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Security report for ansbach.de

Stadt Ansbach · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.ansbach.de serves as the official digital presence of the city of Ansbach, Germany. It provides a broad range of municipal information and services targeted at citizens, businesses, and visitors. The site offers extensive navigation covering city administration, social services, urban planning, cultural events, and economic development. The business model is that of a government service portal, focusing on transparency, accessibility, and citizen engagement. The website is well-branded with consistent city imagery and clear content relevant to its audience. Technically, the site employs a mature technology stack including jQuery, FontAwesome, Highslide, and Leaflet for maps, integrated within an IKISS CMS framework. It supports mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. Performance is moderate with room for improvement in modernizing frameworks and enhancing accessibility compliance. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and implements cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR. However, explicit security headers are not evident, and no dedicated security or incident response policies are published. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Analytics are conducted via Piwik (Matomo), with moderate user tracking balanced by privacy compliance. Overall, the website is a trustworthy, professional municipal portal with good content quality and privacy adherence. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing explicit security policies, and improving accessibility standards to further strengthen the site's security posture and user inclusivity.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 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

5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

    • 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

  2. 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';…
  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
67
Security headers
65
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
67

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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention ansbach.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
11
Employees
0
Customers
11
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
18%

1 subdomain affected

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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

The city of Ansbach positions itself as a medium-sized municipal government entity providing comprehensive digital services to its residents and stakeholders. The website supports economic development through dedicated sections on business support, infrastructure, and innovation centers. It fosters community engagement via detailed information on social services, cultural events, and participatory governance. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on public service delivery and information dissemination. The presence of partner domains related to tourism and cycling initiatives indicates active collaboration within regional networks. The site reflects a stable operational environment with a focus on transparency and citizen-centric services.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security maturity with enforced HTTPS and a cookie consent mechanism indicating GDPR awareness. The absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options suggests room for improvement in hardening defenses against common web threats. No incident response or security policy pages were found, which could limit transparency and preparedness in case of security incidents. The use of third-party scripts like Piwik and ReadSpeaker is managed with consent, but continuous monitoring for vulnerabilities in these libraries is recommended. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a government informational site but should be enhanced to meet higher standards and compliance requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response information page to improve transparency and readiness.
  3. Regularly update and audit third-party libraries and scripts to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to comply with WCAG standards and improve user inclusivity.
  5. Maintain and improve privacy compliance by documenting data retention policies and user rights clearly.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Stadt Ansbach
Description
Official website of the city of Ansbach providing information and services for citizens, businesses, and visitors including municipal services, cultural events, urban development, and local government.
Key services
Online citizen services, Information on city administration, Cultural and event information, Urban planning and development, Economic development support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.6.1, jQuery UI 1.13.2, FontAwesome 4 and 5, Highslide JS, Mustache.js, Leaflet.js, Google Translate widget, ReadSpeaker
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of deferred and async scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik (Matomo)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik (Matomo)
Marketing tools
Google Translate, ReadSpeaker
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a comprehensive municipal portal for the city of Ansbach, Germany.
  2. Content is in German and well-structured with extensive navigation.
  3. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  4. No direct email addresses or phone numbers were found in the provided HTML snippet.
  5. Use of multiple JavaScript libraries and external services for analytics and accessibility.
  6. No signs of adult or questionable content.
  7. No WAF or blocking detected; content fully accessible.
  8. WHOIS data consistent with official city domain.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the IKISS CMS platform, utilizing a combination of jQuery (version 3.6.1), jQuery UI, FontAwesome icons, Highslide for image galleries, Mustache.js for templating, and Leaflet for interactive maps. The site loads scripts asynchronously and defers non-critical JavaScript to optimize performance. CSS is organized with responsive layouts targeting multiple screen sizes, indicating good mobile optimization. However, the technology stack includes some legacy components (e.g., older FontAwesome versions and IE8 support scripts) that could be modernized. The site lacks visible advanced frameworks like React or Angular, suggesting a traditional multi-page architecture. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in caching and resource minification. Hosting details are not explicit, but DNS name servers indicate a stable domain setup. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from modernization and performance tuning.
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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