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Security report for dfl.de

DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH · Media · Germany

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH operates as the central organization managing the German professional football leagues, including Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The website serves as an authoritative source for current news, background information, and media related to German professional football. It targets football fans, media professionals, and stakeholders within the sports industry. The company maintains a strong market position as the leading football league operator in Germany, offering services such as league management, media production, player support, and educational programs. The presence of multiple subsidiaries and partnerships underscores its extensive operational ecosystem. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern SEO and analytics tools such as Yoast SEO Premium and Google Tag Manager. Hosting is provided via Amazon AWS, ensuring reliable infrastructure. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and moderate performance, with a clean and professional design. Accessibility features are basic but present, and SEO optimization is good, supporting discoverability and user engagement. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with strong SSL configuration and employs best practices such as controlled script loading and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are not evident and could be improved. Privacy compliance is well addressed with clear privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms, aligning with GDPR requirements. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, representing an area for enhancement. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and well-aligned with the business objectives of the DFL. It provides a safe and informative experience for its users, with room for improvement in security policy transparency and accessibility. The domain registration data supports the legitimacy of the entity, and no suspicious patterns were detected.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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

4 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 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
100
Security headers
25
Email security
65
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
71

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
17
Employees
0
Customers
13
Third parties
4
Weak passwords
0%

4 subdomains 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

The DFL holds a dominant position in the German professional football market, managing top-tier leagues and associated media rights. Its business model revolves around sports event management, media content distribution, and fan engagement initiatives. Revenue streams likely include broadcasting rights, sponsorships, merchandising, and educational programs. The company targets football fans, clubs, media partners, and sports professionals. Its partnership ecosystem includes major brands like AWS, EA Sports, and Sky, enhancing its market reach and technological capabilities. The presence of multiple subsidiaries indicates diversification and specialization in digital sports, international operations, and foundation work. The website content and structure reflect a mature organization focused on innovation, responsibility, and comprehensive stakeholder engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive information. Use of Google Tag Manager allows controlled deployment of scripts, reducing risk. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options suggests potential areas for hardening against common web attacks like clickjacking and MIME sniffing. No security.txt or incident response contacts are published, which could hinder vulnerability reporting and incident management. Privacy policies and cookie consent mechanisms are well implemented, supporting GDPR compliance. Overall, the security posture is strong but could benefit from enhanced header policies and formalized vulnerability disclosure processes.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to facilitate vulnerability reporting and improve transparency.
  3. Conduct regular audits of third-party scripts and plugins to ensure no vulnerable libraries are in use.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet higher compliance standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
  5. Consider adding a security.txt file to standardize vulnerability disclosure and improve security culture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH
Description
Aktuelle Informationen und Hintergründe rund um den deutschen Profifußball
Key services
Football league management, Media production and distribution, Player support and prevention programs, Educational programs in football management, Innovation in football and fan engagement
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.2, Yoast SEO Premium plugin, Google Tag Manager, Axios (JavaScript HTTP client), AWS DNS hosting
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager for controlled script loading
  • No visible vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well maintained.
  2. Content is focused on German professional football and related news.
  3. Multiple official social media channels linked.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and SEO best practices.
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  6. Clear privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms.
  7. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on main page; contact form available.
  8. No explicit security policy or incident response contact published.
  9. WHOIS data shows AWS nameservers indicating reliable hosting.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform, leveraging Yoast SEO Premium for search engine optimization and Google Tag Manager for analytics and tag management. Hosting is provided by Amazon AWS, as indicated by the nameservers, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure. The site uses multiple custom plugins for enhanced functionality such as smart app banners, sliders, newsletters, and embed blockers. Performance is moderate with responsive design and mobile optimization in place. The codebase includes modern JavaScript libraries like Axios for HTTP requests. Some inline CSS and JavaScript are used for UI enhancements. There is room for improvement in accessibility and security header implementation. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional and content-rich website suitable for a large enterprise in the sports media sector.
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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