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Security report for ihk.de

Industrie- und Handelskammer · Government · Germany

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

76/100

Risk levelLow

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

The website ihk.de serves as the central portal for the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer). It provides comprehensive access to regional IHK offices across Germany, offering business support, advisory services, and regulatory information. The site is well-positioned as a governmental service platform with a large national footprint, targeting businesses and entrepreneurs within Germany. The content is well-structured, professionally presented, and consistent with the branding of a public institution. Technically, the website utilizes a modern CMS (CoreMedia) and integrates cookie consent management (CCM19) and analytics (eTracker). The infrastructure is hosted likely by OVH, with a moderate performance profile and good mobile and accessibility optimizations. SEO practices are adequately implemented, enhancing discoverability. From a security perspective, the site employs HTTPS with modern TLS protocols and has implemented SPF and DMARC for email security. However, improvements are recommended such as enabling HSTS, DNSSEC, OCSP stapling, and CAA records to strengthen domain and transport security. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected, and the site maintains good privacy compliance with visible cookie consent mechanisms and a comprehensive privacy policy. Overall, ihk.de demonstrates a solid digital presence with a good balance of usability, security, and compliance. Strategic enhancements in security headers and incident response transparency would further elevate its security posture and trustworthiness.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
18/ 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

3 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

    • 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
92
Security headers
90
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
18
Average
76

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 ihk.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
4,124
Employees
8
Customers
4,005
Third parties
111
Weak passwords
7%

Latest record dated 2026-05-27 · 122 subdomains affected

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  • –chat.stuttgart.ihk.de2026-05-27
  • –framail-c1.webmail.ihk.de2026-05-20
  • –framail-c8.webmail.ihk.de2026-05-20
  • –vconnect.augsburg.ihk.de2026-05-15
  • –wm.ihk.de2025-07-28

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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

IHK operates as a governmental network providing essential business services across Germany through regional chambers. Its market position is authoritative and essential for local businesses. The business model is service-oriented, focusing on regulatory compliance, business support, and regional economic development. Revenue streams are likely public funding and service fees. The target customers are businesses and entrepreneurs requiring official chamber services. The partnership ecosystem includes regional IHK offices, with no evident commercial subsidiaries. Growth indicators include a comprehensive digital portal and integration of modern web technologies. Strategic observations suggest maintaining strong governmental ties and enhancing digital security and transparency to sustain trust.

Security posture

The security maturity of ihk.de is moderate to good. The site uses HTTPS with TLS 1.3 and 1.2, has SPF and DMARC configured with a reject policy, and no known SSL vulnerabilities. However, the absence of HSTS, DNSSEC, OCSP stapling, and CAA records indicates room for improvement in domain and transport security. No incident response or security policy information is publicly available, which could be a compliance gap. The cookie consent mechanism is robust, supporting GDPR compliance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a governmental site but would benefit from enhanced DNS security and incident response transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS.
  2. Implement DNSSEC to protect DNS integrity and prevent spoofing.
  3. Enable OCSP stapling to improve SSL certificate revocation checking performance and security.
  4. Add CAA DNS records to restrict which certificate authorities can issue certificates for the domain.
  5. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the CoreMedia CMS platform, utilizing JavaScript extensively for UI components and cookie consent management. It integrates eTracker for analytics and CCM19 for cookie consent. Hosting appears to be with OVH, based on IP and nameservers. Performance is moderate with a page load time of approximately 4.9 seconds and 41 resources loaded. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO metadata including Open Graph tags. The SSL configuration supports modern protocols but lacks some advanced features like HSTS and OCSP stapling. No vulnerable libraries or insecure scripts were detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is stable and modern but could benefit from performance optimizations and enhanced 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 78/100Low25 findingsView report
  2. 78/100Low26 findingsView report
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