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Security report for buybetterfood.eu

Buy Better Food · Non-profit · N/a

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 3 other checks.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Buy Better Food is a Europe-wide coalition advocating for sustainable food procurement in public institutions such as schools, hospitals, and elderly care homes. The coalition comprises over 100 members and focuses on promoting healthy, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible food systems by 2030. The website serves as an information hub, campaign platform, and resource center for stakeholders interested in sustainable food policies. Technically, the website is built on Drupal CMS with modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Slick Carousel. It employs privacy-conscious analytics via Matomo with Do Not Track and cookie disabling enabled. The site is mobile-optimized and presents content clearly with good navigation and professional design. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with a good SSL configuration and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit security headers and a cookie consent mechanism, which are recommended for compliance and enhanced security. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, which could be improved to strengthen trust. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and aligned with its non-profit advocacy mission. It effectively communicates its goals and engages its audience through events, petitions, and media coverage. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and security policies would further enhance its posture.

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

8 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. 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 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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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
72
Security headers
60
Email security
55
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
28
Average
52

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 coalition positions itself as a key player in the European sustainable food advocacy space, leveraging partnerships with organizations like ICLEI Europe and funding from entities such as Healthy Food Healthy Planet and the European Climate Foundation. Its business model is non-profit and advocacy-driven, targeting public institutions and policymakers. The coalition's competitive advantage lies in its broad membership base and active engagement in European policy dialogues. Revenue streams likely include grants and donations. The website supports growth through events, petitions, and collaborations, fostering a strong partnership ecosystem.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and privacy-respecting analytics. However, the absence of security headers and lack of published security policies or incident response contacts indicate room for improvement. There are no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. Compliance with GDPR is supported by a comprehensive privacy policy, but the missing cookie consent mechanism is a gap. The security culture appears cautious but could benefit from more transparency and formalized processes.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a cookie consent banner to comply with EU cookie laws and enhance user privacy transparency.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to improve protection against common web attacks.
  3. Publish an incident response policy and provide dedicated security contact channels to improve trust and readiness.
  4. Consider creating a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to maintain and improve the security posture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Buy Better Food
Description
A Europe-wide coalition of more than 100 members advocating for sustainable food procurement rules that benefit the environment, consumers, and workers, providing healthy food in public places such as schools, hospitals, and elderly care homes. Their vision is a healthy food system in Europe by 2030 based on sustainable and fair food production.
Key services
Advocacy for sustainable food procurement, Public campaigns and petitions, Events and collaborations, Resource sharing and polling
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 9.4.8, jQuery 3.6.0, Slick Carousel, LazySizes, Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Do Not Track enabled in Matomo
  • Cookies disabled in Matomo
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
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 professionally presented and focused on sustainable food advocacy.
  3. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found; contact is via form.
  4. No cookie consent banner detected despite use of tracking.
  5. Use of Matomo analytics configured with privacy in mind (Do Not Track, no cookies).
  6. No explicit security policies or incident response information published.
  7. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  8. Social media presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram.
  9. Website uses Drupal CMS with modern frontend libraries.
  10. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Drupal 9.4.8 as its CMS, supported by jQuery 3.6.0 and Slick Carousel for interactive elements. LazySizes is used for image lazy loading, improving performance. Matomo analytics is integrated with privacy features enabled. The site is mobile responsive with viewport meta tags and uses modern CSS and JavaScript. Performance is moderate, with some deferred loading scripts. No major technical debt or deprecated libraries detected. Hosting provider is not explicitly identified. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Accessibility is basic but could be improved.
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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