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Security report for dvka.de

GKV-Spitzenverband, DVKA · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 3 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The DVKA website represents the Deutsche Verbindungsstelle Krankenversicherung – Ausland, a key department within the GKV-Spitzenverband, Germany's central association for statutory health and nursing care insurance. The site serves as an authoritative portal for international social security coordination, providing comprehensive information and services to insured persons, employers, healthcare providers, and international partners. The content is well-structured, professionally designed, and available primarily in German with English options, targeting a broad audience involved in cross-border social security matters. Technically, the website employs modern web standards with responsive design, accessibility considerations, and uses Matomo analytics hosted on its own domain to ensure privacy compliance. The site enforces HTTPS and implements a clear cookie consent mechanism distinguishing necessary and statistical cookies. However, no explicit security policy or incident response information is published, and security headers beyond HTTPS are not evident. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices such as secure cookie handling and consent management, but could improve by publishing formal security policies and adding security headers. The WHOIS data aligns well with the official German social security infrastructure, reinforcing the site's legitimacy. No suspicious or privacy-protected WHOIS data is present, appropriate for a government entity. Overall, the DVKA website is a trustworthy, professional government resource with strong content quality and privacy compliance. Strategic improvements in security transparency and incident response readiness would further enhance its security posture and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

3 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

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
77
Security headers
85
Email security
65
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
73

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
2
Employees
0
Customers
2
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 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

DVKA operates as a government entity under the GKV-Spitzenverband, focusing on international social security and health insurance coordination. Its market position is authoritative within Germany's statutory health insurance system, serving insured individuals abroad, employers with cross-border employees, and healthcare providers. The business model is service-oriented, providing information, forms, and procedural guidance without commercial transactions. The target customers include insured persons such as tourists, retirees, students, and cross-border workers, as well as employers and healthcare providers. The website references partnerships with national and European institutions, indicating a collaborative ecosystem. Growth indicators are not explicit but the comprehensive content and multilingual support suggest ongoing development. The absence of commercial advertising or affiliate programs aligns with its government mandate.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS, secure cookie practices including SameSite attributes, and a user consent mechanism for analytics cookies. The use of Matomo analytics hosted on a dedicated domain enhances privacy compliance. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and security.txt files indicates gaps in transparency and readiness. No security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options were detected, which could mitigate certain web-based attacks. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is good but could be improved by formalizing security governance documentation and enhancing HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and user guidance.
  2. Provide clear incident response contact information, including abuse and security email addresses.
  3. Implement and deploy HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Consider publishing a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosures and improve transparency.
  5. Continue monitoring and updating cookie consent mechanisms to comply with evolving privacy regulations.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
GKV-Spitzenverband, DVKA
Description
Die Deutsche Verbindungsstelle Krankenversicherung – Ausland (DVKA) ist die zentrale Schnittstelle für internationale Partner und Träger der sozialen Sicherheit im GKV-Spitzenverband.
Key services
Information and support for insured persons abroad, Support for employers and employees working internationally, Guidance for healthcare providers treating insured patients from abroad, Provision of legal and procedural information related to social security
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Matomo Analytics, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with opt-in for statistics
  • Clearing cookies if no consent given
  • Use of SameSite=Lax for cookies

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible and not blocked by WAF or security mechanisms.
  2. Content is comprehensive and professionally presented in German with English language option.
  3. Strong focus on international social security coordination and health insurance.
  4. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented with clear distinction between necessary and statistical cookies.
  5. No direct email addresses or phone numbers found in the HTML; contact is via a contact page.
  6. No explicit security or incident response policies published on the site.
  7. Use of Matomo analytics hosted on own domain enhances privacy compliance.
  8. No advertising or affiliate programs detected.
  9. No social media links detected in the provided content.
  10. No structured data (JSON-LD or Open Graph) explicitly found in the HTML content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses standard modern web technologies including HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, with deferred and asynchronous script loading to optimize performance. It employs Matomo analytics for user tracking, hosted on a dedicated subdomain to enhance privacy. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip navigation links and ARIA attributes. No CMS or specific web frameworks were identified from the HTML content. Performance appears moderate with optimized image sources for different screen sizes. The site uses multiple name servers under itsg.de, indicating a robust DNS infrastructure. No explicit hosting provider information was found. Technical risks are minimal, but the lack of advanced security headers and formal security documentation represents an area for improvement.
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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