The Contergan Infoportal website serves as the official online presence of the Conterganstiftung, a German government foundation dedicated to supporting individuals affected by thalidomide-related disabilities. The foundation provides statutory benefits including pensions, specific needs payments, advisory services, and research funding to improve the quality of life and societal participation of affected persons. The website is professionally designed using TYPO3 CMS and Bootstrap, offering a responsive and accessible user experience primarily in German. It features comprehensive content about the foundation's mission, services, news, and contact information, targeting affected individuals, their families, and professionals. Technically, the site is hosted on Schlund Technologies infrastructure with secure HTTPS and cookie consent mechanisms in place, reflecting good digital maturity. However, explicit security policies and incident response contacts are not published, representing an area for improvement. Overall, the site demonstrates a strong security posture with no detected vulnerabilities or suspicious elements, and complies well with GDPR requirements. The domain registration and hosting details align with the foundation's official status, supporting high legitimacy and trustworthiness.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
40/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
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
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
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
This scan found 24 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
65
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
40
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
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
Add-on
Leaked records that mention contergan-infoportal.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for contergan-infoportal.de right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The Conterganstiftung operates as a statutory government foundation in Germany, focusing on social welfare for people with disabilities caused by thalidomide. Its market position is stable and authoritative, backed by legal mandates. The business model is non-profit and service-oriented, funded by government allocations and possibly donations. Key services include pension disbursement, specific needs funding, advisory support, and research promotion. The target audience includes affected individuals, healthcare providers, and policymakers. The foundation maintains a professional online presence with consistent branding and clear communication. There is no indication of commercial revenue streams or advertising. The partnership ecosystem is limited to government and healthcare sectors, with no evident commercial partners. Growth indicators are not explicit but the site shows ongoing updates and active communication. Strategic observations suggest maintaining strong compliance and expanding transparency around security and incident management could enhance stakeholder trust.
Security posture
The website exhibits a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism that aligns with GDPR standards. No security headers were explicitly detected in the provided data, suggesting an opportunity to enhance HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options. The absence of a published security policy or incident response contact limits transparency in security governance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found in the HTML content. Forms use POST methods and appear secure. The lack of vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files indicates limited formal vulnerability management communication. Overall, the site is secure for its purpose but could improve by publishing security policies, incident response procedures, and adopting additional security headers.
Recommendations
Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security governance and controls.
Provide clear incident response contact information, such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
Add HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection.
Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and CMS extensions to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Conterganstiftung
Description
Die Conterganstiftung erbringt Leistungen für Menschen mit Behinderung durch thalidomidhaltige Präparate der Grünenthal GmbH. Kernaufgaben sind Rentenauszahlungen, spezifische Bedarfe, Beratung, Forschung und Förderung der Teilhabe.
Key services
Rentenleistungen, Leistungen für spezifische Bedarfe, Beratung, Förderung von Forschungsvorhaben, Bearbeitung von Anträgen (Neu, Revision, Kapitalisierung)
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
TYPO3 CMS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, CSS
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
Cookie consent banner with opt-in and detailed settings
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Secure forms with POST method
Analytics and tracking
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
excellent
Advertising
Transparency
poor
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
Content is professionally presented in German language targeting affected individuals and stakeholders.
Strong compliance with GDPR and cookie consent requirements.
No signs of advertising or tracking beyond essential cookies.
Contact information is clear and consistent across multiple sections.
Uses TYPO3 CMS with Bootstrap for responsive design.
No explicit security policy or incident response information published.
No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
No social media links detected.
No suspicious or third-party external domains beyond official and news sources.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on TYPO3 CMS, a robust open-source content management system, combined with Bootstrap for responsive design. The hosting is managed by Schlund Technologies, a reputable German hosting provider. The site uses modern web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Performance is moderate with no evident blocking or errors. Accessibility features such as contrast mode, font size adjustment, and language options are implemented, enhancing usability. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured navigation. The site includes a cookie consent banner with granular controls, reflecting good privacy practices. No advanced analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid and well-maintained, suitable for a government non-profit organization.
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.
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