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Security report for continental-corporation.com

Continental AG · Transportation · Germany

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Continental AG is a well-established multinational technology and manufacturing company specializing in sustainable and connected mobility solutions. Founded in 1871 and headquartered in Germany, the company offers a broad portfolio including automotive technologies, tires, and ContiTech products. The website reflects a mature digital presence with comprehensive corporate, investor, and sustainability information targeting investors, job seekers, and business partners. Technically, the site is built on TYPO3 CMS and hosted likely on AWS infrastructure, with modern JavaScript and CSS usage. However, a critical security weakness is the lack of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, which severely impacts the security posture. Security headers are mostly present but some, like X-XSS-Protection, are disabled. Privacy compliance is strong with clear privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but urgently needs to address HTTPS and SSL issues to ensure secure user interactions.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
15/ 100 · Critical
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

5 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

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Security headers
80
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
15
Average
55

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

Continental AG holds a strong market position in the transportation and automotive sectors, leveraging its long history and diversified product lines. The company targets a wide audience including investors, customers, and potential employees, supported by detailed investor relations and career sections. Its business model focuses on innovation in mobility technologies and sustainability, with subsidiaries such as Continental Tires and ContiTech. The website's content and linked domains confirm a consistent corporate identity and a robust partnership ecosystem. Growth indicators include recent press releases and strategic spin-offs. The company maintains transparency through detailed reporting and governance disclosures.

Security posture

The website's security posture is currently weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, exposing users to potential interception risks. While security headers like Content Security Policy and HSTS are configured, HSTS is not enabled, and X-XSS-Protection is disabled, reducing protection against cross-site scripting attacks. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is found, which could hinder timely security issue management. Privacy policies and consent mechanisms are well implemented, indicating good data protection practices. Immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues and enhancement of security headers are critical to improve the security maturity.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS and secure communications.
  2. Enable and configure HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload options to enforce HTTPS.
  3. Enable X-XSS-Protection header or strengthen CSP to mitigate XSS risks.
  4. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact.
  5. Regularly audit and update security headers and TLS protocol support to maintain best practices.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses TYPO3 CMS, a mature and extensible content management system, supported by Apache web server. It leverages modern JavaScript libraries and CSS for responsive design and user experience. Hosting appears to be on AWS infrastructure based on IP address. Performance metrics are not provided, but the site includes responsive images and lazy loading placeholders indicating optimization efforts. SEO and accessibility are well addressed with proper meta tags, Open Graph data, and ARIA attributes. However, the lack of HTTPS and invalid SSL configuration is a major technical risk. The site integrates third-party widgets and analytics, including Google Analytics and Mouseflow, with consent management in place.
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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