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Security report for erzbistum-freiburg.de

Erzdiözese Freiburg · Government · Germany

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

43/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Erzdiözese Freiburg operates as a large Catholic diocese in Germany, providing spiritual, educational, and social services to approximately 1.6 million Catholics in the region. The website serves as an information portal with extensive content on faith, pastoral care, education, and community engagement. Technically, the site is built on Edith CMS with a modern tech stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Matomo analytics, hosted by w-commerce.de. The site is accessible, mobile-optimized, and well-structured, though it lacks explicit privacy and cookie policies. Security posture is good with HTTPS and no visible vulnerabilities, but could be improved with additional security headers and published policies. Overall, the website is professional and trustworthy, serving a non-profit religious organization with a strong regional presence.

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

9 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
52
Security headers
25
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
33
Average
43

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
3
Employees
0
Customers
3
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
67%

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

The Erzdiözese Freiburg holds a significant position as one of Germany's largest Catholic dioceses, targeting a broad audience including families, youth, and community groups. Its business model is non-profit, focusing on religious services, education, and social support. The website links to multiple partner organizations and related church entities, indicating a well-established partnership ecosystem. The digital presence supports community engagement and information dissemination but lacks some compliance transparency. Growth indicators include active content updates and integration with various church-related services.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS and no exposed sensitive data. Use of Matomo analytics respects cookie consent states, though no visible cookie banner was detected. The absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options is a gap. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, which could hinder rapid response to security events. Overall, the site is secure but would benefit from enhanced security policies and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and make it easily accessible on the website.
  2. Implement a visible cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and inform users.
  3. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
  4. Provide incident response contact information and a vulnerability disclosure policy.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and update CMS and libraries to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Erzdiözese Freiburg
Description
The Erzdiözese Freiburg is one of the largest dioceses of the Catholic Church in Germany, serving approximately 1.6 million Catholics in the region between Spessart and Bodensee, Schwarzwald and Oberrheinebene. It provides pastoral care, education, social services, and community engagement through parishes, groups, and associations.
Key services
Pastoral care and spiritual services, Educational programs and institutions, Social and charitable services, Media and communication, Community engagement and support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, jQuery UI, AblePlayer, js.cookie, Matomo Analytics, Bootstrap (implied by navbar classes)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
Web
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 async and defer for scripts
  • Cookie consent check implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

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 focused on Catholic Church services and community in Freiburg region.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found on the homepage or metadata.
  4. Use of Matomo analytics with cookie consent check but no visible cookie banner.
  5. Multiple external links to related church and social service organizations.
  6. Technical stack includes Edith CMS, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Matomo.
  7. No visible security headers detected in provided data.
  8. No contact phone numbers or physical addresses explicitly found in HTML snippet.
  9. Email contact found in meta tag (team@w-commerce.de) likely related to web service provider.
  10. No social media links explicitly found in provided HTML snippet.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Edith CMS as its content management system, supported by jQuery, Bootstrap, and AblePlayer for accessibility. Hosting is provided by w-commerce.de, with assets served from related domains. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and responsive design. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with structured navigation and semantic markup. Opportunities exist to modernize by reducing reliance on older jQuery versions and enhancing SEO metadata. No critical technical debt or risks were identified in the provided data.
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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