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Security report for campusdemokratie.ch

Campus Demokratie · Education · Switzerland

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

56/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Campus Demokratie is a Swiss non-profit organization dedicated to promoting political education and participation nationwide to strengthen democracy. The website serves as a national platform offering resources, events, and projects focused on democratic engagement. It targets politically interested citizens and educational institutions within Switzerland. The organization appears well-established since 2017 with a clear mission and active social media presence. Technically, the website is built on WordPress using modern libraries such as jQuery and Foundation, optimized for mobile devices and SEO with Yoast plugin. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled and no visible vulnerabilities, though it lacks some security headers and a cookie consent mechanism. Privacy compliance is partially met with a comprehensive privacy policy but no explicit cookie banner. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and content-rich, supporting its role as a key educational resource in Swiss democracy.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 100 · Medium
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. 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

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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
95
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
58
Average
56

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 organization occupies a niche in the political education and non-profit sector in Switzerland, leveraging partnerships such as democracyday.ch to extend its reach. Its business model is non-commercial, focusing on educational outreach and civic engagement. The website's multilingual support (German, French, Italian) reflects Switzerland's linguistic diversity, enhancing accessibility. The presence of event announcements and project listings indicates active community involvement and ongoing initiatives. The clear contact information and social media integration support transparency and stakeholder engagement. Growth indicators include recent updates and new coordinator announcements. The platform's market position is that of a trusted national resource for democratic education.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and no exposed sensitive data in the HTML. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is published, which could hinder rapid response to security incidents. The use of third-party scripts like Google Analytics is standard but requires proper cookie consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a non-profit educational site but could be improved with enhanced headers, explicit consent management, and published security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to improve protection against common web attacks.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply fully with GDPR cookie regulations and enhance user privacy transparency.
  3. Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information to improve trust and preparedness.
  4. Consider creating a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve usability for users with disabilities and comply with accessibility standards.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Campus Demokratie
Description
Der Campus für Demokratie wurde gegründet, um schweizweit politische Bildung und politische Partizipation voranzutreiben und so die Demokratie zu stärken.
Key services
Political education, Political participation promotion, Events and forums, Project coordination
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Foundation Sites, Isotope Layout, Yoast SEO, Google Analytics, WordPress
Frameworks
Foundation
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Analytics with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges
  2. Content is well structured and professionally presented
  3. Strong focus on political education and democratic participation in Switzerland
  4. Multilingual support with German, French, and Italian versions
  5. Social media presence across multiple platforms
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner detected despite GDPR compliance indications
  7. No visible security headers detected in HTML response
  8. Use of modern JavaScript libraries and SEO plugin Yoast
  9. Contact information clearly provided in footer
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern tech stack including jQuery, Foundation framework, and Isotope for layout management. SEO is enhanced via the Yoast SEO plugin, and Google Analytics is used for traffic analysis. The site is mobile optimized and supports multiple languages (German, French, Italian). Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading but could benefit from further optimization. No hosting provider details are explicitly identified. The site uses standard favicon and social media icons, with a consistent branding approach. Technical debt appears low, but security header implementation and cookie consent mechanisms are areas for modernization.
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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