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Security report for austrianairlines.ag

Austrian Airlines AG · Transportation · Austria

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

81/100

Risk levelLow

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

Austrian Airlines AG is a major European airline operating as part of the Lufthansa Group, providing passenger air transportation services globally. The website presents corporate information, press releases, and service details primarily in German with English support, targeting a broad audience including customers, media, and partners. The business model focuses on passenger flights and ancillary services such as in-flight catering. The company holds a strong market position as a member of the Star Alliance and Lufthansa Group, indicating a large enterprise scale. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern plugin ecosystem including SEO, portfolio management, and contact forms. The site is mobile-optimized and performs moderately well, with good SEO practices and accessibility features. Hosting appears to leverage Akamai CDN for performance and security. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, the absence of explicit security headers and cookie consent mechanisms indicates room for improvement in compliance and defense-in-depth. The WHOIS data is unavailable or malformed, which slightly reduces trust but does not outweigh the strong corporate branding and social media presence. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, with recommendations to enhance privacy compliance and security headers to further strengthen its posture.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 100 · Medium
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

2 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.

    • 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

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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
100
Security headers
75
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
81

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

Austrian Airlines AG operates in the transportation sector with a focus on passenger air travel. Its affiliation with Lufthansa Group and Star Alliance provides competitive advantages including network reach and brand recognition. Revenue streams likely include ticket sales, ancillary services, and partnerships. The target customer segments range from leisure to business travelers. The website's press and corporate sections indicate active communication and transparency. Growth indicators include new route announcements and partnerships. The partnership ecosystem includes banking and loyalty programs. Strategic observations suggest a mature, established airline leveraging digital channels for communication and customer engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS and no visible sensitive data leaks. Use of nonce tokens in scripts suggests protection against CSRF attacks. However, the lack of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options is a gap. No incident response or security policy information is publicly available, which could hinder rapid response to security events. GDPR compliance is partially indicated by the privacy policy but lacks cookie consent mechanisms. Overall, the security culture appears professional but could benefit from enhanced transparency and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Add a visible cookie consent banner to comply fully with GDPR and ePrivacy regulations.
  3. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance WHOIS transparency or provide official domain registration information to improve trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Austrian Airlines AG
Description
Top Service und günstige Preise. Austrian Airlines ist Teil des Lufthansa Konzerns und fliegt Sie zu Destinationen weltweit.
Key services
Passenger flights, In-flight catering (Austrian Melangerie), Corporate and financial information, Press releases and media content
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.3, PHP, jQuery, Visual Portfolio plugin, Contact Form 7, Rank Math SEO, Blocksy Theme, Simple Lightbox, Stackable Ultimate Gutenberg Blocks Premium, Google Site Verification, Akamai (likely CDN)
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of nonce in scripts for CSRF protection
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
WP Statistics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Akamai Boomerang
Marketing tools
Rank Math SEO, Track The Click plugin
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is primarily in German with English alternate available.
  3. Website uses WordPress CMS with multiple plugins for portfolio, SEO, and forms.
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on main page.
  5. Social media presence is strong with official accounts linked.
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie banners visible on homepage.
  7. WHOIS data is not publicly available, possibly due to privacy or registry restrictions.
  8. Website is well-branded and consistent with Austrian Airlines corporate identity.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern WordPress CMS with a well-curated set of plugins for SEO, portfolio display, and contact forms. It leverages Akamai CDN for content delivery and performance optimization. The site is mobile responsive and includes accessibility considerations. Performance is moderate with room for optimization. The technical debt appears low with up-to-date technologies. However, the absence of some security headers and cookie consent mechanisms indicates areas for modernization. The site architecture supports good SEO and user experience but could improve in privacy compliance and security transparency.
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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