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Security report for ureka.eu

U!REKA, European University Alliance · Education · N/a

Medium risk. 11 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

51/100

Risk levelMedium

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

U!REKA is a European University Alliance comprising over 30 higher education institutions and partners focused on educating future professionals to lead the transition to climate-neutral, smart, and sustainable cities. The alliance offers collaborative education, research, staff training, and organizes events and workshops to foster innovation and sustainability in European cities. The website positions U!REKA as a significant player in European higher education collaboration with a large network of partners and a strong focus on sustainability and innovation. Technically, the website is built on WordPress using modern plugins such as Elementor and The Events Calendar, with Google Tag Manager integrated for analytics. The site demonstrates good SEO practices, mobile optimization, and accessibility features, reflecting a mature digital infrastructure. Hosting and domain registration are consistent with the business profile, and the site uses HTTPS with no visible security vulnerabilities. From a security perspective, the site employs HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit security policies and incident response information, which could be improved. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant, supporting regulatory adherence. The site collects minimal user data primarily through newsletter subscription forms and event registrations. Overall, U!REKA's website is professional, trustworthy, and well-structured, supporting its mission as a European university alliance. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security transparency, formalizing incident response contacts, and optimizing analytics configuration to improve privacy compliance and security posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

11 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

  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

  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"

    • 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
32
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
51

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

U!REKA holds a strong market position as an official European University Alliance with a broad partnership ecosystem spanning multiple countries and institutions. Its competitive advantage lies in its collaborative approach to education and research focused on sustainability and smart city development. The business model revolves around partnership-driven education, research projects, and events that engage students, staff, and regional stakeholders. Revenue streams likely include EU funding, grants, and partner contributions. The target customer segments include higher education students, academic staff, researchers, and municipal partners. Growth indicators include active event scheduling, research days, and workshops. The partnership ecosystem is diverse and geographically broad, enhancing the alliance's influence and reach. Strategic observations suggest continued focus on innovation, sustainability, and expanding collaborative networks to maintain leadership in European higher education alliances.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive information in the HTML content. The use of Google Tag Manager is standard, though Google Analytics is not fully configured, reducing potential privacy risks. There are no visible vulnerable libraries or outdated components. However, the absence of a published security policy and incident response contacts indicates gaps in transparency and readiness. GDPR compliance is evident through the presence of privacy and cookie policies. The site lacks advanced security headers, which could enhance protection against common web threats. Overall, the security posture is solid for a public-facing educational site but could benefit from formalized policies and improved security header implementation to strengthen defenses and user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a formal security policy and incident response plan accessible on the website.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Configure Google Analytics properly or remove unused analytics plugins to enhance privacy compliance.
  4. Provide clear contact channels for security incidents, e.g., security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  5. Regularly audit and update plugins and themes to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
U!REKA, European University Alliance
Description
U!REKA European University Alliance of over 30 higher education institutions and partners. We educate the European professionals of tomorrow!
Key services
Higher education collaboration, Staff training, Research, Events and workshops, Sustainable city transition education
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.2, Elementor 3.30.2, Elementor Pro 3.30.0, GeneratePress theme 3.5.1, Google Tag Manager, The Events Calendar plugin, Email Encoder Bundle plugin
Frameworks
Yoast SEO
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager for analytics
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

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 European University Alliance platform.
  2. Content is rich with events, stories, and partner information.
  3. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  4. Good use of modern web technologies and SEO practices.
  5. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
  7. No terms of service page detected.
  8. Contact information is available via contact page and newsletter form.
  9. Social media presence on Instagram and LinkedIn.
  10. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS with Elementor and GeneratePress theme, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness. The tech stack includes popular plugins for SEO (Yoast), events management (The Events Calendar), and email encoding for spam protection. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and tracking, though Google Analytics is not fully configured. The site loads moderate resources including Vimeo and SoundCloud embeds, which may impact performance slightly but enhance content richness. Mobile optimization and accessibility are well addressed. Technical debt appears low with up-to-date components. Opportunities exist to improve performance by optimizing third-party scripts and enabling caching strategies. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional and scalable online presence for the alliance.
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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