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Security report for gr.ch

Canton of Graubünden · Government · Switzerland

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.gr.ch is the official online portal for the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, serving as a multilingual government platform providing information on politics, public services, and administration. It targets residents and visitors of the canton, offering diverse content in German, Romansh, and Italian. The site reflects a medium-sized government entity with a consistent and professional brand presence. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including Font Awesome 6 Pro icons and JavaScript analytics, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies. Privacy compliance is weak due to absence of visible privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is trustworthy and safe, with no adult or questionable content detected.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Cloudflare

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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  • 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
67
Security headers
55
Email security
55
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
62

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

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The Canton of Graubünden positions itself as a key regional government entity in Switzerland, providing essential public information and services. Its multilingual approach caters to the unique trilingual demographic of the canton. The business model is public service oriented, funded by government resources. The website acts as a central communication channel, enhancing transparency and accessibility. While no commercial revenue streams or partnerships are evident, the site integrates analytics for performance monitoring. The lack of explicit contact details and security disclosures suggests room for improvement in user engagement and compliance. The site maintains a strong government identity with consistent branding and official domain registration.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption ensuring data confidentiality in transit. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are publicly available, limiting transparency and responsiveness to security issues. Privacy policies and cookie consent mechanisms are missing, which may expose the site to compliance risks under GDPR and related regulations. No vulnerable libraries or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but could benefit from enhanced policies and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen web security.
  3. Publish an incident response plan and vulnerability disclosure policy, including a security.txt file, to enhance transparency and trust.
  4. Include clear contact information such as official emails and phone numbers to improve user support and credibility.
  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
Canton of Graubünden
Description
Graubünden is the only trilingual canton of Switzerland, economically, culturally and politically diverse.
Key services
Political information, Public services, Administrative information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Font Awesome 6 Pro, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Siteimprove Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Siteimprove Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official government website for the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
  2. Multilingual content in German, Romansh, and Italian
  3. No privacy or cookie policies explicitly found on the homepage
  4. Uses modern web fonts and analytics scripts
  5. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on the homepage HTML snippet
  6. No forms detected in the provided HTML snippet
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found
  8. No explicit security headers detected in the provided data
  9. No advertising networks detected except Siteimprove analytics
  10. No adult or questionable content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern front-end stack with CSS and JavaScript, including Font Awesome 6 Pro for icons and Siteimprove Analytics for performance and usage tracking. The site loads CSS and JS assets from a dedicated CDN (cdn.gr.ch), which likely improves load times and scalability. The HTML structure is well-formed with appropriate meta tags for viewport and description, supporting basic SEO and mobile responsiveness. Accessibility features appear basic but present. No CMS or backend platform was explicitly detected from the provided data. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of analytics scripts to reduce blocking. The site could improve by adopting advanced SEO practices and enhancing accessibility 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.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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