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Security report for bahlsen.com

Bahlsen GmbH & CO. KG · Retail · Germany

Partial score · DNS & email only

59/100

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

Bahlsen GmbH & CO. KG is a well-established German company specializing in the production and sale of high-quality pastries, cookies, and wafers with a history spanning over 130 years. The website targets consumers interested in premium bakery products and maintains a strong brand presence with localized content for multiple countries. Technically, the site is built using modern frameworks such as Next.js and React, hosted on Vercel, and integrates a headless CMS (Storyblok) for content management. However, the website currently lacks a valid SSL certificate, resulting in no HTTPS support, which is a critical security vulnerability. While security headers like Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security are present, the absence of HTTPS and modern TLS protocols significantly weakens the security posture. Privacy compliance is partially met with a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of use, but no cookie consent mechanism is detected. Overall, the site demonstrates good business credibility and professional content but requires urgent security improvements.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

Checks completed
5of 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

1 finding rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
Average
59

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • GDPR outside view: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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

Bahlsen operates in the retail sector focusing on bakery products with a strong market position supported by a long-standing brand reputation. The business model centers on manufacturing and distributing premium pastries and cookies, targeting consumers in Germany and international markets. The website reflects a mature digital presence with multi-language support and partnerships with related brands such as Leibniz and PiCK UP!. The company leverages modern web technologies and cloud hosting but lacks advanced analytics or extensive marketing tools. The absence of direct contact information on the landing page suggests a focus on brand presentation rather than direct customer support via the main site.

Security posture

The security maturity of the website is low due to the lack of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, exposing users to potential interception and data integrity risks. Although security headers are implemented, the CSP includes unsafe directives which could be exploited. No incident response or security policy information is publicly available, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file is found. The site uses bot protection via FriendlyCaptcha and tracking via Facebook Pixel, but overall security practices require significant enhancement to meet modern standards and compliance requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate immediately to enable HTTPS and secure user connections.
  2. Enable and enforce modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable insecure legacy protocols.
  3. Implement a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance privacy transparency.
  4. Review and tighten Content-Security-Policy to remove unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval directives.
  5. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern React/Next.js stack with serverless hosting on Vercel, ensuring scalability and performance potential. The use of Storyblok CMS allows flexible content management. However, performance metrics are missing or zero, indicating possible measurement gaps or slow loading times. Accessibility and SEO optimizations are basic but present. The site lacks SSL/TLS security, which is a critical technical flaw. DNS configuration is standard but could benefit from DNSSEC and CAA records for enhanced security. External integrations include video hosting (YouTube), CDN usage (jsdelivr), and bot protection services.
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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