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Finansinspektionen · Finance · Sweden

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

53/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Finansinspektionen is the Swedish financial supervisory authority responsible for ensuring a stable financial system, high consumer protection, and sustainable development within Sweden's financial markets. The website serves as an official communication channel providing regulatory news, reports, and guidance to financial institutions and the public. It holds a strong market position as the central regulator in Sweden's finance sector, offering key services including bank supervision, consumer protection, and sustainability oversight. Technically, the website employs a modern tech stack including jQuery, Font Awesome, and a custom video player, with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. The site is well-structured with clear navigation and professional design, supporting a positive user experience. SEO and metadata are properly implemented, enhancing discoverability. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and follows several best practices such as disabling autocomplete on search inputs and avoiding exposure of sensitive data. However, explicit security headers and incident response contacts are not visible, and no vulnerability disclosure policy is published. Privacy compliance is good with a clear privacy and cookie policy, though no active cookie consent mechanism is present. Overall, the website is highly trustworthy and professional, reflecting its role as a government authority. The domain registration details align with the official entity, reinforcing legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security header implementation, publishing incident response and vulnerability disclosure information, and adding cookie consent mechanisms to improve compliance and user trust.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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

6 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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Security headers
60
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
53

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

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Finansinspektionen operates as a government regulatory body overseeing Sweden's financial markets. Its business model is non-commercial, focusing on regulation, supervision, and consumer protection. The target audience includes financial institutions, consumers, and the general public interested in financial stability and regulation. The agency maintains a strong market position as the authoritative regulator in Sweden, regularly publishing investigations, reports, and regulatory updates. The website supports transparency and engagement through news, events, and educational resources. Partnerships are implied through social media and official channels but no explicit commercial partnerships are listed. The organization's operations are consistent with a large government entity with a focus on finance and sustainability.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data or vulnerable libraries. Security best practices such as disabling autocomplete on search inputs are observed. However, the absence of explicit security headers (e.g., CSP, HSTS) and lack of published incident response or vulnerability disclosure information represent gaps. No contact channels for security incidents (e.g., security@ or abuse@ emails) are provided. The site does not display cookie consent banners despite having a cookie policy, which may be a compliance risk under GDPR. Overall, the security posture is solid but could be improved with enhanced transparency and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options to strengthen protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish explicit incident response contact information and a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting and improve security transparency.
  3. Introduce a cookie consent mechanism to comply fully with GDPR and enhance user privacy control.
  4. Add terms of service or user agreements to clarify legal use of the website and services.
  5. Consider providing direct contact emails or phone numbers for general inquiries and support to improve user engagement and trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Finansinspektionen
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Finansinspektionen
Description
Vi arbetar för ett stabilt finansiellt system, ett högt skydd för konsumenter och en hållbar utveckling.
Key services
Finansiell stabilitet, Konsumentskydd, Hållbarhet, Banktillsyn, Betalningar, Försäkring, Marknadstillsyn, Publicering av rapporter och granskningar
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.6.0, jQuery UI 1.13, Font Awesome 6, Screen9 video player, Custom JavaScript and CSS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL https://www.fi.se/sv/)
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • No vulnerable libraries detected in scripts
  • Secure forms with autocomplete off on search inputs

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is official Swedish financial supervisory authority site.
  2. Content is comprehensive, well-structured, and professionally presented.
  3. No signs of phishing, malware, or suspicious activity.
  4. Social media links point to official channels.
  5. No visible cookie consent banner despite cookie policy presence.
  6. No explicit terms of service found.
  7. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information.
  8. Contact information limited to physical address; no emails or phone numbers explicitly provided.
  9. Search forms present with autocomplete disabled for privacy.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of jQuery, jQuery UI, Font Awesome icons, and a third-party video player (Screen9) integrated with custom JavaScript and CSS. The HTML structure is valid and well-organized, supporting good SEO and accessibility. Mobile responsiveness is well implemented with adaptive images and layout adjustments. Performance is moderate, likely due to rich media content and scripts, but overall user experience remains smooth. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or government-managed platform. Hosting provider details are not visible from the HTML content. Opportunities exist to modernize by adopting newer JavaScript frameworks and improving security headers to reduce technical risk.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 60/100 −10Medium24 findingsView report
  2. 70/100Medium29 findingsView report
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