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Hypothekarbank Lenzburg AG · Finance · Switzerland

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Hypothekarbank Lenzburg AG is a Swiss regional bank offering a hybrid model of digital and personal banking services targeting private and corporate customers. The website reflects a mature digital presence with comprehensive service offerings including e-banking, mortgages, savings, investments, and financial planning. The bank positions itself as a trusted regional financial institution with a focus on customer-centric solutions. Technically, the website is built on Umbraco CMS and leverages modern frontend libraries such as Swiper, GSAP, and Cookiebot for consent management. However, the current SSL/TLS configuration is invalid, which poses a significant security risk and undermines user trust. Security headers like SPF and DMARC are properly configured, but the absence of DNSSEC, CAA, and HSTS reduces the overall security posture. The site employs extensive tracking and advertising technologies including Google Analytics, TikTok, and Meta Platforms, with a robust cookie consent mechanism ensuring GDPR compliance. Overall, the bank demonstrates a strong market position with a professional and user-friendly website but must urgently address SSL/TLS issues to maintain security and trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

4 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 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';…
  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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

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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
45
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
74

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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Total records
84
Employees
0
Customers
84
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
19%

9 subdomains affected

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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 bank operates primarily in the Swiss banking sector, focusing on retail and corporate banking with a strong emphasis on digital transformation and customer experience. Its business model integrates traditional banking products with modern digital channels, supported by partnerships with investment and fintech entities such as hblasset.ch, finstar.ch, and hblsolutions.ch. The website content and navigation indicate a comprehensive product portfolio including mortgages, loans, savings accounts, investment solutions, and financial planning services. The bank targets a broad customer base including private individuals, businesses, and investors. The presence of detailed legal and privacy documentation, along with a sophisticated cookie consent framework, reflects a mature compliance culture. The bank's market positioning is that of a trusted regional player with a commitment to innovation and customer service excellence.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is moderate but with critical gaps. While SPF and DMARC records are correctly implemented to protect email integrity, the lack of DNSSEC and CAA records leaves DNS infrastructure vulnerable to certain attacks. The SSL certificate is currently invalid and no TLS protocols are enabled, exposing users to potential interception and undermining secure communications. The absence of HSTS and OCSP stapling further weakens the HTTPS security. Cookie consent is well implemented, supporting GDPR compliance, but no explicit security policy or incident response information is publicly available. Overall, the site demonstrates awareness of security best practices but requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues and enhancement of DNS security to improve resilience and trust.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate supporting TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols to secure all web traffic.
  2. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives to enforce HTTPS usage.
  3. Implement DNSSEC and CAA DNS records to protect DNS integrity and restrict certificate issuance.
  4. Configure OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  5. Publish a clear security policy and incident response plan on the website to enhance transparency and preparedness.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Umbraco CMS platform and uses a variety of modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks including Swiper for sliders, GSAP and ScrollMagic for animations, Chart.js for data visualization, and Photoswipe for image galleries. Cookiebot is used for cookie consent management, integrated with Google Tag Manager for analytics and marketing tags. Hosting is provided by ip-plus.net with DNS servers ns1.ip-plus.net and ns2.ip-plus.net. Performance metrics indicate a slow page load time (~14.8 seconds) with a large page size (~1.25 MB) and many resources (147), suggesting opportunities for optimization. Mobile optimization and accessibility are good, with responsive images and ARIA roles used appropriately. SEO is supported by comprehensive metadata, Open Graph tags, and structured data in JSON-LD format. However, the invalid SSL certificate and lack of TLS support represent significant technical risks that could impact user trust and search ranking.
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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