Skip to main content

Security report for ilb.de

Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) · Finance · Germany

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) is a regional development bank focused on promoting and financing public and private investment projects within Brandenburg, Germany. The institution offers a broad portfolio of funding programs across sectors such as economy, infrastructure, labor, and housing. The website reflects a well-established public entity with a clear mission to support regional development through financial products and advisory services. The target audience includes private companies, public clients, individuals, associations, universities, and chambers, indicating a comprehensive service scope. Technically, the website employs a modern technology stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, and various JavaScript libraries to deliver a responsive and accessible user experience. The presence of a consent management platform (Klaro) and integration with Google Analytics demonstrates a mature digital infrastructure with privacy compliance in mind. The site is mobile-optimized and features clear navigation and professional design, supporting excellent user experience. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses bot protection (Friendly Captcha) and session management via Apache Tomcat. While no explicit security headers were detected in the HTML content, the overall posture is strong with no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. Privacy policies and cookie consent mechanisms are comprehensive and GDPR compliant. However, the site could improve by publishing a security.txt file and providing explicit incident response contacts. Overall, the ILB website is a trustworthy, professional platform representing a government-affiliated financial institution. It balances user experience, privacy, and security effectively, supporting its role as a key regional development bank. Strategic recommendations include enhancing HTTP security headers, formalizing vulnerability disclosure processes, and increasing transparency on data retention policies to further strengthen security and compliance.

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. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching ilb.de

This scan found 24 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

Recommended

€25per month

  • 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.

Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. See sample alerts.

Full report

€39.90one-time

  • The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
  • Email delivery with an unlock code
  • Lifetime access to this report

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
67
Security headers
65
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
67

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 ilb.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
86
Employees
0
Customers
86
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
8%

5 subdomains affected

See the 10 newest leaked credentials

A one-off add-on to this report that lists the most recent identifier and password pairs OffSeq Breach holds for ilb.de.

Select it in the checkout above.

Breach keeps ingesting new leaks, so these numbers can grow between scans.

Open in Breach(opens in a new tab)Monitor on Breach(opens in a new tab)

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

ILB holds a strong market position as the official development bank for Brandenburg, offering diverse financial products including loans, grants, and advisory services. Its business model centers on public sector funding and economic development, targeting a wide range of stakeholders from private enterprises to public institutions. The website's integration with career portals and annual report domains indicates a mature organizational structure with transparent operations. The partnership ecosystem includes job platforms and reporting sites, enhancing recruitment and stakeholder communication. Growth indicators include active event management and newsletter services, supporting community engagement and customer outreach.

Security posture

The ILB website demonstrates a solid security maturity level with enforced HTTPS, use of consent management, and bot protection mechanisms. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information were found in the HTML content. Compliance with GDPR is evident through detailed privacy and cookie policies and user consent controls. However, the absence of explicit security headers and a security.txt file suggests room for improvement in formalizing security best practices and incident response readiness. The lack of direct security contact channels may impact rapid incident handling. Overall, the security culture appears proactive but could benefit from enhanced transparency and technical hardening.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a security.txt file at the root domain to facilitate vulnerability reporting and improve incident response.
  3. Provide explicit security incident contact information (e.g., security@ilb.de or abuse@ilb.de) on the website.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance transparency by publishing detailed data retention policies and cookie usage durations.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB)
Description
Förderung und Finanzierung öffentlicher und privater Investitionsvorhaben in Brandenburg in den Bereichen Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Arbeit und Wohnungsbau.
Key services
Investment funding, Grant programs, Loan programs, Consulting and advisory, Customer portal, Event and newsletter services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Owl Carousel, Magnific Popup, Axios, Modernizr, Klaro Consent Manager
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies
  • Use of Friendly Captcha for bot protection
  • Session management via Apache Tomcat
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

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 comprehensive, well-structured, and professionally presented.
  3. Strong privacy and cookie compliance with a consent management platform (Klaro).
  4. Multiple contact channels including phone, address, and contact forms are available.
  5. Use of modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks for UI and functionality.
  6. Social media presence on YouTube and LinkedIn enhances trust and outreach.
  7. No critical security issues or vulnerabilities detected in the HTML content.
  8. No suspicious or malicious external domains linked.
  9. No adult or questionable content detected; suitable for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern and stable technology stack leveraging HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and popular libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap. It uses Owl Carousel and Magnific Popup for UI components and Axios for asynchronous requests. The Klaro consent manager is integrated for GDPR compliance. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices including meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, likely due to multiple external scripts and rich content. No CMS was explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Hosting details are not disclosed, but nameservers indicate a German ISP. Technical risks are minimal, but the absence of some security headers and formal vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represent areas for future modernization.
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. 66/100Medium34 findingsView report
Reviews of this site

Share your experience with ilb.de. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review ilb.de.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.