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Security report for dbrd.de

Deutscher Berufsverband Rettungsdienst e.V. · Healthcare · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Deutscher Berufsverband Rettungsdienst e.V. (DBRD) is a professional association dedicated to representing and supporting emergency medical services personnel in Germany. The organization provides advocacy, certified training courses, member benefits including insurance and legal protection, and publishes a professional journal. The website reflects a well-established entity with a clear focus on healthcare professionals in the emergency medical sector. The site is professionally designed, accessible, and provides comprehensive information and resources for its members and the public. Technically, the website is built on Joomla CMS with the Yootheme Pro template and UIkit framework, ensuring a modern and responsive user experience. It incorporates accessibility features and uses third-party services such as rapidmail for newsletter management. The site is served over HTTPS with no detected blocking or WAF challenges, indicating good technical infrastructure. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses CSRF tokens in forms, but lacks explicit security headers and publicly available security or incident response policies. Privacy compliance is strong with a comprehensive GDPR privacy policy and explicit consent mechanisms for newsletter subscriptions, though a cookie consent banner is absent. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile with strong business credibility and good technical and privacy practices. Recommendations include enhancing security headers, adding cookie consent mechanisms, and publishing security policies to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
40/ 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

7 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 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"

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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
62
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
60

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
7
Employees
0
Customers
7
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

1 subdomain 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

DBRD holds a strong market position as a key professional association for emergency medical services personnel in Germany. Its business model focuses on member services, advocacy, training, and publications. The organization benefits from partnerships with recognized industry players and training providers, enhancing its service offerings. The website's content and structure support its mission effectively, targeting EMS professionals and stakeholders. Growth indicators include active social media presence and continuous publication of position statements and training resources. The partnership ecosystem is robust, linking to multiple specialized training and equipment providers.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and secure form handling. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents an area for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Privacy practices align with GDPR requirements, supported by a detailed privacy policy and explicit user consent for newsletters. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies are not publicly available, which could be addressed to improve transparency and readiness. Overall, the security posture is good but could benefit from enhanced headers and published policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to improve protection against common web attacks.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner to comply fully with GDPR cookie requirements and enhance user transparency.
  3. Publish explicit security and incident response policies on the website to improve trust and preparedness.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance monitoring and logging capabilities to detect and respond to security incidents promptly.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Deutscher Berufsverband Rettungsdienst e.V.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Deutscher Berufsverband Rettungsdienst e.V.
Description
Der DBRD macht sich stark für die Rechte des Rettungsdienstpersonals in Deutschland.
Key services
Representation of emergency medical services personnel, Advocacy and policy statements, Member benefits including insurance and legal protection, Certified training courses, Publications such as Elsevier Emergency journal
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Joomla CMS, Yootheme Pro, UIkit CSS Framework, jQuery, Awesomplete, Rapidmail (newsletter)
Frameworks
UIkit
Platforms
Joomla
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of CSRF tokens in forms
  • Accessibility features implemented

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
rapidmail
Marketing tools
rapidmail newsletter
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional association site for German emergency medical services personnel.
  2. Content is comprehensive and well-structured with clear navigation.
  3. Multiple external trusted partner links and social media presence.
  4. No signs of malicious or suspicious content.
  5. No explicit privacy or security policy pages beyond GDPR privacy policy.
  6. No cookie consent mechanism detected.
  7. Uses Joomla CMS with modern UIkit framework and accessibility features.
  8. Newsletter subscription uses third-party service rapidmail with explicit consent checkbox.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Joomla CMS with Yootheme Pro and UIkit framework, providing a modern, responsive, and accessible user interface. JavaScript libraries include jQuery and Awesomplete for enhanced UI components. The site loads external fonts from Google Fonts and uses rapidmail for newsletter management. Performance is moderate with optimized images and lazy loading. Accessibility features such as keyboard navigation and screen reader support are implemented. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured navigation. Hosting details are not explicitly identified but domain name servers suggest a stable DNS provider. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid with room for performance optimization.
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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