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Security report for bayern.de

Bayerische Staatsregierung · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website bayern.de serves as the official digital portal for the Bavarian State Government, providing comprehensive information on government activities, news, citizen services, and political topics. It targets residents of Bavaria, political stakeholders, media, and international partners, positioning itself as the authoritative source for regional government information. The site offers rich multimedia content, accessibility features, and integrates social media channels to enhance engagement. Technically, the site is built on WordPress 6.8.1 with a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, and Owl Carousel. It employs Matomo Analytics for user tracking and ReadSpeaker for accessibility. While the site is mobile-optimized and well-structured with good SEO and accessibility practices, performance data is lacking and inferred to be moderate to slow. From a security perspective, the site implements several security headers and cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR. However, it critically lacks a valid SSL/TLS certificate and HTTPS support, exposing it to significant security risks. DNSSEC is disabled and CAA records are malformed, further weakening domain security. No explicit security policies or incident response contacts are published. Overall, the site is professionally designed and trustworthy from a content and business perspective but requires urgent security improvements to protect user data and ensure secure communications. Strategic recommendations include immediate SSL deployment, enabling modern TLS protocols, fixing DNS security records, and enhancing security policy transparency.

Scanned

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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

4 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. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1

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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
50
Security headers
70
Email security
65
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
18
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

Add-on

Leaked records that mention bayern.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
22,585
Employees
7
Customers
22,374
Third parties
204
Weak passwords
26%

Latest record dated 2026-02-22 · 211 subdomains affected

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  • –pp-mfr.cloud.bayern.de2026-02-22
  • –www.authega.bayern.de2026-02-22
  • –post.rz-sued.bayern.de2026-01-12
  • –servicedesk.rz-nord.bayern.de2026-01-12
  • –authega.bayern.de2025-12-05

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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

Bayern.de operates as a government information portal for the Bavarian State Government, serving a large audience including citizens, media, and international stakeholders. Its business model is non-commercial, focused on public service and information dissemination. The portal leverages partnerships with regional government bodies and integrates multiple social media platforms to extend reach. The presence of specialized sections like citizen services, newsletters, and multimedia content indicates a mature digital engagement strategy. The site’s market position is strong as the official state portal, with trust reinforced by official branding and comprehensive content. Growth indicators include active social media presence and continuous content updates. No commercial revenue streams or affiliate partnerships are evident, consistent with its government role.

Security posture

The security posture of bayern.de is currently weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS support, which is a critical vulnerability for any modern website, especially a government portal. While security headers such as X-XSS-Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, and Content-Security-Policy are implemented, the lack of encrypted transport undermines these protections. DNS security is also lacking with disabled DNSSEC and malformed CAA records. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, indicating limited transparency in security governance. Cookie consent and privacy policies are well implemented, showing compliance with GDPR. Overall, the site requires urgent remediation of transport security and domain security to meet basic security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate and enforce HTTPS site-wide immediately.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Correct and properly configure DNS CAA records and enable DNSSEC for domain integrity.
  4. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  5. Publish clear security policies and incident response contacts to improve transparency and trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform version 6.8.1, utilizing common web technologies such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and Owl Carousel for UI components and responsiveness. It integrates Matomo Analytics for privacy-conscious user tracking and ReadSpeaker for accessibility enhancements. The site is mobile-optimized with good accessibility features including easy language and sign language links. However, the server uses an outdated CERN httpd server, and no valid SSL certificate is installed, resulting in no HTTPS support. Performance metrics are missing but inferred to be moderate or slow due to content size and lack of caching headers. The site uses a comprehensive set of CSS stylesheets and JavaScript libraries to deliver a rich user experience but would benefit from performance optimization and modern hosting infrastructure.
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. 57/100 −10Medium26 findingsView report
  2. 67/100Medium31 findingsView report
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