Website reputation report

carnegiehighered.com

Last checked 3 days ago · Point-in-time assessment

76/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

We believe that when students succeed, higher education thrives—and the world wins. Carnegie exists to make meaningful connections that lead to better student outcomes. Learn more about us.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

76/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History81 Infrastructure94 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency67 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about carnegiehighered.com

Updated Oct 15, 2026

The latest scan examined 9 public pages on carnegiehighered.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: We believe that when students succeed, higher education thrives,and the world wins. Carnegie exists to make meaningful connections that lead to better student outcomes.…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Sep 15, 2021. Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC.

Recorded expiry date: Sep 15, 2031. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 11, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 76/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

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Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on carnegiehighered.com

9 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Carnegie | The Student Connection CompanyCarnegie is the student connection company helping colleges and universities navigate the now and next in higher education. Our experts design custom strategies fueled by data, tec About Carnegie | Higher Education’s Student Connection CompanyWe believe that when students succeed, higher education thrives—and the world wins. Carnegie exists to make meaningful connections that lead to better student outcomes. Learn more Carnegie | Our Team of Higher Education ExpertsMeet the higher education experts driving Carnegie’s mission to connect institutions, students, and success through strategy, data, and heart. Subject Matter Experts in Higher Education | CarnegieExplore Carnegie’s higher education subject matter experts by area of expertise, topic, and audience to find strategic perspectives on enrollment, student success, branding, digita Carnegie Strategic Advisory Council | Higher Education Leadership & InsightMeet the Carnegie Strategic Advisory Council—higher education leaders partnering with Carnegie to shape research, strategy, and innovation that supports institutions today and into Responsible AI | Carnegie—Higher Ed Marketing & EnrollmentAt the core of Carnegie’s work is our belief in the power of human connection. Our responsible AI principles stem from that foundation and the commitment to the dignity and value o Careers at Carnegie | A Career That Helps Higher Education ThriveJoin the student connection company. Build your career with a company that partners with colleges and universities to create lasting impact. Carnegie | Contact UsGet in touch with Carnegie to begin a focused, collaborative conversation about student success, institutional goals, and the future you are working toward. Higher Education Solutions for Student ConnectionCarnegie delivers integrated higher education solutions that connect students, strengthen brands, and drive institutional growth through data, strategy, and insight

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on carnegiehighered.com

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

carnegieTitle, H1, Meta description9 sampled pages
higherTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
higher educationTitle, H1, Meta description7 sampled pages
studentTitle, H1, Meta description6 sampled pages
thatTitle, H1, Meta description5 sampled pages
connectionTitle, H1, Meta description5 sampled pages
student connectionTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
connection companyTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
expertsTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
carnegie higherTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
successH1, Meta description4 sampled pages
higher edTitle, H12 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

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Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
81/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
94/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
80/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
67/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-14T06:24:15+00:00
HTML bytes submitted828,553
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-15T00:00:07+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 14 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts14
Inline scripts6
Embedded frames1
External script hosts3

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaincarnegiehighered.com
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredSep 15, 2021
Domain age5 years
ExpiresSep 15, 2031
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client renew prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address23.185.0.253
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.carnegiehighered.com/
Endpoint23.185.0.253
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface14 records · 2 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 security headers · 4 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size828,553 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources14 · 3 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 12, 2026
Valid untilDec 11, 2026
Certificate namescarnegiehighered.com · claruscorporation.com · credohighered.com · maguireassoc.com · mstoner.com · nscec.carnegiehighered.com · sextantmktg.com · underscorehighered.com · www.carnegiehighered.com · www.claruscorporation.com · www.credohighered.com · www.maguireassoc.com · www.mstoner.com · www.sextantmktg.com · www.underscorehighered.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A23.185.0.253TTL —
AAAA2620:12a:8000::253TTL —
AAAA2620:12a:8001::253TTL —
NSns03.domaincontrol.comTTL —
NSns04.domaincontrol.comTTL —
MX1 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
TXTanthropic-domain-verification-tb6gk0=F1kCPT1o02QuVkvkq3OJBDJDFTTL —
TXTlovable_verification=f9d8f1bac1495f67a3849af445cd90f06a763c8ed4430558d07e89130afb73bfTTL —
TXTslack-domain-verification=PlhMgG3mlp0YkLxEgwK36wa8Xgj9SR7VkhuodpRjTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.psm.knowbe4.com include:617948.spf03.hubspotemail.net ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

4 observed
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload, max-age=300
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Google Tag Manager 96% Nginx 93% Tailwind CSS 72% WordPress 95%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

NginxReview the Nginx branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.
WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

About this website

What the site says about itself

We believe that when students succeed, higher education thrives—and the world wins. Carnegie exists to make meaningful connections that lead to better student outcomes. Learn more about us.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleCarnegie | The Student Connection Company
First headingNavigating the Now and Next for Higher Education
DescriptionCarnegie is the student connection company helping colleges and universities navigate the now and next in higher education. Our experts design custom strategies fueled by data, technology, and insights—empowering you to connect with today’s diverse learners and stay focused on what matters most: changing students’ lives for good. Explore our student-centered solutions.
Canonical URLhttps://www.carnegiehighered.com/
Final URLhttps://www.carnegiehighered.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesBreadcrumbList · ImageObject · ListItem · Organization · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.carnegiehighered.com/about/responsible-ai/About page detectedhttps://www.carnegiehighered.com/about/
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
14100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
3100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.carnegiehighered.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-anchor-field-311

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

Show change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

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Is carnegiehighered.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 76/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on carnegiehighered.com?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was carnegiehighered.com registered?

The public registry record shows Sep 15, 2021. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did carnegiehighered.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does carnegiehighered.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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