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Security report for genres.de

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.genres.de is an official German government platform managed by the Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE), focusing on genetic resources and biodiversity. It serves as an information system providing access to databases, expert committees, international cooperation details, and news related to agrobiodiversity and forestry genetic resources. The site targets researchers, policymakers, and professionals in agriculture and forestry sectors, offering authoritative and structured content in German and English. Technically, the site is built on TYPO3 CMS with modern web technologies including jQuery and FontAwesome. It demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices. The site is served over HTTPS with no detected blocking or WAF interference, indicating a secure and accessible infrastructure. However, some security headers are not explicitly detected, and no security.txt or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present. From a security and compliance perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses nonce attributes for scripts, but lacks a cookie consent mechanism and explicit contact information for incident response or data protection officers. The privacy policy is present and appears comprehensive, supporting GDPR compliance. No advertising or tracking scripts are detected, indicating minimal user tracking. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, suitable for its governmental informational purpose. Strategic improvements include adding cookie consent, explicit contact details for security and data protection, and enhanced security headers to strengthen compliance and security posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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

5 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

    • 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

    • 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain:

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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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
85
Email security
65
DNS health
55
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
68

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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention genres.de, from OffSeq Breach.

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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The platform operates as a governmental information and coordination system under the BLE, focusing on genetic resources conservation and biodiversity. Its market position is authoritative within Germany's agricultural and environmental sectors. The business model is non-commercial, providing public access to data, expert committee information, and international cooperation projects. The target audience includes researchers, policymakers, and professionals in agriculture, forestry, and biodiversity. The site supports strategic initiatives like the national genetic resources strategy and international treaties. Growth indicators include active news updates and project information. Partnerships are implied with international organizations and governmental bodies. The platform's operations emphasize transparency, data accessibility, and public engagement in genetic resource conservation.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS and use of nonce attributes to mitigate script injection risks. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security hardening. There is no visible incident response contact or security.txt file, which limits vulnerability reporting and incident management capabilities. GDPR compliance is supported by a comprehensive privacy policy, but the lack of a cookie consent mechanism is a compliance gap. No tracking or advertising scripts reduce privacy risks. Overall, the site is secure but could improve in formalizing incident response and enhancing header-based protections.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply fully with GDPR requirements.
  2. Add and publish a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and incident reporting.
  3. Enhance HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  4. Provide explicit contact information for data protection officers and security incident response.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and scripts to avoid vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Description
The website represents GENRES, an information system focused on genetic resources, operated by the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE). It provides information on genetic diversity in agriculture, forestry, and biodiversity conservation, including databases, expert committees, international cooperation, and related projects.
Key services
Information dissemination on genetic resources, Access to databases on agrobiodiversity, Coordination of expert committees, International cooperation and project information, Newsletter and publications
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, jQuery, FontAwesome, Shariff, Slick Carousel
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of nonce attributes in scripts and styles
  • No visible exposed sensitive data

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a German government information portal for genetic resources and biodiversity.
  2. Content is well-structured, multilingual (German and English), and professionally maintained.
  3. No signs of blocking or WAF interference.
  4. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found on the homepage or header/footer areas.
  5. No cookie consent banner detected, which may be a GDPR compliance gap.
  6. No terms of service page detected.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  8. Use of modern web technologies and accessibility features is evident.
  9. No advertising or tracking scripts detected.
  10. WHOIS data is minimal but consistent with the domain's purpose.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on TYPO3 CMS, leveraging jQuery and FontAwesome for UI components and icons. It uses Shariff for social sharing and Slick Carousel for content display. The site includes responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels. Performance is moderate with optimized images and CSS/JS assets. The site uses canonical and hreflang tags for SEO and multilingual support. No major technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected. Hosting details are not explicit, but DNS servers indicate a stable infrastructure. Opportunities exist to improve security headers and implement modern security best practices.
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

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