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Security report for ehe-familie-lebensberatung.de

Diözesanstelle Ehe Familie Leben · Government · Germany

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

47/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The website www.ebfr-efl.de represents the Diözesanstelle Ehe Familie Leben, a regional non-profit counseling service operating within the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany. It offers psychological counseling for marriage, family, and life issues, targeting individuals, couples, and families regardless of their background. The site provides information on counseling services, online counseling, training, and contact details, positioning itself as a trusted regional support entity. Technically, the site is built on the Edith CMS platform and hosted by w-commerce.de. It uses a modern tech stack including jQuery, AblePlayer for accessible video playback, and Matomo for analytics. The website is mobile-optimized and accessible, though SEO metadata is basic. Performance is moderate with well-structured navigation and consistent branding. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks important security headers and a cookie consent mechanism, which impacts GDPR compliance. No explicit security or incident response policies are published. Analytics usage is moderate with privacy-conscious settings but could be improved with clearer user consent. Overall, the website is professional and trustworthy for its intended audience but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance, security headers, and visible policy documentation to improve user trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
33/ 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

8 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. 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';…

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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
25
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
33
Average
47

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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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The Diözesanstelle Ehe Familie Leben operates as a small-sized, government/non-profit entity focused on psychological counseling within the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Its market position is regional and specialized, serving a broad demographic of individuals and families seeking support. The business model is service-oriented, funded likely through church or government resources rather than commercial revenue streams. The website reflects a stable partnership ecosystem with hosting and CMS providers but lacks visible commercial partnerships or subsidiaries. Growth indicators are not explicit, but the presence of online counseling and training suggests adaptation to digital service delivery.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is properly implemented, and no sensitive data leaks are evident. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. The lack of a cookie consent banner and detailed privacy policy compliance signals GDPR gaps. No incident response or security contact information is provided, limiting readiness for security events. The use of Matomo analytics with disabled cookies unless denied is a positive privacy practice. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a non-commercial site but requires improvements to meet best practices and regulatory standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive cookie consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish detailed privacy and security policies with explicit GDPR compliance statements.
  4. Provide visible terms of service and incident response contact information.
  5. Enhance SEO metadata and structured data for better search engine visibility.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Diözesanstelle Ehe Familie Leben
Description
Psychological counseling services for marriage, family, and life issues in the Archdiocese of Freiburg supporting couples and families to manage everyday challenges and resolve relationship crises.
Key services
Marriage, family, and life counseling, Online counseling, Training and further education, Information and contact services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, jQuery UI, AblePlayer, Matomo Analytics, CSS Bundles, JavaScript Bundles
Frameworks
Edith CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is in German and targeted at counseling services within the Archdiocese of Freiburg.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners found, indicating partial GDPR compliance.
  4. Use of Matomo analytics with disabled cookies unless consent denied.
  5. No visible security headers detected in HTML content.
  6. Website uses Edith CMS and is hosted by w-commerce.de.
  7. Contact information is present but no direct phone numbers found in HTML.
  8. No terms of service or security policy pages detected.
  9. Video content uses accessible AblePlayer with multiple accessibility features.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Edith CMS, a specialized content management system, combined with jQuery and AblePlayer for multimedia accessibility. Hosting is managed by w-commerce.de, indicating professional infrastructure. The site loads multiple CSS and JS bundles from static.kath-musterhausen.de and piwik-sesam.w-commerce.de, showing modular resource management. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and responsive design. Accessibility is well addressed via AblePlayer and ARIA attributes. However, SEO metadata is minimal, and some meta tags like description and keywords are empty. The site lacks modern security headers and cookie consent scripts, representing technical debt in compliance and security areas.
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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