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Security report for guldagget.se

Guldägget · Media · Sweden

High risk. 11 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

40/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Guldägget is a well-established Swedish creative communication competition, recognized as the largest and oldest in its sector. The website serves as a platform to showcase winners, provide competition information, and engage the creative community in Sweden. The business model revolves around promoting creativity through awards, supported by sponsors and partners. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with a custom theme, hosted by Loopia AB, and demonstrates moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is basic with HTTPS enabled but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC, indicating room for improvement. Privacy compliance is partial, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism or terms of service. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but could enhance security and compliance to better protect users and data.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
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

11 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

  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 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
    • 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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
43
DNS health
70
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
10
Average
40

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 guldagget.se, 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 holds a strong market position as Sweden's leading creative communication competition, targeting agencies, brands, and communication professionals. Its competitive advantage lies in its long history and reputation for inspiring creativity. Revenue streams likely include sponsorships, partnerships, and possibly event-related income. The partnership ecosystem is robust, involving multiple category sponsors, production partners, and collaborators, which strengthens its market presence. Growth indicators include active content updates and a comprehensive archive of winners. Strategic observations suggest focusing on digital modernization and enhanced privacy compliance to maintain leadership.

Security posture

The website's security maturity is basic. HTTPS is enforced, which is mandatory, but the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security reduces resilience against common web attacks. No incident response or security policy information is published, which may hinder timely response to security events. No forms or input fields were detected on the homepage, reducing attack surface. GDPR compliance is partial, with a privacy policy but no cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a media site but requires enhancements to meet modern standards and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement essential security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  3. Add a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie policy to comply with GDPR and ePrivacy Directive.
  4. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to maintain compliance and user trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Guldägget
Description
Guldägget is Sweden's largest competition in creative communication, rewarding the best, most innovative, and smartest communication of the previous year. It started in 1961 and aims to inspire creators and showcase the difference between average ideas and communication that creates significant change.
Key services
Creative communication competition, Awarding winners, Providing inspiration and platform for discussion, Publishing articles and calendar events, Operating an online shop
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

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

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Content is primarily in Swedish with some English subpages.
  3. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on the homepage or footer.
  4. No cookie consent banner or explicit cookie policy found.
  5. No terms of service page detected.
  6. No security policy or incident response information published.
  7. External links mostly to sponsors, partners, and related media sites.
  8. Uses WordPress CMS with custom theme 'guldagget2022'.
  9. No forms detected on the homepage HTML content.
  10. No JSON-LD structured data or schema.org markup found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses WordPress CMS with a custom theme, leveraging standard web technologies such as JavaScript and CSS. Hosting is provided by Loopia AB, a reputable Swedish hosting provider. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and SEO practices with proper meta tags and Open Graph data, although the OG description is empty. Performance is moderate, with no major issues detected. No JSON-LD structured data or advanced frameworks were found, indicating potential for SEO and semantic enhancement. No forms or user input fields were detected on the homepage, reducing complexity but also limiting user interaction. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from modernization and improved security configurations.
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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