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Security report for beck-online.de

beck-online · Other · Germany

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

53/100

Risk levelMedium

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

beck-online.de is a leading German legal database platform providing comprehensive access to current laws, commentaries, and court rulings tailored for lawyers and legal professionals. The website demonstrates a professional and consistent brand presence with a well-structured navigation system that categorizes legal content extensively. The technical infrastructure leverages modern web technologies including Usercentrics for consent management and Google Tag Manager for analytics, hosted on Microsoft Azure DNS, indicating enterprise-grade hosting and reliability. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and consent-based tracking, though explicit privacy and security policies are not directly found in the analyzed content. Overall, the site is accessible without WAF or blocking mechanisms, and no suspicious or adult content is present.

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

9 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

  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 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
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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
52
Security headers
20
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
53

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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
27
Employees
0
Customers
27
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
7%

1 subdomain 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

beck-online operates in the legal sector, targeting law firms and legal professionals in Germany with a subscription-based model for accessing legal databases. The platform's extensive categorization of legal modules and branches suggests a mature product with a broad offering. The presence of a dedicated login portal domain indicates a secure user access model. The company likely benefits from strong market positioning as a trusted legal research tool. No direct contact or corporate registration details were found, which could be improved for transparency. The partnership ecosystem includes Usercentrics for privacy compliance and Econda for analytics, supporting marketing and user insights.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and integrates consent management for cookies, reflecting compliance with GDPR requirements. Security headers are implied but not explicitly confirmed in the provided data. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests room for improvement in security transparency and readiness. The use of third-party analytics and tag management is consent-based, reducing privacy risks. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by publishing detailed policies and contact points for security incidents.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service accessible from the homepage.
  2. Implement and publicly disclose a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  3. Add explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Provide clear contact information including emails and phone numbers for general and security-related inquiries.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience for all users.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
beck-online
Description
beck-online für Kanzleien: Juristische Datenbank mit aktuellen Gesetzen, Kommentaren & Urteilen. Effiziente Recherche für Anwälte & juristische Fachkräfte
Key services
legal database access, current laws, commentaries, court rulings, efficient legal research
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Usercentrics Consent Management, Google Tag Manager, Econda Analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Econda, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Econda
Marketing tools
Usercentrics Consent Management
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional German legal database targeting lawyers and legal professionals.
  2. Content is well structured with extensive legal categories and modules.
  3. Consent management is implemented via Usercentrics.
  4. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages found in provided content.
  5. No direct contact information (email, phone, address) found in the analyzed HTML snippet.
  6. Uses Microsoft Azure DNS indicating enterprise-grade hosting.
  7. No signs of WAF or content blocking detected.
  8. Tracking and analytics are present but consent-based.
  9. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, integrating Usercentrics for consent management and Google Tag Manager for analytics. Hosting is via Microsoft Azure DNS, indicating reliable and scalable infrastructure. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and canonical URLs. The site structure is complex with multi-level navigation for legal categories and modules, supporting efficient user research. There is no detected CMS or framework explicitly mentioned, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Technical risks are minimal but could be reduced by improving security header implementation and 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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