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Security report for iffmh.de

Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg · Media · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg (IFFMH) is a well-established cultural institution operating since 1952, serving as a prominent platform for film art and cultural dialogue in Germany. The website effectively communicates the festival's offerings, including film programs, accreditation for professionals, ticket sales, and talent development initiatives. The target audience includes film enthusiasts, industry professionals, press representatives, and students. The festival operates as a non-profit entity within the media and cultural sector, maintaining a strong market position as an internationally recognized event. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies such as jQuery, Font Awesome, Adobe Fonts, and integrates Google Tag Manager and Analytics for performance and user behavior insights. The hosting is managed via Namesecure, and the site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices. The presence of structured data (JSON-LD) enhances search engine understanding and trust. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS with excellent SSL configuration and implements cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR requirements. While explicit security headers are not fully confirmed, the site shows no signs of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries. No incident response or security policy pages were found, suggesting room for improvement in transparency and readiness. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile with high professionalism, strong compliance, and trustworthy domain registration. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security header implementation, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and improving incident response contact visibility to further strengthen security posture and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 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. 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 Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

  2. 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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  • 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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
28
Average
52

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
13
Employees
0
Customers
13
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
23%

2 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

IFFMH holds a strong market position as a long-standing international film festival with a clear focus on cultural and political dialogue through film. Its business model centers on non-profit cultural event management, generating revenue primarily through ticket sales, sponsorships, and partnerships. The festival targets a diverse audience including film fans, industry professionals, and media. The organization fosters growth through talent programs and collaborations, supported by a consistent branding strategy and active social media engagement. Partnerships with design agencies and media outlets enhance its visibility and operational effectiveness. The festival's digital presence reflects a mature ecosystem with integrated marketing and analytics tools, supporting strategic decision-making and audience engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, GDPR-compliant cookie consent, and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information. The use of Google Tag Manager and Analytics is transparent and consent-based. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates potential gaps in security governance and transparency. The site would benefit from implementing comprehensive security headers and publishing a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability reporting. Overall, the security measures are adequate for the business type but could be enhanced to align with best practices and increase stakeholder confidence.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify comprehensive security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a security.txt file to provide clear vulnerability disclosure guidelines.
  3. Add visible incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance user trust by maintaining up-to-date privacy and security documentation and certifications.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
Description
Das IFFMH ist ein Filmfestival und eine einzigartige Plattform des kulturellen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Dialogs durch Filmkunst seit 1952.
Key services
Film festival organization, Film screenings, Accreditation for professionals and press, Talent development programs, Ticket sales, Online streaming
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.7.0, Font Awesome 6.5.1, Adobe Fonts (Typekit), Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Adsense
Marketing tools
Google Adsense, CleverReach (Newsletter)
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is professionally presented and well-structured.
  3. Strong compliance with GDPR and cookie consent regulations.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  5. Clear contact information and social media presence.
  6. No security or privacy red flags detected.
  7. No adult or questionable content present.
  8. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and consistency.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a custom or proprietary CMS platform, leveraging modern front-end technologies including jQuery 3.7.0 and Font Awesome 6.5.1 for UI elements. Adobe Fonts are used for consistent typography. The site integrates Google Tag Manager and Analytics for data collection and performance monitoring. Hosting is provided by Namesecure, indicated by the nameservers. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed through meta tags, Open Graph, and structured data (JSON-LD). The site uses lazy loading for images and videos to optimize load times. There is no indication of outdated or vulnerable libraries. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional and user-friendly experience with opportunities for further modernization and security enhancements.
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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