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Security report for auer-waffeln.at

ALPINE BRANDS GmbH & Co KG · Retail · Austria

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

43/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Auer is a well-established Austrian brand specializing in gourmet waffle products since 1920, operated by ALPINE BRANDS GmbH & Co KG. The company offers a range of premium waffle specialties and confectionery products targeting consumers who appreciate high-quality gourmet foods. The website reflects a mature digital presence with a WordPress CMS enhanced by Elementor and optimized with WP Rocket. It includes comprehensive metadata, structured data, and social media integration, supporting good SEO and user engagement. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enabled and cookie consent mechanisms in place, though improvements such as HSTS and additional security headers are recommended. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR requirements, providing clear contact information and business legitimacy.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
18/ 100 · Critical
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

8 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

  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 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';…

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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
15
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
18
Average
43

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 company holds a strong market position in the retail sector for gourmet waffles, leveraging a long brand history and a focused product portfolio. Its business model includes direct consumer sales and B2B partnerships. The website supports multilingual content (German and English) and integrates marketing and analytics tools such as Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics to monitor and optimize user engagement. The presence of a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie categories indicates a commitment to privacy compliance. The company’s digital ecosystem is supported by reputable hosting and content delivery technologies, with active social media channels enhancing brand visibility and customer interaction.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced with modern TLS protocols, and no weak or vulnerable cipher suites are detected. Cookie management is handled via Borlabs Cookie, providing granular user consent options. However, the absence of HSTS and OCSP stapling reduces the overall SSL security effectiveness. No security.txt or explicit incident response policies are found, which could be areas for enhancement. The site does not expose sensitive data or show signs of vulnerabilities. Regular updates and security best practices should be maintained to ensure ongoing protection.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to enforce HTTPS and prevent downgrade attacks.
  2. Implement OCSP stapling to improve SSL certificate revocation checking and reduce latency.
  3. Add additional security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
  4. Publish a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and improve incident response readiness.
  5. Continue regular updates of WordPress core, themes, and plugins to mitigate emerging vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
ALPINE BRANDS GmbH & Co KG
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress with Elementor page builder, leveraging Apache web server and PHP backend. It uses jQuery and integrates performance optimization via WP Rocket. The site employs Borlabs Cookie for GDPR-compliant cookie management and includes Google Analytics (Universal and GA4) and Facebook Pixel for analytics and marketing. The DNS setup is standard with no DNSSEC or CAA records configured. SSL supports TLS 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 but lacks advanced features like HSTS and OCSP stapling. Performance data is not explicitly provided but the use of caching and lazy loading suggests moderate to good performance. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly with proper meta tags and structured data.
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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