated components.
  4. Consider adding a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and communication with security researchers.
  5. Enhance form security by implementing anti-CSRF tokens and validating inputs to prevent injection attacks.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Registration number
80002170720
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Description
Public university providing higher education, research, and academic services in various disciplines including first-cycle, second-cycle, third-cycle degrees, and PhD programs.
Key services
Academic degree programs, Research activities, Student services, International mobility, Online services and e-learning
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Plone CMS, jQuery, FontAwesome, Matomo Analytics, Redturtle Patterns, Handlebars.js
Frameworks
Plone
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of anonymized technical cookies

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally maintained university portal
  2. Comprehensive cookie consent and privacy mechanisms are in place
  3. No signs of malicious or suspicious content
  4. Strong presence of official social media and contact information
  5. Content is well structured and relevant to education and research
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Plone CMS platform, a mature and secure content management system favored by academic institutions. It uses modern front-end technologies including jQuery and FontAwesome for UI components and icons. Matomo analytics is employed for privacy-respecting user tracking. The site includes responsive design elements and accessibility features, ensuring usability across devices and for users with disabilities. Performance is moderate, with potential optimization opportunities in script loading and asset management. The presence of comprehensive cookie consent scripts indicates compliance with privacy regulations. Overall, the technical infrastructure is robust and well-suited for the university's needs, with opportunities for modernization in security header implementation 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

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