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Security report for bamf.de

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge · Government · Germany

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

76/100

Risk levelLow

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

The Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) is a key German federal government agency responsible for migration, asylum, refugee protection, integration, and voluntary return programs. The website serves as an official information and service portal targeting migrants, refugees, government entities, and the general public interested in migration-related topics. It offers comprehensive content, multilingual support, and links to official social media channels, reflecting a strong public service orientation. Technically, the site is built on the Government Site Builder CMS, with moderate performance and good accessibility and SEO features. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of modern TLS protocols significantly weaken its security posture, despite strong email authentication policies (SPF and DMARC). Privacy compliance is well addressed with a cookie consent mechanism and a comprehensive privacy policy. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but requires urgent improvements in SSL/TLS security to meet modern standards.

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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

3 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

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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
100
Security headers
75
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
18
Average
76

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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
435
Employees
0
Customers
397
Third parties
38
Weak passwords
19%

23 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

BAMF holds a critical position in Germany's migration and refugee management ecosystem, providing essential services such as migration advice, integration programs, asylum procedures, and voluntary return initiatives. Its business model is public administration, funded and operated by the federal government. The agency maintains a large operational size with extensive digital content and outreach. The website supports BAMF's mission by offering detailed information, service centers, hotlines, and publications. The presence of multiple official social media channels and structured data enhances its digital footprint and stakeholder engagement. The site’s moderate performance and technical stack indicate room for modernization, especially in security infrastructure. BAMF's strong compliance with GDPR and transparent privacy practices position it well in regulatory adherence, although security certificate issues may pose reputational risks if unaddressed.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it employs strict email authentication mechanisms with SPF set to reject all unauthorized senders and a DMARC policy of reject for all subdomains, reducing phishing risks via email spoofing. However, the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of any TLS protocol support expose users to potential data interception and downgrade attacks. The missing HSTS header and OCSP stapling further weaken HTTPS security. No session resumption mechanisms are enabled, which could impact both security and performance. No visible vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed, POODLE, or FREAK were detected. The site lacks explicit security policies or incident response contact information. Overall, the security posture is basic and requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues to protect user data and maintain trust.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable secure HTTPS connections.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable deprecated protocols.
  3. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  4. Enable OCSP stapling to improve certificate revocation checking performance and security.
  5. Add explicit security policy documentation and incident response contact channels.
  6. Regularly audit and update the technical stack to ensure compliance with security best practices.
  7. Maintain and enhance privacy and cookie consent mechanisms to align with evolving regulations.
  8. Improve website performance by optimizing resource loading and reducing page size.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using the Government Site Builder CMS, a specialized platform for German federal government sites. It uses standard web technologies including HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. The site is hosted on German federal government infrastructure with DNS nameservers under bund.de domains. Performance metrics indicate a moderate load time (~5.1 seconds) and a relatively large page size (~2.8 MB) with 65 resources loaded. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices including meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data for news articles. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of TLS support are critical technical deficiencies. The site uses Matomo for analytics, respecting user privacy with consent-based cookie usage. Overall, the technical infrastructure is stable but requires modernization in security protocols and performance optimization.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 73/100Medium30 findingsView report
  2. 73/100Medium30 findingsView report
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