Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt · Government · Germany
Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.
The website 'Forschung an Fachhochschulen' is an official German government platform managed by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). It serves as an information hub for research activities at universities of applied sciences (HAW) in Germany, providing news, funding opportunities, project details, and service information. The site targets researchers, academic institutions, and policymakers interested in applied research. The business model is government-funded dissemination and promotion of research programs. The site maintains a good level of content quality, professional design, and consistent branding, reinforcing its authoritative position in the government research sector. Technically, the website is built using the Government Site Builder CMS, with a modern tech stack including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It is hosted likely by ITZBund, a federal IT service provider, and shows good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices. Performance is moderate, with no major issues detected. The site uses Matomo analytics with anonymized data collection and a clear cookie consent mechanism, demonstrating good privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and employs cookie consent for tracking. However, it lacks explicit security headers and published security or incident response policies. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The WHOIS data shows partial consistency with the government affiliation, with no suspicious patterns. Overall, the security posture is solid but could be improved by adding security headers and formal incident response information. The overall risk assessment is low, with the site being trustworthy and professionally maintained. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and providing clearer incident response contacts to further strengthen trust and compliance.
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NIS2 Art. 21(2)
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.
4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.
EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements
What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures
GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage
What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes
GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies
What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit
TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.
Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1
What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions
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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.
Partial scans
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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.
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