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Security report for admin.ch

Der Bundesrat · Government · Switzerland

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.admin.ch/gov/de/start.html is the official portal of the Swiss Federal Council (Der Bundesrat), providing authoritative information on government decisions, media conferences, legal documents, and federal departments. It serves a broad audience including citizens, media, and political stakeholders, positioning itself as a trusted source of Swiss federal government information. The site offers comprehensive content about government members, their roles, and legislative processes, supported by official branding and consistent updates. Technically, the website is built on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) with a modern tech stack including jQuery and Matomo analytics. It employs HTTPS with strong SSL configuration and anti-clickjacking measures, ensuring secure user interactions. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices and clear navigation, reflecting a mature digital infrastructure. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices such as HTTPS enforcement, CSRF protection, and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit published security policies, incident response contacts, and a cookie consent mechanism, which are areas for improvement to enhance compliance and user trust. Overall, the website is highly credible and trustworthy, reflecting its status as a government portal. It maintains a high standard of content quality and technical implementation, with minor gaps in privacy compliance and security transparency. Strategic recommendations include implementing cookie consent, publishing security policies, and adding vulnerability disclosure information to further strengthen its security posture and regulatory adherence.

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

6 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 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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Twitter, YouTube, Cloudflare

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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  • Security score drift

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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
72
Security headers
60
Email security
70
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
71

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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The Swiss Federal Council's website operates as a critical government information hub, delivering official communications, legal references, and public service announcements. Its market position is unique as the authoritative source for Swiss federal governance, with no direct commercial competitors. The business model is non-commercial, focused on transparency and public service. The portal supports multiple federal departments and links to partner government sites, enhancing its ecosystem. Growth indicators include regular content updates and integration with social media channels. The site’s partnership ecosystem includes official Swiss government domains and media outlets, reinforcing its strategic role in government communication.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, anti-clickjacking scripts, and CSRF protections. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates gaps in transparency and readiness. GDPR compliance is partially addressed through privacy policy presence but lacks cookie consent mechanisms. The site’s security culture appears strong but could benefit from enhanced communication of security practices and incident handling procedures to users and researchers.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a visible cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and enhance user privacy transparency.
  2. Publish a detailed security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Create and host a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure.
  4. Enhance Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate potential client-side attacks.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to ensure no vulnerabilities or privacy issues.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Der Bundesrat
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Der Bundesrat
Description
Neuste Entscheide der Schweizer Regierung, Medienkonferenzen des Bundesrates.
Key services
Information on Swiss Federal Council members, Government decisions and news, Media conferences and press releases, Access to federal departments and legal documents, Public documentation and event information
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, YouTube iframe API, Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
Granite UI (Adobe Experience Manager related)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Anti-clickjacking script implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of CSRF protection scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is an official Swiss Federal Council portal
  2. Content is comprehensive and regularly updated
  3. Strong branding and consistent government identity
  4. Good technical implementation with modern CMS
  5. HTTPS and anti-clickjacking measures in place
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner found
  7. No explicit security policy or incident response info published
  8. Social media presence on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is powered by Adobe Experience Manager, leveraging jQuery and YouTube iframe APIs for interactive content. Matomo analytics is used for user tracking, indicating a preference for privacy-conscious analytics. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as ARIA labels and keyboard navigation. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in loading speed. The technical stack is modern and well-maintained, though reliance on older jQuery versions could be reviewed. The site uses standard meta tags and Open Graph for SEO and social sharing. Hosting appears to be managed by Swiss government infrastructure, ensuring data sovereignty and reliability.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 71/100Medium27 findingsView report
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