Website reputation report

gcu.edu

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

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

gcu.edu is currently classified in the Education category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include university, grand canyon university, campus.

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

64/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure95 Website Security95 Security Hygiene45 Transparency57 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
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.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about gcu.edu

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on gcu.edu. 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: GCU is proud to participate in a number of community outreach programs including CityServe, L.O.P.E.S. Academy, Lopes for Literacy and more.

Registrar and domain history

A reliable creation date was not returned by the registration lookup. The report leaves domain age unverified rather than guessing.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 3, 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: 64/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on gcu.edu

10 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.

Grand Canyon University: Private Christian University Phoenix AZGrand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ) offers affordable, accredited campus or online degrees. Learn more about tuition, scholarships, academic calendar + more! Community Outreach | Volunteering | GCUGCU is proud to participate in a number of community outreach programs including CityServe, L.O.P.E.S. Academy, Lopes for Literacy and more. Private, Affordable Christian University Experience | GCUSee why GCU is a different kind of affordable, private Christian university. Research our campus life resources and online student experiences. Leadership Team | About Us | Grand Canyon UniversityAdministrators at Grand Canyon University embrace its heritage as a Christian university and foster academic excellence through servant leadership. Campus Locations | Grand Canyon UniversityEarn your nursing or education degree on your time. GCU offers convenient access to learning. Take courses at our main campus or at one of our extensions. Offices and Services | Grand Canyon UniversityOffices on campus help ensure GCU students have access to facilities and receive a quality Christian education in a secure and comfortable environment. Contact Grand Canyon University | Department Information | GCUContact us at GCU! Call 855-428-5673 or find our street and mailing address and more. Visit our general contact information page and reach the department you need. Media & Branding | Grand Canyon UniversityAccess Grand Canyon University’s media kit for branding and marketing standards, available for authorized use by members of the media. Blogs | Grand Canyon UniversityConnect with the colleges of Grand Canyon University (GCU) through the GCU Community page. Enjoy a collection of the latest news, events and hot topics that GCU's Deans, faculty, s How AI, Social Media and Reddit Are Reshaping the Way Students Choose a College | GCU BlogExplore how AI, social media and Reddit are changing how students research, compare and choose colleges — and what influences their decisions.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on gcu.edu

12 phrases

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

universityTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
grand canyon universityTitle, H1, Meta description7 sampled pages
campusTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
mediaTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
christianTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
christian universityTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
communityTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
studentsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
privateTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
affordableTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
private christianTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
blogTitle, 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

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

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%
0/100

Evidence is unavailable.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
95/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
45/100

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%
57/100

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%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 22 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 scripts22
Inline scripts0
Embedded frames0
External script hosts0

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 domaingcu.edu
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address104.16.2.115
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
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.gcu.edu/
Endpoint104.16.2.115
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface39 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals2 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 size812,515 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observed1
Script resources22 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Google Trust Services, commonName=WE1
Valid fromSep 4, 2026
Valid untilDec 3, 2026
Certificate names*.gcu.edu · gcu.edu

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.

A104.16.2.115TTL —
A104.16.3.115TTL —
AAAA2606:4700::6810:273TTL —
AAAA2606:4700::6810:373TTL —
NSgrannbo.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NSyevgen.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX10 mxa-002bcc03.gslb.pphosted.comTTL —
MX10 mxb-002bcc03.gslb.pphosted.comTTL —
TXT_05e7z2hfs7daw8kbl1pjoto37m4mu2tTTL —
TXT_0ilxbhp2hz3nftkf8ldenddvzt89pnzTTL —
TXT_6b7dtqc2ir4bvedlsz8xyjr4zy5szhuTTL —
TXT_8tv6kg3613yoeyvuui99clt7zm5166gTTL —
TXT_jw1ss3cqiag22nuukq723bsxdlaz6qiTTL —
TXT_kb9x199n48i55fqcflf8hm982ly3ce5TTL —
TXT1fyvw6vbz0x7hl96cpbfssgq2gzsv68hTTL —
TXT2g7mjb3x66kwp67xz99hybxk197m42x9TTL —
TXT5thyVFLnNpwgCJ61UZXIRHZzodmnWLUKrZY6TyRpXMjqiE08yiQ94m4YQget8bcMVXoS/PkL1F8KTf+VdRgcKQ==TTL —
TXTactiveprospect-domain-verification=sAEEVOkxG5wSoJDXC6pNfQ==TTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=EeMOKOZaTdsKfL1hTTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=vPZHxN95QKMXrdB6KjRXjs1b0LUA0jnObsEhUfJml0ETTL —
TXTatlassian-domain-verification=V0aHKffidXD47QCB7sUcmJQIscifqdu8LQ1zzac/8ifaDe5LpuzgotE8DhzryzRVTTL —
TXTautodesk-domain-verification=GqhTLxMD9oFvIDNb7VFrTTL —
TXTbrevo-code:d8cb2b96e773b15d055c25b65ac87dd1TTL —
TXTcisco-ci-domain-verification=28f2b1fc1e9479b19042b0c383adc37b87b667af20e436e97d44f81a6c2a0b1fTTL —
TXTFZ8P0nDYOkjjI0HeSbSf8UoaIaOTMUXVRfbmVbanLeCRa3HhUluEGutOJ8SIdSLisx9zbzbernP0QvmydSQOxg==TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=1_rGz_BpqqXZ_vOM96G9ChngUAmmwuKrMfEcWjYofWwTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=iEIgN-XH3PTBumpfA_KBHFgbvr3M7RLIcQtkab9iYCQTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=U-3mQR7pXLHvr5erEm0mYgqI16mkHPHvI0qO8seJzdETTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=W5nhxI4EgwXV34KrDo-k1h-kjBvxfy65Nz2QeWV340MTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Yh3d1UuAEvn21tCUQMWWDPMx-T7PfOgLGjRWa6WVD2ETTL —
TXThp0jbtspl719s269k3qsjp50p26zv274TTL —
TXThUT3NEVJjRpvlmuO2VNQcNtt5z0yt7YSTQM/dQOqLrWWqt398UTEOH9E7AGOSTIPwnCC+kx4IZe0eW7v3UTz8Q==TTL —
TXTjamf-site-verification=3FnfzU5xLjnSO2s0M9upigTTL —
TXTMS=ms19189791TTL —
TXTMS=ms86632714TTL —
TXTMwLvr8ENOatlYfQLFjniK+BGSb293xudSOs3gjkyoolazI065uAUP27I6sUTB1x+qm0RZPYmJjiUjUDlT0N7tA==TTL —
TXTproxy-ssl.webflow.comTTL —
TXTqqcy29wsyxzn22p74sb8wspttg56y027TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:mailgun.org ~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.

SPFDNS lookup unavailable
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

2 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=0
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed1
Missing Secure0
Missing HttpOnly0
Missing SameSite0

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Cloudflare 98% Next.js 96% Tailwind CSS 72%

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

Next.jsKeep Next.js and its runtime dependencies current, especially when server-side rendering is enabled.

About this website

What the site says about itself

GCU is proud to participate in a number of community outreach programs including CityServe, L.O.P.E.S. Academy, Lopes for Literacy and more.

View the site's About page ↗

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

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Phone+18554285673Source: https://www.gcu.edu/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleGrand Canyon University: Private Christian University Phoenix AZ
First headingFind Your Purpose
DescriptionGrand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ) offers affordable, accredited campus or online degrees. Learn more about tuition, scholarships, academic calendar + more!
Canonical URLhttps://www.gcu.edu/
Final URLhttps://www.gcu.edu/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesBreadcrumbList · CollegeOrUniversity · ListItem · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.gcu.edu/about/locationsAbout page detectedhttps://www.gcu.edu/about/community-outreach-volunteering
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing samesite100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
39100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing httponly100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing secure100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts max age100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.gcu.edu/

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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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
deep-orbit-mesh-237

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

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for gcu.edu

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of gcu.edu
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

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Questions about gcu.edu

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Is gcu.edu safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 64/100 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 gcu.edu?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was gcu.edu registered?

The registry lookup did not provide a reliable creation date in this scan.

Did gcu.edu 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 gcu.edu 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.