Website reputation report

nrf.gov.sg

Last checked 1 hour ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

nrf.gov.sg is currently classified in the Government 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 national research foundation, foundation singapore, innovation.

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

77/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency56 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.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about nrf.gov.sg

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on nrf.gov.sg. 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: NRF sets Singapore's national direction for research and development. Learn how it funds innovation and builds R&D capabilities to advance Singapore's growth.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Dec 22, 2005. Registrar: Government Technology Agency.

Recorded expiry date: Dec 22, 2026. 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 28, 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: 77/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on nrf.gov.sg

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.

Home | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Explore Singapore's national R&D strategies, funding schemes, and research talent programmes under the National Research Foundation. NRF Singapore | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)NRF sets Singapore's national direction for research and development. Learn how it funds innovation and builds R&D capabilities to advance Singapore's growth. Contact Us | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Get in touch with NRF Singapore. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Find answers to common questions about NRF's job openings, research grants, and start-up funding. Contact details for key services are also provided. About | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Pages in About Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)RIE2025 Report and RIE2030 Plan reflect Singapore's commitment to keep the nation competitive and resilient globally, while creating real impact at home Resources | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Find all resources — including press releases, speeches, and publications — here. Grants | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Various grants for application Flagship events | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Pages in Flagship events Terms of Use | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)Read the terms and conditions that govern your use of the NRF website, including rules on access, personal data, and hyperlinks.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on nrf.gov.sg

7 phrases

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

national research foundationTitle, Meta description10 sampled pages
foundation singaporeTitle10 sampled pages
innovationTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
enterprise rieTitle, H12 sampled pages
research innovationTitle, H12 sampled pages
grantsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
singapore nationalTitle, Meta description2 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%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
92/100

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%
56/100

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

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 12 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 scripts12
Inline scripts5
Embedded frames0
External script hosts1

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

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 domainnrf.gov.sg
RegistrarGovernment Technology Agency
RegisteredDec 22, 2005
Domain age20 years
ExpiresDec 22, 2026
Registry statusesactive
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address18.136.36.203
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNAmazon CloudFront
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.nrf.gov.sg/
Endpoint18.136.36.203
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFAmazon CloudFront · Not detected
DNS surface25 records · 12 nameservers · 4 mail exchangers
Protection signals5 security headers · 3 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 size401,734 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources12 · 1 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=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YE1
Valid fromSep 29, 2026
Valid untilDec 28, 2026
Certificate namesnrf.gov.sg

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.

A18.136.36.203TTL —
A18.138.108.8TTL —
A18.139.47.66TTL —
NSa1-6.akam.netTTL —
NSa2-65.akam.netTTL —
NSa20-66.akam.netTTL —
NSa3-67.akam.netTTL —
NSa8-64.akam.netTTL —
NSa9-65.akam.netTTL —
NSns10.gdnsdef.comTTL —
NSns12.gdnsdef.comTTL —
NSns12.gdnsec.comTTL —
NSns3.gdnsec.comTTL —
NSns7.gdnsdef.comTTL —
NSns9.gdnsec.comTTL —
MX10 mx1.sgict.gov.sgTTL —
MX20 mx2.sgict.gov.sgTTL —
MX50 mx3.sgict.gov.sgTTL —
MX60 mx4.sgict.gov.sgTTL —
TXTamazonses:DqJ58kYfmg3mrkoyHJbWo9F5CH5ImDIv2rjByUL1OnI=TTL —
TXTamazonses:Sz3/DDsD5huncBXzSBJEBrnJjgy8xV4oLx+C/lu4qds=TTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=FGlIMbSlW1C0rE3kTTL —
TXTMS=FFC9DD0EF50A2BC67991BE731AB447685A59F5BDTTL —
TXTMS=ms19612537TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:support.gov.sg include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mandrillapp.com a:mailrelay1.g-cloud.gov.sg a:amazonses.com -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

5 observed
content-security-policypresent default-src 'none';base-uri 'self';script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' blob: https://*.awswaf.com https://api.search.gov.sg https://www.search.gov.sg https://*.wogaa.sg https://*.dcube.cloud https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net https://www.googleadservices.com https://*.google-analytics.com https://www.google.com https://www.googletagmanager.com https://connect.facebook.net https://graph.facebook.com https://*.licdn.com https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/ https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ https://www.youtube.com https://webchat.vica.gov.sg https://webchat.mol-vica.com https://*.clarity.ms https://*.ask.gov.sg https://analytics.tiktok.com https://login.dotomi.com https://login-ds.dotomi.com https://embed-cdn.spotifycdn.com https://open.spotify.com https://js-cdn.music.apple.com https://*.polyglot.gov.sg https://phog.console.developer.tech.gov.sg https://*.zdassets.com https://*.zendesk.com https://*.zopim.com ;style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://fonts.googleapis.com https://assets.wogaa.sg https://assets.dcube.cloud https://www.search.gov.sg https://webchat.vica.gov.sg https://webchat.mol-vica.com https://embed-cdn.spotifycdn.com https://www.apple.com ;object-src 'none' ;connect-src 'self' https://*.awswaf.com https://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg https://browser-intake-datadoghq.com https://api.search.gov.sg https://*.wogaa.sg https://*.dcube.cloud https://api-chat-fe-flag.vica.gov.sg https://chat.vica.gov.sg https://webchat.vica.gov.sg https://autocomplete.vica.gov.sg wss://chat.vica.gov.sg https://api-chat-fe-flag.mol-vica.com https://chat.mol-vica.com wss://chat.mol-vica.com https://autocomplete.mol-vica.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://*.googletagmanager.com https://google.com https://www.google.com https://analytics.google.com https://stats.g.doubleclick.net https://px.ads.linkedin.com https://*.clarity.ms https://c.bing.com https://ask.gov.sg https://*.ask.gov.sg https://data.gov.sg https://*.data.gov.sg https://ad.doubleclick.net https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net https://www.googleadservices.com https://adservice.google.com https://www.google.com.sg https://www.facebook.com https://analytics.tiktok.com https://analytics-ipv6.tiktokw.us https://*.spotify.com https://*.wg.spotify.com https://*.podcasts.apple.com https://*.xp.apple.com https://www.youtube.com https://vimeo.com https://*.polyglot.gov.sg https://phog.console.developer.tech.gov.sg https://*.zdassets.com https://*.zendesk.com https://*.zopim.com wss://*.zendesk.com wss://*.zopim.com https://*.algolia.net https://*.algolianet.com https://*.algolia.io ;font-src 'self' data: https://fonts.gstatic.com https://www.search.gov.sg https://assets.wogaa.sg https://assets.dcube.cloud https://encore.scdn.co ;frame-src 'self' https://www.search.gov.sg https://www.google.com https://www.googletagmanager.com https://td.doubleclick.net https://www.onemap.gov.sg https://mobile.onemap.gov.sg https://www.youtube-nocookie.com https://player.vimeo.com https://m.facebook.com https://www.facebook.com https://docs.google.com https://form.gov.sg https://maps.gov.sg https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ https://*.fls.doubleclick.net https://open.spotify.com https://embed-standalone.spotify.com https://embed.podcasts.apple.com https://*.polyglot.gov.sg ;img-src 'self' https: ;manifest-src 'self' ;media-src 'self' https://episodes.captivate.fm https://podcasts.captivate.fm ;worker-src 'self' ;frame-ancestors 'self' https://eservice.ura.gov.sg ;
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
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

Bootstrap 80% 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

NRF sets Singapore's national direction for research and development. Learn how it funds innovation and builds R&D capabilities to advance Singapore's growth.

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+6566842900Source: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/contact-us/
Emailcommunications@nrf.gov.sgSource: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/contact-us/
Emailhelpdesk@researchgrant.gov.sgSource: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/contact-us/
Emailwhistleblow@nrf.gov.sgSource: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/contact-us/
Emailikbar_ibrahim@nrf.gov.sgSource: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/faq/
Emailsecretariat@gyss-one-north.sgSource: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/faq/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleHome | National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF)
First headingResearch, Innovation & Enterprise (RIE)
DescriptionExplore Singapore's national R&D strategies, funding schemes, and research talent programmes under the National Research Foundation.
Canonical URLhttps://www.nrf.gov.sg/
Final URLhttps://www.nrf.gov.sg/
HTTP response200 · text/html · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesGovernmentOrganization · WebPage · WebSite
Faq page detectedhttps://www.nrf.gov.sg/faq/Page page detectedhttps://www.nrf.gov.sg/research-innovation-enterprise/About page detectedhttps://www.nrf.gov.sg/about/about-nrf-singapore/nrf-singapore/Contact page detectedhttps://www.nrf.gov.sg/contact-us/
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
12100% evidence confidence
25100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
3100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.nrf.gov.sg/

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
quiet-anchor-path-224

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.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of nrf.gov.sg
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about nrf.gov.sg

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Is nrf.gov.sg safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 77/100 with 75% 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 nrf.gov.sg?

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

When was nrf.gov.sg registered?

The public registry record shows Dec 22, 2005. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did nrf.gov.sg 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 nrf.gov.sg 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.