Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V. · Other · Germany
Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 1 other check.
The Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels website represents a well-established cultural institution in Germany, responsible for awarding a prestigious peace prize in literature since 1950. The organization operates under the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V., a recognized entity in the publishing and bookselling sector. The website serves as an informational platform targeting the general public interested in literature, peace, and cultural awards. It maintains a consistent brand presence and provides comprehensive information about the prize and its history. Technically, the website is built on TYPO3 CMS, a robust and mature content management system, and employs Cookiebot for GDPR-compliant cookie consent management. Hosting is provided by Anexia, as indicated by the nameservers. The site integrates several third-party services including Vimeo and YouTube for video content, and Matomo for analytics, reflecting a moderate level of digital maturity. Performance and mobile optimization are adequate, with good SEO and basic accessibility features. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses standard security headers, although explicit security policies and incident response contacts are not published. The cookie consent mechanism is comprehensive and transparent, supporting GDPR compliance. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected in the WHOIS data or site content, indicating a trustworthy domain and hosting setup. Overall, the website is professional, secure, and compliant with privacy regulations, serving its cultural mission effectively. Strategic recommendations include publishing explicit security and incident response policies, enhancing accessibility, and maintaining regular audits of third-party integrations to sustain security 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.
SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.
Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing
What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately
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.
Prevents clickjacking attacks
What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"
Controls resources the browser is allowed to load
What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application
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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Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
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.
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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
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
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
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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