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Security report for khm.at

KHM-Museumsverband, Wissenschaftliche Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts · Government · Austria

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) is a prominent cultural institution in Vienna, Austria, renowned for its extensive art collections spanning 5000 years. It serves a diverse audience including museum visitors, researchers, and tourists, offering exhibitions, guided tours, educational programs, and an online shop. The museum holds a strong market position as one of the world's leading museums with official certifications and partnerships enhancing its credibility. Technically, the website is built on the TYPO3 CMS platform, utilizing modern web technologies such as Bootstrap, jQuery, and htmx. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, with a professional and consistent design. Hosting appears to be managed by academic or institutional providers, ensuring reliability. From a security perspective, while the site implements robust security headers and a comprehensive Content-Security-Policy, it critically lacks a valid SSL/TLS certificate and HTTPS configuration, exposing users to potential risks. No incident response or security policy pages were found, indicating room for improvement in security governance. Overall, the website is highly professional and trustworthy but requires urgent remediation of its SSL/TLS configuration to enhance security posture and user trust. Strategic recommendations include implementing HTTPS, enabling modern TLS protocols, and enhancing security policies and incident response readiness.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Security headers
80
Email security
50
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
52

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 khm.at, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
11
Employees
0
Customers
10
Third parties
1
Weak passwords
55%

2 subdomains affected

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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

KHM operates as a large government/non-profit entity focused on cultural preservation and education. Its business model centers on museum exhibitions, events, research, and retail through an online shop. The museum targets art enthusiasts, tourists, educational institutions, and researchers. It benefits from strong partnerships with Google Arts and Culture and holds multiple certifications that reinforce its reputation. The website supports multiple languages and offers extensive content, indicating a mature digital presence. Revenue streams likely include ticket sales, memberships, donations, and retail sales. The museum's strategic positioning leverages its historical significance and cultural assets to maintain a leading role in the museum sector.

Security posture

The website demonstrates moderate security maturity with several best practices such as strict Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options headers. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of HTTPS support represent critical vulnerabilities that undermine user data protection and trust. No dedicated security or incident response information is publicly available, suggesting limited transparency in security governance. The site uses Google Analytics and other marketing tools with privacy considerations, but GDPR compliance could be further enhanced by publishing explicit security policies and incident response procedures. Immediate action is required to secure communications and improve overall security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Implement OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve security and performance.
  4. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  5. Regularly audit and update security headers and Content-Security-Policy to adapt to emerging threats.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is powered by TYPO3 CMS, a robust open-source content management system, combined with modern frontend libraries such as Bootstrap for responsive design, jQuery for DOM manipulation, and htmx for enhanced interactivity. The site loads various assets asynchronously and defers non-critical scripts to optimize performance. Despite these modern practices, performance metrics are unavailable, limiting full assessment. Hosting is likely provided by academic or institutional servers, as indicated by nameservers. The site supports multiple languages and includes accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels, contributing to a positive user experience. Technical risks primarily stem from the lack of HTTPS and SSL configuration, which should be prioritized for remediation.
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. 75/100Medium27 findingsView report
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