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Security report for biz-buchung.at

AMS Österreich · Government · Austria

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The AMS BIZ Buchungssystem website is a government-operated platform designed to facilitate booking of educational and career-related services primarily for Austrian schools and educators. It offers key services such as school class visits, events at BIZ centers, and career and educational counseling. The website is well-branded with AMS identity and targets a specialized audience within the education sector. Technically, the site uses a modern JavaScript stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Flickity for UI components, and is hosted with braintrust.at CDN support. Accessibility and mobile optimization are well addressed, though SEO and cookie consent mechanisms could be improved. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS usage and no visible vulnerabilities, but lacks explicit security headers and published policies. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professionally maintained, reflecting its government affiliation.

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

6 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 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';…

  3. 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.

    • High

      No DMARC record found

      DMARC provides email authentication and reporting

      What to do: Add DMARC record: "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.com"

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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
67
Security headers
60
Email security
62
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
67

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

AMS Österreich operates this platform as part of its public service mandate to support career guidance and educational activities. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on service delivery to schools and educators. The platform integrates with partner domains such as karrierevideos.at for multimedia content. The site’s market position is strong within Austria’s public sector education and employment services. Growth indicators include multimedia integration and ongoing content updates. The partnership ecosystem is limited but relevant to educational content delivery. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance user engagement through improved privacy compliance and security transparency.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security maturity with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks advanced security headers and does not publish a security policy or incident response contacts, which are important for transparency and trust. The use of third-party scripts and analytics (Piwik) introduces moderate tracking but without a cookie consent mechanism, which may pose GDPR compliance risks. No vulnerabilities or malware indicators were detected in the HTML content. Incident response readiness appears minimal due to lack of published contacts. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a government informational site but could be enhanced with formal policies and improved privacy controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a visible cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and inform users about tracking.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency.
  3. Add and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and HSTS.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities and update them accordingly.
  5. Enhance SEO metadata and structured data to improve search engine visibility and accessibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
AMS Österreich
Description
Das BIZ-Buchungssystem des AMS bietet Buchungsmöglichkeiten für Schulklassenbesuche, Veranstaltungen im BIZ sowie Berufs- und Bildungsberatung. Ziel ist die Unterstützung von Schüler_innen, Lehrkräften und Interessierten im Bereich Beruf, Aus- und Weiterbildung.
Key services
Buchung von Schulklassenbesuchen, Veranstaltungen im BIZ, Berufs- und Bildungsberatung
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap 3.3.7, Flickity carousel, Moment.js, Piwik/Matomo analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by https URL)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik (Matomo)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a government-operated booking system for educational and career services.
  2. Content is in German and targeted primarily at Austrian educators and students.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on the main page; contact likely via AMS main site.
  4. No cookie consent banner detected despite use of tracking scripts.
  5. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy.
  6. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  7. Good accessibility features including skip links and keyboard navigation support.
  8. Use of multiple external CDNs and scripts from braintrust.at and Google.
  9. No social media links found on the main page.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a custom or proprietary CMS with a frontend built on Bootstrap 3.3.7 and jQuery 3.5.1, supplemented by Flickity for carousels and Moment.js for date handling. Hosting and CDN services are provided by braintrust.at, which also serves fonts and scripts. The site loads moderately fast but could benefit from performance optimizations such as minimizing external requests. Accessibility is well considered with skip links and keyboard navigation support. SEO is basic with minimal meta descriptions and no JSON-LD structured data detected. The technical stack is stable but somewhat dated, suggesting opportunities for modernization to improve maintainability and performance.
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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