ELSA CCN-CERT
GoodBotVerifiedBOTCCN-CERT authorized security assessment bot monitoring Internet-facing attack surface for external exposure. Operated by CCN-CERT (Centro Criptológico Nacional).
What is ELSA CCN-CERT?
ELSA (Entorno de Lanzamiento de Servicios de Análisis) is a specialized security scanning platform developed by the Spanish CCN-CERT. It functions as an automated auditing tool that probes web assets to detect misconfigurations, outdated software, and potential security vulnerabilities. By identifying these risks, the tool assists public and private sector organizations in hardening their digital infrastructure against cyber threats.
Identification
ELSA-CCNCERT-scannerHow we rated this bot
Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.
What we read
- ELSA | BBB Complaints | Better Business Bureau
- Meta Has New Web-Crawling Bots That Sneakily Get Around Robots.txt - Business Insider
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- Grupo CCN Information
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Why it crawls your site
The bot crawls the internet to perform proactive security assessments on behalf of the Spanish government's cybersecurity arm. It analyzes web services to provide visibility into the security status of national assets, allowing administrators to address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by malicious actors. Operators can verify the bot's legitimacy by checking the provided contact email or the official CCN-CERT documentation.
Block or allow ELSA CCN-CERT
Add a Disallow rule for ELSA-CCNCERT-scanner in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block ELSA CCN-CERT from crawling your entire site User-agent: ELSA-CCNCERT-scanner Disallow: / # Allow ELSA CCN-CERT full access User-agent: ELSA-CCNCERT-scanner Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows ELSA-CCNCERT-scanner. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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