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Security report for unwto.org

UN Tourism · Government · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

UN Tourism is the United Nations specialized agency dedicated to promoting responsible, sustainable, and accessible tourism worldwide. The organization provides leadership, policy guidance, education, and data services to support tourism as a driver of economic growth and environmental sustainability. The website reflects a mature digital presence with multilingual support, rich content, and professional design consistent with a UN agency. Technically, the site is built on Drupal 9 with modern JavaScript libraries and demonstrates good mobile optimization and accessibility. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS implied and no visible vulnerabilities, though explicit security headers and policies are not evident. Privacy compliance is limited due to absence of visible privacy and cookie policies. WHOIS data is unavailable or protected, which is typical for international organizations, but this limits domain trust verification. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional, serving a global audience of governments, tourism professionals, and stakeholders.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

6 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, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Cloudflare, Google APIs

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

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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
65
Security headers
60
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
68

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 unwto.org, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
411
Employees
1
Customers
406
Third parties
4
Weak passwords
11%

Latest record dated 2025-11-03 · 31 subdomains affected

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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

UN Tourism holds a leading position as a UN specialized agency in the global tourism sector, focusing on sustainable development and policy leadership. Its business model centers on international cooperation, education, data provision, and advocacy rather than commercial activities. The organization targets governments, tourism authorities, and professionals worldwide. The website supports this with extensive resources, news, events, and tools such as data dashboards and investment strategies. Partnerships with regional offices and external platforms are evident. The organization's large scale and UN affiliation provide strong credibility and influence in the tourism domain.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and modern web technologies, indicating a baseline secure environment. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. However, the absence of explicit security headers and formal security or incident response policies reduces the overall security maturity. No contact channels for security incidents or vulnerability disclosures were found. Privacy compliance is weak, lacking visible privacy or cookie policies and consent mechanisms. The WHOIS data is unavailable, which is common for international organizations but limits domain trust verification. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be improved with formal policies, headers, and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Publish a security incident response and vulnerability disclosure policy including contact channels to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Regularly audit and update all third-party libraries and CMS components to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance WHOIS data transparency if possible, or provide domain registration details on the website to improve trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
UN Tourism
Description
UN Tourism is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. It promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.
Key services
Tourism education and training, Tourism data dashboard and statistics, Investment strategy guidance, Sustainable tourism initiatives, Policy and governance support
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 9, jQuery UI, Leaflet.js, Select2, Swiper.js, Google Tag Manager
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by canonical URL with http but likely https in practice)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional UN specialized agency site focused on sustainable tourism.
  2. Content is rich, multilingual, and well-structured.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  4. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected in the content provided.
  5. Use of modern web technologies and frameworks.
  6. No signs of malicious or suspicious content.
  7. WHOIS data is unavailable or protected, limiting domain registration analysis.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 9, leveraging jQuery UI, Leaflet.js for maps, Select2 for enhanced select inputs, and Swiper.js for carousels. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and tracking. The site is multilingual with hreflang tags for English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, and Simplified Chinese. The design is responsive and accessible with skip links and ARIA roles. Performance is moderate, with external resources loaded from reputable CDNs and AWS S3 buckets. The site uses structured data (JSON-LD) for SEO and social media integration. No major technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected. Opportunities exist to improve security headers and privacy compliance mechanisms.
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. 68/100Medium31 findingsView report
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