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Security report for karriere.hamburg

Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 2 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website karriere.hamburg serves as the official career portal for the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, offering a wide range of job opportunities, training programs, and career entry options in the public sector. It targets job seekers, students, and professionals interested in working for the city government. The site is well-branded and professionally presented with clear navigation and relevant content in German. Technically, the site uses modern HTML5 and responsive design techniques but lacks a valid SSL certificate, which is a critical security flaw. Security headers are partially implemented but some settings reduce protection. Privacy compliance is limited, with no cookie consent mechanism despite the presence of tracking scripts. Overall, the site is functional and credible but requires urgent security improvements to protect user data and trust.

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

2 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.

    • 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
50
Security headers
75
Email security
50
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
66

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

Karriere.hamburg is positioned as a key government employment portal in Hamburg, providing over 300 job roles and various career development programs. Its business model is public sector employment facilitation, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and social responsibility. The site links to partner platforms like Stellen.hamburg.de and Kununu, enhancing its recruitment ecosystem. The portal supports multiple career paths including apprenticeships, traineeships, and internships, targeting a broad audience from students to experienced professionals. The use of official branding and media assets strengthens its market presence and trustworthiness.

Security posture

The website's security posture is currently weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate, disabling all TLS protocols, and lack of session resumption and OCSP stapling. While some security headers like HSTS and X-Frame-Options are present, the X-XSS-Protection header is disabled and the Content-Security-Policy allows unsafe inline scripts and styles, increasing risk of cross-site scripting attacks. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided. The site also lacks a cookie consent mechanism, which may impact GDPR compliance. These issues expose the site and its users to potential data interception and security threats.

Recommendations

  1. Install and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS and secure communications.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and configure session resumption and OCSP stapling for performance and security.
  3. Strengthen Content-Security-Policy to disallow 'unsafe-inline' scripts and styles to mitigate XSS risks.
  4. Enable or replace the X-XSS-Protection header with modern browser security features.
  5. Implement a cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and inform users about tracking.
  6. Publish clear security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure guidelines.
  7. Consider adding structured data (JSON-LD) and Open Graph tags to improve SEO and social sharing.
  8. Add explicit contact information such as emails and phone numbers for user support and inquiries.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern front-end stack with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and SVG icons. Responsive images are implemented using the picture element for various screen sizes, indicating good mobile optimization. The site is hosted on servers managed by mcs.de as indicated by DNS nameservers. No common CMS is detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary content management system. Performance metrics are not available, but the site structure and assets suggest moderate loading times. Accessibility is basic with some screen reader support. SEO is supported by meta tags and canonical links but lacks structured data. The absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols represent significant technical risks that could impact user trust and site availability.
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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