FUNKE MediaSales operates as the primary media sales arm of the FUNKE Mediengruppe, offering comprehensive crossmedia advertising solutions across digital, print, and audio channels. The company targets businesses and marketing professionals seeking regional and national advertising reach. The website demonstrates a mature digital infrastructure built on WordPress with modern frameworks and includes advanced cookie consent management and tracking technologies. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and consent-based loading of tracking scripts, though some security headers and policies could be improved. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR requirements.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
95/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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
7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
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"
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
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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
20
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
95
Average
57
After the cap
49
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention funkemediasales.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for funkemediasales.de right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
FUNKE MediaSales holds a strong market position as a regional media sales leader within Germany, leveraging the extensive FUNKE Mediengruppe network. Their business model focuses on providing tailored advertising campaigns with a crossmedia approach, serving a broad range of clients from local to national levels. The company benefits from a well-established brand, extensive media portfolio, and strategic partnerships. Growth indicators include active content marketing, testimonials, and a comprehensive service offering. The partnership with baseplus.de suggests collaboration for digital services and web development.
Security posture
The website employs HTTPS and integrates cookie consent mechanisms that conditionally load Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel, reflecting good privacy practices. However, no explicit security policy or incident response contact was found, and security headers appear absent or not disclosed. There is no security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page, which could enhance transparency and trust. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the content. Overall, the security posture is good but could be strengthened with additional headers and documented policies.
Recommendations
Implement and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
Publish a dedicated security policy page and provide incident response contact information.
Add a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosures.
Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools for privacy compliance.
Enhance transparency around data retention policies and user data handling.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
FUNKE Services GmbH
Description
FUNKE MediaSales ist der Vermarkter der regionalen Medienmarken der FUNKE Mediengruppe und bietet crossmediale Werbelösungen in Digital, Print und Audio an. Sie begleiten Kunden von der Idee bis zur Ausspielung und bieten individuelle Kommunikationslösungen mit großer Reichweite.
WordPress, Bootstrap, Swiper.js, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Cookiefox (cookie consent management)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
Cookie consent with granular categories
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Use of Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel loaded conditionally based on consent
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Ad networks
Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Facebook Pixel, Cookiefox
Transparency
good
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is fully accessible with rich content and no blocking detected.
Strong presence of structured data and metadata for SEO and social media.
Comprehensive cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR.
Multiple contact channels including phone, address, and forms.
Use of modern web technologies and CMS (WordPress, Bootstrap).
No explicit security policy or incident response info found.
No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page detected.
No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Business is a major media sales entity in Germany with strong branding.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on WordPress CMS using Bootstrap for responsive design and Swiper.js for interactive sliders. It uses modern JavaScript for navigation and cookie consent management via Cookiefox. Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel are integrated with consent gating. The site is mobile-optimized with good accessibility and SEO metadata including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. Performance is moderate, with deferred script loading and optimized images. Hosting provider details are not explicit. The technical stack is modern and well-maintained, supporting a professional user experience.
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.
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