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Security report for uniroma2.it

Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata · Education · Italy

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

39/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata is a well-established public university in Italy, offering a wide range of academic programs including undergraduate, master, PhD, and specialization schools across multiple disciplines. The website targets prospective and current students, academic staff, and researchers, providing comprehensive information about courses, research, and campus life. The institution holds a mature domain with consistent WHOIS data, reinforcing its legitimacy and long-standing presence in the education sector. Technically, the website employs modern frontend technologies such as Bootstrap, jQuery, and Google Tag Manager, with a responsive design and structured content. However, the site suffers from slow load times and lacks a CMS identification. The hosting appears to be managed internally or by the university's infrastructure. From a security perspective, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS support is a critical vulnerability, exposing users to potential data interception. Additionally, the lack of security headers, DNSSEC, and HSTS reduces the overall security posture. The site does implement SPF and DMARC for email security and uses Usercentrics for cookie consent management, indicating some attention to privacy compliance. Overall, while the website is content-rich and professionally designed, the lack of HTTPS and explicit privacy policies are significant drawbacks. Strategic improvements in security infrastructure and privacy transparency are recommended to enhance trust and compliance.

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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

10 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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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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
0
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
39

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 university operates as a public educational institution with a broad academic portfolio, serving a large audience of students and staff. Its market position is solid within the Italian higher education landscape, supported by a mature domain and consistent branding. The business model focuses on education and research services, with key revenue streams likely from public funding and tuition. The presence of multiple subdomains for specialized services indicates a diversified digital ecosystem. Partnerships appear internal or academic in nature, with no commercial subsidiaries detected. Growth indicators include active news, events, and announcements sections, reflecting ongoing institutional activity.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is low due to the absence of HTTPS and critical security headers. While SPF and DMARC records are properly configured, the lack of SSL/TLS encryption is a major risk for data confidentiality and integrity. No incident response or security policy information is publicly available, suggesting limited transparency in security governance. The cookie consent mechanism via Usercentrics is a positive privacy compliance indicator. Overall, the site is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks and lacks advanced DNS security features. Immediate remediation of SSL/TLS and security headers is essential to reduce business risk.

Recommendations

  1. Install and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Enable DNSSEC and CAA records to enhance DNS security and certificate issuance control.
  4. Publish a clear and comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  5. Establish and communicate an incident response process and security contact channels to enhance security transparency.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern frontend stack with Bootstrap 4.6, jQuery 3.6, and various icon/font libraries. Google Tag Manager and Usercentrics are integrated for analytics and consent management. The site is hosted on IP 160.80.1.247, likely university-managed infrastructure. Performance is suboptimal with a load time of approximately 7.4 seconds and a large page size (~350KB). Accessibility and SEO are basic to good, with structured JSON-LD data present. No CMS or backend platform is explicitly identified. The lack of HTTPS and security headers represents a significant technical debt and risk. Opportunities exist to optimize performance, improve security posture, and enhance privacy transparency.
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. 54/100Medium38 findingsView report
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