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Security report for hoeringsportalen.dk

Civilstyrelsen · Government · Denmark

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Høringsportalen.dk is an official Danish government portal managed by Civilstyrelsen, providing a centralized digital gateway for public access to legislative proposals, draft regulations, and consultation responses. The platform aims to increase transparency in the legislative process by offering search capabilities and subscription feeds for hearings. The website is positioned as a trusted government service with a clear target audience including the general public, legal professionals, and government stakeholders. Technically, the website uses a traditional ASP.NET framework with client-side libraries such as jQuery, jQuery UI, and Modernizr. The site demonstrates moderate performance and basic mobile optimization. Accessibility is present but could be improved. SEO and metadata usage are basic, with no advanced structured data or Open Graph tags detected. From a security perspective, the site lacks several modern security best practices such as DNSSEC, security headers, and explicit HTTPS enforcement visible in the content. No privacy or cookie policies are present, and no incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published. However, no critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The domain WHOIS data is consistent with a legitimate government entity, supporting the trustworthiness of the site. Overall, the website is functional and credible as a government service portal but would benefit from enhanced security measures, privacy compliance, and improved technical modernization to strengthen its posture and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

8 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 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

  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.

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
82
Security headers
30
Email security
50
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
60

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

Høringsportalen.dk operates as a government essential entity under Civilstyrelsen, serving the Danish public sector by providing transparency in legislative processes. Its competitive advantage lies in being the official and centralized platform for legislative consultations in Denmark. The business model is service-oriented, focusing on public access rather than revenue generation. The portal targets a broad audience including citizens, legal experts, and government officials. Growth indicators include long domain age and consistent government backing. The partnership ecosystem is minimal, with only one external link to a government accessibility declaration site. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to expand digital services and improve user engagement through enhanced technical and security features.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is moderate but with notable gaps. The absence of DNSSEC and security headers reduces DNS and HTTP security. Lack of HTTPS enforcement visibility and missing privacy and cookie policies indicate compliance gaps with GDPR and NIS2 directives. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are published, limiting transparency and readiness. The site does not expose sensitive data or use vulnerable libraries, which is positive. Overall, the security culture appears basic, typical of government portals but requiring modernization to meet current standards. Business impact of vulnerabilities is low currently but could increase if compliance or security incidents occur.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and trust.
  2. Implement and enforce HTTPS site-wide with HSTS headers.
  3. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance details and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
  5. Establish and publicize a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Civilstyrelsen
Description
Høringsportalen provides a digital gateway for the public to access legislative proposals, draft regulations, and consultation responses to increase transparency in the legislative process.
Key services
Search for legislative hearings, Subscription to hearing feeds
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, jQuery UI, Modernizr
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official Danish government consultation portal
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found on homepage
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed
  4. Simple, functional design with government branding
  5. No social media or external marketing detected
  6. No security headers or advanced security features detected
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected
  8. No forms collecting personal data except login link
  9. Login page exists but not analyzed here
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on an ASP.NET framework with client-side JavaScript libraries including jQuery, jQuery UI, and Modernizr. The HTML is valid and structured but lacks modern SEO and accessibility enhancements such as Open Graph tags or JSON-LD structured data. Performance is moderate with some animation effects. Mobile optimization is basic, with a fixed viewport width set to 1024px, which may limit responsiveness on smaller devices. The site does not use a known CMS or advanced hosting indicators. Technical debt is moderate, with opportunities to modernize front-end technologies and improve security configurations to reduce operational risks.
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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