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Security report for gesundheitswissen.de

FID Verlag GmbH · Healthcare · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 1 other check.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Gesundheitswissen.de is a German health information portal operated by FID Verlag GmbH, providing expert-backed content on health, nutrition, natural medicine, and wellness. The site offers newsletters, webinars, and an online shop, targeting health-conscious German-speaking audiences. The business model focuses on content publishing and community engagement through subscriptions and educational offerings. Technically, the website is built on WordPress, hosted on AWS infrastructure, and employs modern web technologies including FriendlyCaptcha for form security. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and SEO practices but lacks some advanced security headers and explicit cookie consent mechanisms. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and anti-bot measures but could be enhanced with formal security policies and headers. WHOIS data confirms domain legitimacy and consistency with the business. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and safe for general audiences.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
45/ 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

7 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

  2. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. Security headers

    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"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

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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
100
Security headers
40
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
45
Average
64

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

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

No leaked records found

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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 company operates in the healthcare and media sectors, focusing on health education and wellness content. Its competitive advantage lies in expert medical journalism and a diversified offering including newsletters and webinars. Revenue streams likely include advertising, product sales via the shop, and premium content access. The target market is German-speaking health-conscious consumers. Partnerships include login services hosted on premium.maxlq.de. Growth potential exists in expanding digital health education and community engagement. The company maintains consistent branding and quality content, supporting a strong market position in the German health information niche.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses FriendlyCaptcha to protect forms from automated abuse, indicating a baseline security maturity. However, the absence of common security headers (e.g., CSP, HSTS) and lack of published incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies suggest room for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. GDPR compliance is partially addressed via a privacy policy but lacks cookie consent mechanisms. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not visible. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be strengthened to reduce risk and improve compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner to comply fully with GDPR cookie regulations and improve user transparency.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Develop and communicate an incident response policy and provide dedicated security contact channels.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and update third-party libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
FID Verlag GmbH
Description
Die FID Verlag GmbH bietet Newsletter und Informationen zu Fragen Ihrer Gesundheit in unterschiedlichsten Bereichen der Medizin an. Das Portal versorgt Nutzer mit hochwertigen Informationen zu gesunder Lebensweise, Ernährung, Naturheilkunde, Fitness und Stressbewältigung. Das Team besteht aus renommierten medizinischen Experten.
Key services
Gesundheitsratgeber (health guides), Newsletter services, Webinare (webinars), Online Shop for health products
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, CSS, FriendlyCaptcha
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of FriendlyCaptcha for form anti-bot protection

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
FriendlyCaptcha
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional German health information portal.
  2. Content is well structured with multiple health categories and expert articles.
  3. Uses HTTPS and FriendlyCaptcha for form security.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner detected, GDPR compliance could be improved.
  5. No visible security headers found in provided data.
  6. WHOIS data is consistent and domain appears legitimate.
  7. No signs of adult or questionable content.
  8. External links mostly to related health and service domains.
  9. No visible analytics or tracking scripts detected in provided HTML snippet.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses WordPress CMS hosted on AWS infrastructure, leveraging modern JavaScript and CSS technologies. FriendlyCaptcha is integrated for bot protection on newsletter forms. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good SEO metadata. Performance is moderate, with potential for improvement by optimizing assets and caching. Accessibility is basic but could be enhanced with ARIA roles and better keyboard navigation support. No major technical debt is evident, but adding security headers and cookie consent mechanisms would modernize the security posture. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business needs effectively with room for incremental improvements.
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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