The Altenburger Land website serves as the official regional government portal for the Altenburger Land district in Germany. It provides comprehensive information about the region's economic sectors, cultural highlights, and public services. The site offers a variety of online citizen services such as vehicle registration, appointment booking, and access to official forms. The target audience includes local residents, investors, and tourists. The website is well-branded, professionally designed, and emphasizes accessibility with features like easy language and sign language support.
Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Foundation framework and Splide.js for carousels, hosted on servers associated with key-systems.net. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly, with proper meta tags and structured navigation. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, though explicit security policies and incident response contacts are not published.
Overall, the website demonstrates a mature digital infrastructure suitable for a government entity, with a high level of trustworthiness and user experience. No security blocking or WAF challenges were detected, and no vulnerabilities or sensitive data exposures were found. Privacy compliance is robust with a clear privacy policy and cookie consent.
Strategic recommendations include publishing a security policy and incident response contacts, adding a security.txt file for vulnerability disclosure, and enhancing security headers for improved protection.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
43/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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
5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
GDPR outside view
These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.
Critical
EU business without adequate privacy measures
EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements
What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures
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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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
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
52
Security headers
75
Email security
55
DNS health
65
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
43
Average
52
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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Leaked records that mention altenburgerland.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.
Business context
Business profile
Altenburger Land is positioned as a regional government authority supporting economic growth, cultural promotion, and citizen services. Its competitive advantage lies in providing integrated digital services and maintaining a strong online presence with social media engagement. The business model focuses on public administration and service delivery to residents and businesses. Growth indicators include active event calendars, online service expansions, and infrastructure investments like broadband expansion. Partnerships with regional digital service providers and tourism platforms enhance its ecosystem. The website reflects a stable and forward-looking government operation with a focus on accessibility and digital transformation.
Security posture
The website exhibits a solid security posture with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR. Security headers are partially implemented, and no exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represents a compliance gap. The site does not show signs of active WAF blocking or security challenges, indicating stable accessibility. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be improved by formalizing security governance and incident response transparency.
Recommendations
Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
Implement and publish a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability reporting.
Enhance HTTP security headers, including Content-Security-Policy and X-Content-Type-Options.
Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities.
Maintain and improve accessibility and privacy compliance to strengthen user trust.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Landratsamt Altenburger Land
Description
Das Altenburger Land ist eine Region mit Industrie, Landwirtschaft und Kultur, bietet Online-Dienste, Veranstaltungskalender und Bürgerservices. Es ist ein Standort mit Zukunft, geprägt von Maschinen- und Fahrzeugbau, Metallverarbeitung, Kunststofftechnik, Lebensmittelbranche, erneuerbaren Energien und stabiler Landwirtschaft.
Key services
Online-Kfz-Zulassung, Terminbuchung Kfz-Zulassung, Formular-Center, Elektronische Rechnungen, Bürgerservice A bis Z, Veranstaltungskalender
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Splide.js (carousel), Foundation framework, Service Digitale Verwaltung CSS theme
Frameworks
Foundation
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
Cookie consent with opt-in mechanism
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
No visible vulnerable libraries
Analytics and tracking
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Transparency
poor
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a regional government portal for Altenburger Land, Germany.
Content is comprehensive, well-structured, and professionally presented.
Strong focus on accessibility and user-friendly features.
Multiple online services for citizens including vehicle registration and appointment booking.
Social media presence on Facebook and Instagram.
No signs of security blocking or WAF challenges.
No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information.
No explicit security or incident response policies published.
No terms of service page found.
No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure mechanism found.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a modern technology stack featuring HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and the Foundation framework for responsive design. It uses Splide.js for interactive carousels and integrates external CSS themes for digital administration services. The CMS identified is SixCMS, a specialized content management system likely tailored for government use. Hosting is managed via nameservers associated with key-systems.net, indicating a professional hosting environment. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed through meta tags and structured navigation. Opportunities exist to modernize security headers and expand analytics capabilities while maintaining privacy standards.
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.
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