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Security report for blutspende.de

DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Württemberg – Hessen gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung · Healthcare · Germany

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

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.blutspende.de represents the DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Württemberg – Hessen, a key regional entity within the German Red Cross responsible for coordinating blood donation services across Germany. The site serves as a nationwide distribution portal linking users to regional blood donation services, offering approximately 38,000 blood donation appointments annually. The target audience is the general German public interested in donating blood. The business operates as a non-profit healthcare service, playing a critical role in the national blood supply chain. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10 CMS, leveraging modern web technologies and integrating Matomo analytics with a consent management platform (CookieFirst) to ensure privacy compliance. The site is hosted on German infrastructure with nameservers pointing to nats.de, indicating a stable and localized hosting environment. The website demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, with consistent branding and professional design. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS, implements standard security headers, and uses a cookie consent mechanism. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of explicit privacy policy and terms of service pages, as well as lack of incident response contacts and data protection officer information, represent areas for improvement in compliance and transparency. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professionally maintained, and fulfills its mission effectively. Strategic recommendations include publishing comprehensive privacy and terms documents, establishing vulnerability disclosure channels, and enhancing transparency around data protection roles to strengthen user trust and regulatory compliance.

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.

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  • Security score drift

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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
82
Security headers
70
Email security
75
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
69

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
87
Employees
0
Customers
87
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
2%

3 subdomains 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

The DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Württemberg – Hessen operates as one of five regional blood donation services under the German Red Cross umbrella, responsible for the nationwide supply of blood products. Its competitive advantage lies in its integration within the DRK network, extensive appointment offerings, and regional execution of blood donation events. The business model is non-profit, focusing on healthcare service delivery rather than commercial revenue. The target customers are blood donors and healthcare providers in Germany. The website's partnership ecosystem includes related domains such as blutspende-leben.de, enhancing service reach. Growth indicators include a large volume of annual donation appointments and digital engagement through apps and online scheduling. The organization maintains a strong market position as a trusted healthcare provider within Germany's blood donation infrastructure.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented. The use of Matomo analytics with consent categories and a cookie consent banner reflects GDPR awareness. No exposed credentials or sensitive data were found in the HTML content. However, the lack of a published privacy policy, terms of service, incident response contacts, and data protection officer details indicates gaps in compliance and incident management readiness. There is no evidence of vulnerability disclosure mechanisms or security.txt files. The security culture appears focused on user privacy and data protection but would benefit from enhanced transparency and formalized security governance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service accessible from the main website.
  2. Implement a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  3. Provide clear contact information for incident response and data protection officer roles.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
  5. Enhance transparency around data retention policies and user data handling to improve GDPR compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Württemberg – Hessen gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Description
Die fünf Blutspendedienste des DRK tragen gemeinsam die Verantwortung für die deutschlandweite Versorgung der Patientinnen und Patienten mit lebensrettenden Blutpräparaten. Die Organisation und Durchführung der Blutspendetermine werden regional von den fünf Blutspendediensten in den Bundesländern umgesetzt. Zusammen werden rund 38.000 Blutspendetermine jährlich angeboten – garantiert auch in Ihrer Nähe!
Key services
Blood donation coordination, Blood donation appointment scheduling, Regional blood supply management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Matomo Analytics, CookieFirst Consent Management
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data detected in HTML
  • Use of Matomo analytics with consent category

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
CookieFirst Consent Management
Transparency
good

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 in German and targeted at German blood donors.
  3. Strong use of official branding and structured data.
  4. Cookie consent is implemented via CookieFirst.
  5. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service found in provided content.
  6. Contact phone number is prominently displayed and toll-free.
  7. No email addresses or social media links explicitly found in provided content.
  8. Use of Matomo analytics with consent categories indicates privacy awareness.
  9. Site uses Drupal 10 CMS and is hosted on German infrastructure.
  10. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, indicating a current technology stack. Integration with Matomo analytics and CookieFirst consent management shows a commitment to privacy-aware analytics. Hosting is managed via German nameservers (nats.de), suggesting localized and reliable infrastructure. The site demonstrates good mobile responsiveness, accessibility features, and SEO optimization. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of analytics scripts. No technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected in the provided content. Opportunities exist to improve documentation and formalize security and privacy policies to reduce compliance risks.
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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