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Security report for 8horses.ch

8horses GmbH · Media · Switzerland

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

49/100

Risk levelHigh

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

8horses GmbH is a small, Switzerland-based arthouse film production company composed of a group of artists, filmmakers, writers, and cinematographers. Their website showcases a portfolio of artistic film projects and emphasizes their collaborative creative approach. The company targets a niche audience interested in arthouse and artistic films, positioning itself as a specialized media production entity within the Swiss market. Technically, the website is built on the Indexhibit CMS platform and uses jQuery for scripting. It employs HTTPS for secure communication but lacks advanced security headers and modern tracking or analytics tools. The site is moderately optimized for performance and mobile devices, with a clear navigation structure and professional design quality. From a security perspective, the site has a basic posture with HTTPS enabled but missing critical security headers and no visible privacy or cookie policies, which are compliance gaps. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present. The WHOIS data is consistent with the business claims, supporting legitimacy. Overall, the site is safe, professional, and trustworthy but could improve privacy compliance and security hardening. The overall risk is moderate with recommendations to implement privacy and cookie policies, add security headers, and provide vulnerability disclosure information to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

9 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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
49

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

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

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

8horses GmbH operates in the media sector focusing on arthouse film production. Their business model revolves around creative collaboration among filmmakers and artists to produce niche artistic films. The company appears to have a stable market position within the Swiss arthouse film community but does not show signs of large-scale commercial operations. Revenue streams likely come from film production contracts, post-production services, and possibly grants or artistic funding. The target customers are film festivals, art institutions, and arthouse film audiences. The website reflects a small, focused operation with no evident partnerships or subsidiaries. Growth indicators are limited from the website data, but the presence of multiple projects in production suggests ongoing activity. The company maintains a professional online presence but lacks extensive digital marketing or social media engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS enabled, ensuring encrypted communication. However, it lacks important security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web attacks. There is no visible privacy policy or cookie consent mechanism, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and other privacy regulations. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, limiting transparency in security management. The absence of tracking or analytics reduces privacy risks but also limits user behavior insights. Overall, the site is secure enough for a small media company but should enhance security headers and privacy compliance to reduce risk and improve trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and enhance user trust.
  2. Add standard security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy) to improve security posture.
  3. Provide a vulnerability disclosure policy or security contact information to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Consider adding contact phone numbers and social media links to improve business credibility and user engagement.
  5. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility features to improve user experience and SEO.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
8horses GmbH
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
8horses GmbH
Description
8horses is a group of friends, artists, filmmakers, writers, cinematographers based in Zürich, Switzerland
Key services
Film production, Post production, Artistic film projects
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery
Frameworks
Indexhibit
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally presented arthouse film production company based in Switzerland.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. No contact phone numbers or social media links provided.
  4. Uses HTTPS and jQuery with Indexhibit CMS.
  5. No security headers detected, which is a security improvement opportunity.
  6. No advertising or tracking technologies detected, indicating minimal user tracking.
  7. Content is safe and appropriate for general audiences.
  8. WHOIS data is consistent and supports legitimacy.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses the Indexhibit CMS platform with jQuery as the primary JavaScript library. It loads stylesheets and scripts from its own domain and Google Fonts for typography. The site is served over HTTPS, indicating a secure transport layer. Performance is moderate with no advanced optimization techniques detected. The site lacks modern frontend frameworks or progressive web app features. Accessibility and SEO are basic, with meta tags present but no structured data or Open Graph tags. No analytics or tracking scripts are detected, indicating minimal data collection. The technical stack is simple and stable but could benefit from modernization and enhanced security configurations.
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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