The Gemeindedienst der EKM is a non-profit church service organization affiliated with the Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland (EKM). It provides a broad range of services including consulting, education, event organization, fundraising, and material provision primarily targeted at church communities and church districts. The website reflects a well-structured and professional presence with clear contact channels and relevant content for its audience. Technically, the site employs modern frontend technologies such as Bootstrap, jQuery, and slick carousel, hosted on Eastlink infrastructure, and is mobile optimized with moderate performance. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no visible vulnerabilities, though it lacks some security headers and explicit incident response information. Privacy compliance is basic with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the site is trustworthy and aligns well with its church affiliation.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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
8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
High
No Cookie Policy found
GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage
What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes
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 X-Frame-Options header
Prevents clickjacking attacks
What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"
This scan found 25 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
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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
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
30
Email security
65
DNS health
70
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
28
Average
48
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
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 gemeindedienst-ekm.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The organization operates within the non-profit religious sector, serving church communities in Germany. Its business model focuses on providing educational and consulting services, fundraising support, and community engagement. The website indicates a small-sized entity with a strong regional presence and partnerships with related church portals. The content and service offerings suggest a stable and mission-driven operation with a focus on supporting church volunteers and officials. The partnership ecosystem includes several related church and cultural domains, enhancing its network and outreach capabilities.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a good security baseline with HTTPS and no exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web attacks. There is no public security policy or incident response contact information, which could improve transparency and readiness. The use of Matomo analytics suggests some privacy-conscious tracking, but the absence of a cookie consent mechanism may be a compliance gap under GDPR. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be enhanced with additional best practices and disclosures.
Recommendations
Implement and publish a cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR requirements.
Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to improve web security.
Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to enhance transparency and preparedness.
Consider adding a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy to encourage responsible reporting.
Regularly review and update privacy and security practices to maintain compliance and trust.
Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
Content is well-structured and relevant to church communities and related audiences.
Contact information is clearly provided with multiple channels.
No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners detected, which could be improved.
Use of Matomo analytics indicates some privacy-conscious tracking.
No visible security headers detected in HTML content; recommend adding for enhanced security.
No evidence of vulnerability disclosure or incident response information publicly available.
Website uses modern frontend libraries and is mobile responsive.
Strong alignment with Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland branding and services.
Technical notes
Notes
The website uses a modern and widely adopted frontend technology stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, jQuery for DOM manipulation, slick carousel for sliders, and Fancybox for media display. It employs lazy loading techniques with IntersectionObserver for images, improving performance. Hosting is managed by Eastlink, a known provider. The site is mobile optimized and SEO-friendly with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. However, no explicit CMS was detected, suggesting a custom or less common platform. Performance is moderate, with potential for optimization in loading times and accessibility features. Technical risks are low but could be mitigated further by adopting security headers and improving privacy compliance.
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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