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Security report for bauhaus-kolloquium.de

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · Education · Germany

Partial score · DNS & email only

69/100

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

The website www.bauhaus-kolloquium.de represents the XV International Bauhaus Colloquium, an academic event organized by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. It serves as a platform for interdisciplinary research exchange in humanities, arts, and architecture, focusing on the politics of research. The event has a long-standing history dating back to 1976 and is positioned as a niche academic conference with a strong cultural and educational focus. Technically, the website is built on WordPress and hosted on university-managed DNS servers, indicating institutional support and reliability. The site demonstrates good content quality and mobile optimization but lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features. Performance is moderate, with no evident use of modern JavaScript frameworks or analytics tools. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS, ensuring encrypted communications. However, it lacks visible security headers and published security policies such as privacy, cookie, or incident response policies. No contact information or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are provided, which could be improved to enhance trust and compliance. Overall, the website is safe, professional, and relevant to its academic audience but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance and security best practices to improve its security posture and user trust.

Scanned

3 of 7 checks could not complete. The site may be unreachable or blocking automated scans, so the results below cover only what could be checked. Try a rescan later.

NIS2 and GDPR posture

NIS2 outside view
Not assessed
GDPR outside view
Not assessed

Both readouts depend on the site's pages, which could not be loaded in this scan.

Priority findings

3 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  2. 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
57
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
Average
69

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

The Bauhaus-Kolloquium website targets academics and researchers interested in the Bauhaus tradition and interdisciplinary research politics. Its business model revolves around organizing and promoting academic conferences. The event leverages the reputation of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, positioning itself as a specialized forum in education. The lack of commercial advertising or tracking indicates a focus on academic integrity and user privacy. Growth potential lies in expanding digital engagement and formalizing compliance and security frameworks to attract broader international participation.

Security posture

The website exhibits a basic security posture with HTTPS enabled but lacks critical security headers and published policies. No incident response contacts or vulnerability disclosure information are available, which limits transparency and readiness for security incidents. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates potential GDPR compliance gaps. No known vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. Enhancing security headers, publishing policies, and providing clear contact channels would significantly improve the security maturity and compliance stance.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with explicit consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to harden the website against common attacks.
  3. Provide clear contact information including a data protection officer and incident response contacts to improve transparency and trust.
  4. Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Enhance accessibility and SEO features to improve user experience and discoverability.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Description
The website represents the XV International Bauhaus Colloquium organized by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. It is an academic event inviting researchers from humanities, arts, and architecture to critically examine the politics of research. The event fosters interdisciplinary exchange and reflection on research practices, institutional frameworks, and power relations in academia.
Key services
Academic conference hosting, Research presentations, Panels, Workshops, Networking
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, CSS, HTML
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is an academic event page for the XV International Bauhaus Colloquium.
  2. Content is primarily in German with some English terms.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the main page.
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided in the visible content.
  5. No social media links detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  6. Uses WordPress CMS with university DNS servers.
  7. No advertising or tracking scripts detected.
  8. No security headers explicitly detected in the provided data.
  9. SSL is enabled as indicated by HTTPS canonical link.
  10. Content is rich and relevant to the academic community.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress, using standard CSS and HTML with no advanced JavaScript frameworks detected. It is hosted on university DNS servers, suggesting institutional hosting. The site loads moderate CSS assets and uses canonical and favicon links properly. Mobile optimization is good, but accessibility features are basic. No analytics or tracking scripts were found, indicating minimal user tracking. The technical setup is stable but could benefit from modern performance optimizations and enhanced accessibility compliance.
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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