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Security report for bam-akademie.de

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 1 other check.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The BAM Akademie website serves as the official training and conference portal for the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), a German federal institute. It offers a broad range of educational offerings including workshops, webinars, and on-demand courses primarily targeting professionals in energy, infrastructure, environment, material science, and chemical process technology sectors. The portal is well-positioned as a government-backed educational resource with a clear focus on industry and research professionals. Technically, the site is built on the ILIAS LMS platform with modern web technologies such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and various UI libraries, ensuring a responsive and accessible user experience. The site is hosted by Databay and uses HTTPS with a good security posture, including cookie consent and privacy policies aligned with GDPR requirements. Security best practices are observed, though explicit security headers could be enhanced. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with privacy regulations.

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

6 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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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';…

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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
95
Security headers
70
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
66

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 bam-akademie.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
6
Employees
0
Customers
6
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains 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

BAM Akademie operates as a government-affiliated educational portal, leveraging its parent organization's reputation to provide specialized training in material research and related fields. Its business model focuses on delivering both free and paid educational content to industry and research professionals. The portal's partnership with the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy strengthens its market position. The site demonstrates a mature digital presence with a comprehensive course catalog and event calendar. The lack of commercial advertising and the presence of detailed privacy and cookie policies reflect a focus on user trust and compliance. The portal's integration with BAM's main website and ministry sites indicates a well-established partnership ecosystem.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security posture with enforced HTTPS, anonymized IP tracking via Matomo analytics, and a cookie consent mechanism. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options were not explicitly found in the HTML source and should be verified server-side. The absence of a published security policy or incident response contact limits transparency in security governance. The site would benefit from implementing a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to enhance security culture and incident readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify comprehensive security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and provide incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Establish a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Regularly update all third-party libraries and frameworks to their latest secure versions to reduce risk of vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance monitoring and logging capabilities to detect and respond to potential security incidents promptly.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Description
Die BAM Akademie ist das Weiterbildungs- und Tagungsportal der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM). Sie bündelt Informations- und Weiterbildungsangebote aus den BAM-Themenfeldern Energie, Infrastruktur, Umwelt, Material und Chemie und Prozesstechnik. Fach- und Führungskräfte aus Industrie und Forschung profitieren von einem breiten Angebot digitaler und analoger Formate.
Key services
Weiterbildungsangebote, Tagungen, Webinare, Workshops, On-demand Kurse
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, YUI2, ILIAS LMS platform, Litepicker, Tagify, Dropzone, Moment.js, Featherlight
Frameworks
ILIAS LMS
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure libraries and frameworks

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Matomo
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an official federal government educational portal for BAM
  2. Content is comprehensive and professionally presented
  3. Multiple free and paid training courses and webinars offered
  4. Strong privacy and cookie consent mechanisms in place
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity
  6. Good use of modern web technologies and accessibility features
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the ILIAS LMS platform, utilizing a modern tech stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, Moment.js, and other UI libraries. The site is hosted by Databay with nameservers ns.databay.de and ns2.databay.de. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. The site uses Matomo for privacy-conscious analytics with anonymized IP addresses and no cookies. The technical implementation is robust, though some legacy libraries (YUI2) are present, which could be modernized. The site uses multiple CSS and JS resources, indicating a complex but well-structured front-end. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional and user-friendly experience.
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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