aktiv · Media · Germany
High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Network security and 2 other checks.
aktiv-online.de is a German-language information portal focused on providing employees with news, advice, and insights related to the social market economy and German industry. Supported by approximately 40 employer associations, it offers a broad range of content including industry reports, financial advice, tax tips, and leisure topics. The website targets employees and professionals seeking reliable and practical information about work and life in Germany. The business model centers on content provision and engagement through newsletters and social media channels, positioning aktiv as a trusted media source within its niche. Technically, the website is built on TYPO3 CMS, a robust open-source content management system, and employs modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager and a self-hosted Matomo analytics platform. Usercentrics is used for consent management, ensuring GDPR compliance. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, contributing to a positive user experience. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and integrates consent management for privacy compliance. However, explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are not visibly declared, and there is no published security policy or incident response contact information. No vulnerabilities or suspicious content were detected. Overall, the security posture is solid but could be enhanced with additional headers and transparency. The domain registration data is consistent with the website's professional nature, using standard domain control nameservers without privacy protection. Contact information including email, phone numbers, and a physical address in Cologne, Germany, is clearly provided, reinforcing business credibility. Social media presence across major platforms further supports trust and engagement. Overall, aktiv-online.de is a well-established, trustworthy media portal with good technical and privacy compliance maturity. Strategic improvements in security transparency and policy publication would further strengthen its posture and user trust.
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NIS2 Art. 21(2)
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.
9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.
EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements
What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures
GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage
What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes
GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies
What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit
Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.
Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server
What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN
Port 5432 (PostgreSQL) is publicly accessible - PostgreSQL - Database server
What to do: Immediately restrict access to PostgreSQL using firewall or VPN
Port 21 (FTP) is publicly accessible - FTP - Often unencrypted file transfer
What to do: Consider restricting access to FTP or implementing strong authentication
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.
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
Prevents clickjacking attacks
What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"
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Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
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.
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Not counted
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.
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
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Leaked records that mention aktiv-online.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
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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