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Security report for jazzclub-sondershausen.de

Jazzclub Sondershausen e.V. · Non-profit · Germany

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

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Jazzclub Sondershausen e.V. is a small non-profit cultural organization based in Germany dedicated to promoting jazz music through live events and concerts. The website serves as a platform to announce upcoming events, showcase photo galleries from past concerts, and provide contact avenues primarily via a contact form. The organization leverages reputable external ticketing platforms to facilitate event ticket sales, enhancing trust and convenience for attendees. The site targets jazz enthusiasts and the local community, positioning itself as a key cultural player in the Sondershausen region. Technically, the website is built on WordPress 6.8.3 with Bootstrap 5 and jQuery, ensuring a modern and responsive design. The site demonstrates good SEO practices with comprehensive meta tags and Open Graph data, supporting social media sharing and discoverability. Mobile optimization is good, and the site loads with moderate performance. However, there is room for improvement in accessibility and security headers implementation. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data. There are no detected vulnerabilities or malicious scripts. However, the absence of security headers and a vulnerability disclosure policy indicates potential areas for enhancement. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a privacy policy present, but no cookie consent mechanism is implemented, which may be a compliance gap under GDPR. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-aligned with its business purpose. Strategic recommendations include implementing cookie consent, adding security headers, publishing a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file, and providing clearer direct contact information to improve user trust and compliance posture.

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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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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
58

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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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Jazzclub Sondershausen e.V. operates as a local non-profit cultural association focusing on jazz music events in Sondershausen, Germany. Its business model revolves around organizing concerts and cultural events, supported by partnerships with external ticketing platforms such as Ticketshop Thüringen and Eventim. The organization targets jazz fans and the local community, leveraging event photography and social media to engage its audience. The website content and event listings indicate active event scheduling and community involvement, suggesting steady operational activity. The lack of commercial advertising and affiliate programs aligns with its non-profit status. The partnership ecosystem is limited but includes recognized ticketing services, enhancing credibility. Growth indicators are not explicit but the consistent event calendar and photo galleries imply ongoing engagement and audience retention.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture. HTTPS is properly configured, ensuring encrypted communications. The WordPress core and plugins appear up to date, reducing vulnerability exposure. No sensitive data leakage or insecure forms were detected. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options is a notable gap that could expose the site to clickjacking or MIME sniffing attacks. There is no visible incident response or security contact information, which limits the organization's readiness to handle security incidents. Privacy compliance is partially met with a privacy policy but lacks cookie consent mechanisms, which is a compliance risk under GDPR. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file is present, reducing transparency. Overall, the security culture appears basic but functional, with room for improvement in formal policies and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and enhance user privacy transparency.
  2. Add essential security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to improve protection against common web attacks.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Provide clear direct contact information including company emails and phone numbers to improve trust and communication.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and update plugins/themes promptly to maintain a strong security posture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Jazzclub Sondershausen e.V.
Description
Jazzclub Sondershausen e.V. is a non-profit organization focused on organizing jazz and related music events in Sondershausen, Germany. It hosts concerts, photo galleries of events, and promotes jazz culture locally.
Key services
Organizing jazz concerts and events, Publishing event photo galleries, Providing event information and ticketing links
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.3, PHP, jQuery 3.7.1, Bootstrap 5, FontAwesome
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of updated WordPress version and plugins

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a WordPress-based site for a local jazz club in Germany.
  2. Content is primarily event announcements, photo galleries, and organizational info.
  3. No signs of malicious content or phishing.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners detected.
  5. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page.
  6. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML; contact likely via form on contact page.
  7. Use of external ticketing platforms for event ticket sales.
  8. Good use of Open Graph and Twitter Card metadata for social sharing.
  9. No advertising or tracking scripts detected beyond standard WordPress and plugin scripts.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress platform (version 6.8.3) using Bootstrap 5 for responsive design and jQuery for client-side scripting. FontAwesome is used for iconography. The site includes well-structured meta tags and Open Graph data for SEO and social media integration. Performance is moderate with no obvious blocking scripts or heavy resources. Mobile optimization is good, with responsive navigation and layout. Accessibility is basic, with some ARIA attributes and semantic HTML but could be improved. No advanced analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. Hosting provider details are not explicitly disclosed. The site uses standard WordPress plugins such as Contact Form 7 for forms. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid for a small non-profit cultural website but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and accessibility improvements.
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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