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Security report for fcaarau.ch

FC Aarau · Other · Switzerland

High risk. 11 critical or high findings in Network security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

46/100

Risk levelHigh

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

FC Aarau is a Swiss football club with a long history dating back to 1902, competing in the Swiss Challenge League. The website serves as the official digital presence for the club, providing information about matches, teams, ticketing, membership, and merchandising. It targets football fans and supporters primarily in Switzerland. The business model revolves around sports entertainment, fan engagement, sponsorships, and merchandise sales. The club maintains a solid market position within Swiss football and leverages digital channels effectively to engage its audience. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern web technologies including SVG graphics, responsive design, and Matomo analytics for privacy-conscious tracking. The site is hosted by a Swiss provider (h2g.ch) and demonstrates good performance and accessibility standards. SEO and content structure are well implemented, supporting discoverability and user experience. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and disables cookies for analytics, showing a privacy-aware approach. However, it lacks some security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, and does not provide explicit security policies or incident response information. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Overall, the security posture is good but could be improved with additional headers and transparency. The overall risk assessment is low, with the site being trustworthy and professionally maintained. Strategic recommendations include implementing a cookie consent mechanism, enhancing security headers, and publishing security and incident response policies to improve compliance and user trust.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

11 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MySQL

      Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection
    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: PostgreSQL

      Port 5432 (PostgreSQL) is publicly accessible - PostgreSQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to PostgreSQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

  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
15
Email security
75
DNS health
80
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
35
Average
46

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 · found on this site
  • 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

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

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

FC Aarau operates as a traditional sports club with diversified revenue streams including ticket sales, memberships, merchandising, and sponsorships. The club's digital presence supports fan engagement and commercial activities. Partnerships with local media (Aargauer Zeitung, Nau.ch) and sponsors (AKB, Auto Germann AG, etc.) strengthen its market position. The club targets local and regional football fans, youth players, and community members. Growth indicators include active youth camps and professional training programs. The website reflects a mature digital strategy aligned with the club's community and commercial goals.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, and tracking respects DoNotTrack settings with no cookies enabled. The absence of critical vulnerabilities and exposed data is positive. However, missing security headers such as CSP and X-Frame-Options represent potential risks for content injection and clickjacking attacks. The lack of published security policies and incident response contacts limits transparency and preparedness. Compliance with GDPR is implied but not explicitly documented. Overall, the security posture is adequate for the business type but can be enhanced with standard best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations.
  2. Add Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy headers to strengthen security.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance transparency by providing data retention and privacy details.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
FC Aarau
Description
Die offizielle Website des FC Aarau, Vertreter der Challenge League. #ZämeFörAarau
Key services
Football matches and events, Ticket sales, Membership and fan engagement, Merchandising via fanshop, Sponsorship and partnerships
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, SVG, Matomo Analytics
Platforms
Web
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • No inline sensitive credentials
  • Use of Matomo with DoNotTrack enabled
  • No cookies enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Matomo Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Content is rich with relevant information about the football club.
  3. Social media integration is present and consistent.
  4. No signs of malicious or suspicious content.
  5. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners detected.
  6. Use of Matomo analytics with privacy considerations.
  7. No visible security policy or incident response information.
  8. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and transparency.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern WordPress CMS with optimized assets including minified CSS and JS, SVG logos, and responsive design. Matomo analytics is integrated with privacy considerations such as disabling cookies and respecting DoNotTrack. The hosting environment appears stable and performant, with no signs of technical debt or deprecated technologies. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with semantic HTML and ARIA roles. Opportunities exist to improve security headers and implement advanced SEO and accessibility features to further enhance the technical maturity.
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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