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Security report for univ-unita.eu

UNITA - Universitas Montium · Education · Portugal

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

UNITA - Universitas Montium is a collaborative alliance of six research universities across five countries, serving a large academic community with over 160,000 students and 13,000 staff. The alliance focuses on cross-border cooperation, research, and educational mobility, supported by European Union funding. The website serves as a portal for students, researchers, and partners, providing news, events, program details, and virtual campus access. Technically, the site uses a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, Owl Carousel, and Google Analytics, hosted by OVH SAS. The site is mobile-optimized with good navigation and consistent branding. However, it lacks explicit privacy and terms of service pages and does not implement advanced security headers, which are areas for improvement. Security posture is moderate with basic protections like email obfuscation and cookie consent but missing HTTP security headers and explicit security policies. No WAF or blocking mechanisms were detected, and the domain registration is consistent and legitimate. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but would benefit from enhanced security measures, privacy compliance documentation, and improved accessibility to strengthen its risk profile and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

9 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

  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 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"

    • 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
67
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
60

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

UNITA operates as an educational alliance, leveraging partnerships with multiple European universities to offer joint programs, mobility, and research collaboration. Its market position is strengthened by EU co-funding and a broad international academic network. The business model centers on academic cooperation rather than commercial revenue streams. The target audience includes students, researchers, and academic staff. The partnership ecosystem is robust, with multiple universities linked directly on the site. Growth indicators include active news, events, and newsletters. Strategic observations suggest focusing on digital maturity and compliance to maintain competitive advantage.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security maturity level with HTTPS implied but not explicitly confirmed in the content. Security best practices such as email obfuscation and cookie consent are present. However, the absence of security headers like CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, indicating limited transparency in security operations. Compliance with GDPR is not explicitly documented, which could pose regulatory risks. Overall, the security posture is functional but requires enhancements to meet higher standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and terms of service pages to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Add and enforce HTTP security headers including Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options.
  3. Verify and enforce HTTPS with strong TLS configurations to secure data in transit.
  4. Establish a vulnerability disclosure policy and publish security contact information.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits of third-party libraries.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
UNITA - Universitas Montium
Description
UNITA is an alliance of six comprehensive research universities from five countries, gathering more than 160,000 students and 13,000 staff members. It focuses on cross-border cooperation in mountain areas and Romance languages.
Key services
Student mobility programs, Research collaboration, Educational resources and courses, Virtual campus, Events and newsletters
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Owl Carousel, Font Awesome, Google Analytics, DataTables, Fancybox
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • Email obfuscation via JavaScript
  • Cookie consent banner

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a multilingual educational alliance portal for UNITA - Universitas Montium.
  2. Content is rich with news, events, partner information, and program details.
  3. No explicit privacy or terms of service pages found.
  4. Cookie consent banner present and functional.
  5. No exposed emails or phone numbers found; contact primarily via forms and social media.
  6. Uses multiple modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks.
  7. No security headers or advanced security policies detected in HTML.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
  9. Strong presence of partner university domains and EU co-funding indication.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a custom CMS (SIUBI) with a front-end leveraging Bootstrap for responsive design and jQuery for interactivity. It integrates several JavaScript libraries such as Owl Carousel for sliders and DataTables for tabular data. Google Analytics and Tag Manager are used for tracking. Hosting is provided by OVH SAS, a reputable provider. Performance is moderate with room for optimization. SEO is basic with meta tags and Open Graph data present but no structured JSON-LD data found. Accessibility is basic, and no ARIA roles or advanced accessibility features were detected.
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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