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Security report for bernau-besuchen.de

BeSt Bernauer Stadtmarketing GmbH · Hospitality · Germany

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 3 other checks.

Security score

48/100

Risk levelHigh

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

BeSt Bernauer Stadtmarketing GmbH operates the website www.bernau-besuchen.de as an official tourism and city marketing platform for Bernau bei Berlin, Germany. The site provides comprehensive information on sightseeing, accommodations, events, and cultural activities targeting tourists and visitors. The business model focuses on promoting local tourism and supporting visitor engagement through event promotion, guided tours, and a souvenir shop. The company maintains a consistent brand presence with clear contact information and active social media channels. Technically, the website is built on the Contao Open Source CMS with Bootstrap framework and uses jQuery and Matomo analytics for privacy-conscious visitor tracking. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, delivering a good user experience with moderate performance. Hosting appears to be managed via your-server.de and related nameservers, indicating a professional hosting environment. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks advanced security headers and does not provide a public security policy or vulnerability disclosure mechanism. Privacy compliance is partially met with a privacy policy present but no visible cookie consent mechanism. Contact information is clearly provided, enhancing business credibility. Overall, the website scores well on content quality, technical implementation, and business credibility, with room for improvement in security posture and privacy compliance. No WAF or blocking mechanisms were detected, and the domain appears legitimate and consistent with the business purpose.

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
72
Security headers
50
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
28
Average
48

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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The company holds a local/regional market position as a tourism promoter for Bernau bei Berlin, targeting tourists interested in cultural, historical, and natural attractions. Its competitive advantage lies in official city backing, comprehensive local content, and integration with social media and newsletter marketing. Revenue streams likely include tourism promotion funding, guided tour fees, and souvenir sales. The partnership ecosystem includes ticketing services (bernau.ticketfritz.de) and newsletter providers (Newsletter2Go). The business operates in the hospitality and government sectors with a small organizational size. Growth indicators include active event promotion and digital presence enhancements.

Security posture

The current security maturity is moderate. HTTPS is enforced, and privacy-respecting analytics (Matomo) are used. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and others reduces the security posture. There is no public incident response or vulnerability disclosure information, which could hinder timely security issue reporting. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. GDPR compliance is partially demonstrated via a privacy policy but lacks cookie consent mechanisms. Overall, the site is secure for typical tourism information use but could improve to meet higher security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Add a visible cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply fully with GDPR cookie requirements.
  3. Publish a security policy and vulnerability disclosure page, including a security.txt file, to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by documenting data retention policies and providing clear user data rights information.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
BeSt Bernauer Stadtmarketing GmbH
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
BeSt Bernauer Stadtmarketing GmbH
Description
Tourism and city marketing site providing information on sightseeing, activities, accommodations, events, and services for visitors to Bernau bei Berlin.
Key services
Tourist information, Event promotion, Accommodation listings, Guided tours, Souvenir shop
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Matomo Analytics, Contao CMS
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Matomo for privacy-respecting analytics

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Newsletter2Go
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is well structured and relevant to tourism in Bernau bei Berlin.
  3. Use of Matomo analytics indicates privacy-conscious tracking.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner detected, which may be a compliance gap.
  5. Contact information is clearly provided including phone, email, and physical address.
  6. No visible security headers detected in HTML source; potential area for improvement.
  7. No vulnerability disclosure or security policy pages found.
  8. Social media presence is strong with Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube links.
  9. Site uses Contao CMS and Bootstrap framework, indicating a modern and maintainable platform.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and maintainable technology stack with Contao CMS and Bootstrap framework, supported by jQuery and Matomo analytics. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices including meta tags and structured data. Hosting is professional with dedicated nameservers. Performance is moderate, with lazy loading images and asynchronous script loading improving user experience. There is no evidence of technical debt or outdated libraries. Opportunities exist to improve security headers and privacy mechanisms to align with best practices.
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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