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Security report for zt-forum.at

ZIVILTECHNIKER-FORUM für Ausbildung und Berufsförderung · Education · Austria

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

54/100

Risk levelMedium

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

ZT-FORUM is a non-profit organization based in Graz, Austria, focused on providing educational seminars and professional development for civil engineers and related professionals. The website serves as a platform to promote upcoming courses, seminars, and informational events primarily targeting the Austrian civil engineering community. The organization positions itself as a niche educational provider with a clear regional focus and a professional approach to content delivery. Technically, the website employs legacy JavaScript libraries such as jQuery 1.8.2 and jQuery UI 1.8.23, along with custom scripts for seminar management and cookie consent. The site uses standard CSS and basic responsive design elements but lacks modern frameworks or CMS indicators. Performance is moderate, and accessibility features are basic. SEO is minimally optimized with meta descriptions and structured navigation. From a security perspective, the site lacks visible security headers and uses outdated JavaScript libraries with known vulnerabilities, which could expose it to risks. HTTPS status is unknown from the provided data, but cookie consent mechanisms are implemented, indicating some privacy awareness. No explicit security policies or incident response contacts are found, which suggests room for improvement in security governance. Overall, the website is professionally presented with good content quality and clear business credibility. The risk level is moderate due to technical and security shortcomings. Strategic improvements in updating technology stack, enhancing security headers, and publishing security policies would strengthen the site's posture and trustworthiness.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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 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';…

  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.

    • 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
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
52
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
83
Average
54

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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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

ZT-FORUM operates as a specialized non-profit entity serving the civil engineering education sector in Austria. Its business model revolves around organizing and delivering seminars and preparatory courses for professional certification and continuing education. The organization leverages partnerships with local institutions and maintains a focused target audience of professionals in architecture, construction, and related fields. Revenue streams likely include seminar fees and membership contributions. The website reflects a stable market position within its niche, with consistent branding and clear communication of services. Growth opportunities may include expanding digital offerings and enhancing online engagement. The partnership with INTOUCH Werbeagentur & Internetagentur for website development indicates a professional approach to digital presence. However, the absence of social media and advanced marketing tools suggests limited digital marketing maturity. The organization's operational transparency is supported by clear contact information and compliance with privacy regulations.

Security posture

The current security posture of the ZT-FORUM website is moderate but requires attention. The use of outdated JavaScript libraries such as jQuery 1.8.2 introduces known vulnerabilities that could be exploited. The absence of security headers like Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, and HSTS reduces protection against common web attacks. While HTTPS usage is not confirmed, the presence of cookie consent mechanisms aligns with privacy best practices. No incident response or security policy documentation is publicly available, which limits the organization's readiness to handle security incidents. The lack of vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files further indicates limited formal security governance. To improve, the organization should prioritize updating its technology stack, implementing comprehensive security headers, enforcing HTTPS, and publishing clear security policies and incident response contacts.

Recommendations

  1. Upgrade all JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to the latest secure versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  2. Implement essential security headers including Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).
  3. Ensure the website enforces HTTPS with a strong SSL/TLS configuration and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS.
  4. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  5. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility to improve user experience and compliance with standards.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
ZIVILTECHNIKER-FORUM für Ausbildung und Berufsförderung
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
ZIVILTECHNIKER-FORUM für Ausbildung und Berufsförderung
Description
Das Ziviltechniker-Forum für Ausbildung und Berufsförderung ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein mit Sitz in Graz.
Key services
Seminars, Courses, Professional training, Information events
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.8.2, jQuery UI 1.8.23, Lightbox plugin, Custom JavaScript modules (seminare.js, cookie.js), CSS stylesheets
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional non-profit educational platform for civil engineers in Austria
  2. Content is well structured with seminar listings and contact info
  3. Cookie consent is implemented with opt-in options
  4. No social media links detected
  5. Uses outdated JavaScript libraries which pose security risks
  6. No explicit security policies or incident response info found
  7. No analytics or tracking services detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a custom or proprietary CMS platform using legacy JavaScript libraries such as jQuery 1.8.2 and jQuery UI 1.8.23, along with Lightbox for image display. CSS is modular with separate stylesheets for templates, pages, modules, and print. The site includes custom JavaScript modules for seminar management and cookie consent. No modern frameworks (React, Angular, Vue) or popular CMS platforms (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal) are detected. Performance is moderate with no explicit optimization techniques observed. Mobile optimization is basic, relying on CSS media queries but lacking advanced responsive design features. Accessibility is minimal with no ARIA roles or landmarks detected. SEO is basic with meta description and robots directives but no Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data present. The site uses a search form with GET method but no visible CAPTCHA or advanced input validation. Hosting provider and SSL configuration details are not available from the provided data. The website links externally to the development agency INTOUCH Werbeagentur and Google privacy policy for embedded Google Maps cookie consent.
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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