Hirsch Brauerei is a regional German brewery specializing in high-quality beer products made from local ingredients and spring water. The company targets adult consumers over 16 years, emphasizing responsible alcohol consumption and offering visitor experiences such as brewery tours and seminars. Their market position is that of a well-established regional brewery with a consistent brand presence and multiple sales channels including online shops and partner retailers. Technically, the website is built on TYPO3 CMS with modern frontend frameworks like Bootstrap, and integrates GDPR-compliant cookie consent via Cookiebot. Analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics and Userback are used with user consent. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no visible vulnerabilities, though security headers and explicit security policies are absent. Overall, the site is professional, accessible, and compliant with privacy regulations, but lacks explicit contact and security policy disclosures.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
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"
This scan found 25 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
Daily monitoring
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.
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
42
Security headers
35
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
83
Average
55
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention hirschbrauerei.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for hirschbrauerei.de right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The business operates in the hospitality and retail sectors, focusing on beer manufacturing and related visitor services. Their competitive advantage lies in local sourcing, quality production, and a strong regional brand. The business model combines product sales with experiential offerings. Partnerships with related domains like trink-kitz.de and hirsch-erlebniswald.de enhance their ecosystem. The website content and structure support clear navigation and product discovery, indicating a mature digital presence. Growth indicators include multiple sales channels and active marketing tools. However, absence of detailed contact info and legal pages may limit trust for some users.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS and cookie consent management in place. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the lack of security headers (CSP, HSTS, etc.) and absence of a published security policy or incident response contact reduce the overall security posture. Compliance with GDPR is evident through Cookiebot integration and consent mechanisms. Incident response readiness and vulnerability disclosure are not addressed publicly. The security culture appears basic but functional, with room for improvement in transparency and technical controls.
Recommendations
Implement standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Publish a clear security policy and provide incident response contact information on the website.
Add a terms of service page to clarify user agreements and legal protections.
Include explicit company contact information including emails and phone numbers for customer and security inquiries.
Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and integrations to ensure no vulnerabilities or privacy issues.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Hirsch Brauerei
Description
Hirsch Brauerei is a brewery producing various beer specialties using local ingredients and crystal-clear spring water. They emphasize quality, sustainability, and responsible alcohol consumption. The site targets adults over 16 years and offers information about their brewery, products, visitor experiences, and shop.
TYPO3 CMS, Bootstrap, Google Analytics, Cookiebot, Userback, eyeAble accessibility widget
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS, Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
Cookie consent management
Age verification modal
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Ad networks
Google
Tracking pixels
Cookiebot, Userback
Marketing tools
Userback
Transparency
good
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website uses TYPO3 CMS with modern frontend technologies.
Cookiebot is used for GDPR-compliant cookie consent management.
Age verification modal restricts access to users under 16 years.
Multiple external domains linked for partner sites and shops.
No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in HTML content.
No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page.
No terms of service page detected.
Good use of analytics and marketing tools with user consent.
No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website uses TYPO3 CMS, a robust open-source content management system, combined with Bootstrap for responsive design. Cookiebot manages GDPR cookie consent effectively. Google Analytics and Userback provide analytics and user feedback capabilities. The site loads videos and images efficiently with modern HTML5 video tags and responsive images. Accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA roles are implemented. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in caching and asset optimization. Hosting provider details are not explicit but DNS servers suggest professional hosting. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a stable and user-friendly experience with opportunities for enhanced security and performance tuning.
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.
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