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Security report for kas.de

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. is a well-established German political foundation focused on promoting political education, democracy, and social market economy principles both nationally and internationally. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand presence with comprehensive content aimed at a general audience interested in political and social topics. The foundation maintains an active presence on multiple social media platforms, enhancing its outreach and engagement. Technically, the website is built on the Liferay CMS platform, utilizing modern web technologies including jQuery, React, and Alloy UI. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, with moderate performance characteristics. Analytics are handled via Matomo with a consent mechanism in place, indicating a respect for user privacy. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS, employs Content Security Policy with nonce, and uses secure form submissions. However, explicit privacy policies, terms of service, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not detected in the provided content, representing areas for improvement. WHOIS data is minimal but does not raise immediate concerns, though more transparency would enhance trust. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile with strong business credibility and a good security posture, but could benefit from enhanced privacy compliance documentation and clearer contact information for security and general inquiries.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
48/ 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

5 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
85
Security headers
20
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
48
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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention kas.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
993
Employees
33
Customers
923
Third parties
37
Weak passwords
7%

Latest record dated 2026-06-06 · 15 subdomains affected

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  • –www.kas.de2026-06-06
  • –webmail.kas.de2026-05-26
  • –webmail.kas.de2026-05-25
  • –cloud.kas.de2026-05-22
  • –webmail.kas.de2026-05-17

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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

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung operates as a non-profit political foundation with a strong market position in Germany and internationally. Its business model centers on political education, democracy promotion, and cultural programs. The foundation targets a broad audience including policymakers, academics, and the general public interested in political and social issues. The website's content and social media integration support its outreach and educational mission. The lack of explicit business contact details and privacy documentation suggests a potential area for operational transparency enhancement. The foundation's use of Liferay CMS and modern web technologies indicates a mature digital infrastructure supporting its activities.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, Content Security Policy, and secure form handling. The use of nonce in CSP and absence of exposed sensitive data are positive indicators. However, the absence of a published privacy policy, terms of service, and vulnerability disclosure policy limits full compliance visibility. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious activities were detected in the HTML content. The Matomo analytics implementation respects user consent, aligning with GDPR principles. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be improved by publishing comprehensive security and privacy documentation and providing explicit incident response contacts.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy page clearly linked from the homepage.
  2. Add terms of service and cookie policy pages to enhance legal compliance.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file for responsible reporting.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security incident response channels.
  5. Regularly review and update third-party scripts and analytics tools to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
Description
Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung setzt sich national und international durch politische Bildung für Frieden, Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit ein. Wir fördern und bewahren freiheitliche Demokratie, die Soziale Marktwirtschaft und die Entwicklung und Festigung des Wertekonsenses.
Key services
Political education, Promotion of democracy, Social market economy advocacy, Cultural and scholarship programs
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.5.1, PrimeIcons, Liferay Portal, AUI (Alloy UI), React, Matomo Analytics, Google Maps API
Frameworks
Liferay, AUI, React
Platforms
Liferay DXP
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of CSP nonce
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with POST method

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Matomo Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Content is comprehensive for a political foundation.
  3. No explicit privacy or terms of service pages found in provided content.
  4. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented with Matomo analytics respecting consent.
  5. Multiple social media channels linked with official accounts.
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML.
  7. Uses modern web technologies and Liferay CMS platform.
  8. No signs of malicious or suspicious content.
  9. No WAF or security blocking detected; site fully accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Liferay DXP platform, leveraging a combination of jQuery, React, Alloy UI, and PrimeIcons for UI components. It uses Matomo for analytics with a consent-based tracking mechanism, and Google Maps API for map functionalities. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO metadata including Open Graph tags. Performance is moderate, likely influenced by the extensive use of JavaScript and third-party libraries. The technical stack is modern and well-maintained, though opportunities exist to optimize loading times and enhance privacy compliance features.
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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