The website kirchenbote-sg.ch serves as a regional news portal focused on church-related news and cultural topics for the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It provides a variety of articles, thematic sections, and community resources, targeting residents and church community members. The site maintains partnerships with other cantonal church news portals, enhancing its regional media presence. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Analytics, and a cookie consent mechanism with opt-in compliance. Security posture is good with HTTPS enforced and basic security best practices, though additional HTTP security headers could improve protection. Privacy compliance is strong with a clear privacy policy and cookie consent. Contact information is transparent and includes physical addresses, phone numbers, and emails. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and well-positioned in its niche regional media market.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
Security headers
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High
Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
68
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
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Leaked records that mention kirchenbote-sg.ch, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
Kirchenbote SG operates as a small-sized media outlet specializing in church and societal news for the St. Gallen region. Its business model likely includes subscription-based e-paper access, advertising, and partnerships with other cantonal church media. The site demonstrates consistent branding and content quality, with a clear target audience of local residents interested in spirituality, culture, and church affairs. The partnership ecosystem includes several related cantonal church news portals, enhancing content reach and credibility. The site’s digital maturity is moderate, leveraging common web technologies and analytics tools. Growth potential exists through expanded digital offerings and deeper community engagement.
Security posture
The website exhibits a moderate to good security posture. HTTPS is properly implemented, ensuring encrypted communications. The site uses Google reCAPTCHA to mitigate bot abuse and a cookie consent mechanism aligned with GDPR requirements. However, the absence of several security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents an area for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not publicly documented, which could be enhanced to improve security readiness and transparency. Overall, the site maintains a secure baseline appropriate for its media publishing function.
Recommendations
Implement additional HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
Conduct regular security audits and update third-party libraries to mitigate risks from vulnerabilities.
Enhance accessibility features to improve usability for all users, including those with disabilities.
Consider adding a clear security policy or incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, CookieConsent (orestbida), Google reCAPTCHA v3, Google Analytics (gtag.js), FontAwesome icons
Frameworks
Bootstrap 5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic
Security
Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
Cookie consent with opt-in mode
Use of Google reCAPTCHA for bot protection
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Marketing tools
CookieConsent
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a regional church news portal for the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Content is in German with some English cookie consent fallback.
Cookie consent is implemented with opt-in mechanism and detailed categories.
Contact information is clearly provided with physical address, phone, and email.
No terms of service or explicit security policy pages found.
No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
Uses modern web technologies and Google Analytics for tracking.
No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Partner media sites linked in footer.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built using a modern technology stack including Bootstrap 5 for responsive design, jQuery for DOM manipulation, and FontAwesome for icons. It integrates Google Analytics for user behavior tracking and Google reCAPTCHA v3 for bot protection. Cookie consent is managed via a well-configured opt-in mechanism from the orestbida cookieconsent library. The site loads asynchronously critical scripts to optimize performance. While the site is mobile optimized and has good navigation clarity, SEO optimization is basic with some meta tags present but no structured data like JSON-LD detected. Hosting provider details are not explicitly found. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in caching and resource optimization. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional and user-friendly media portal.
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.
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