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Security report for kirchenrecht-baden.de

Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 2 critical or high findings in Email security and SSL/TLS.

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website kirchenrecht-baden.de serves as an official online legal reference system for the Evangelical Church in Baden, providing comprehensive access to church laws, ordinances, and related legal documents. It targets church officials, legal professionals, and researchers within the Baden region, offering a structured and searchable database of current and archived church regulations. The site is positioned as an authoritative source within the government/non-profit sector, supporting the church's legal transparency and accessibility. Technically, the website employs a modern tech stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, Font Awesome for icons, and Piwik/Matomo for analytics, hosted by Schlund Technologies. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features, with moderate performance. It uses HTTPS and includes a cookie consent mechanism, reflecting a baseline of privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the site benefits from HTTPS and secure analytics integration but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies or incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or suspicious content were detected. The WHOIS data aligns well with the website's official nature, indicating a consistent and legitimate domain registration. Overall, the website presents a professional, trustworthy, and content-rich platform with room for improvement in privacy policy publication, security header implementation, and contact information transparency. These enhancements would strengthen its compliance posture and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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  • 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
72
Security headers
100
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
83
Average
69

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

The Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden operates kirchenrecht-baden.de as a specialized legal information portal, reinforcing its role as a regional church authority. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on providing legal transparency and support to church members and officials. The site’s comprehensive legal content and downloadable e-books indicate a commitment to accessibility and user service. The partnership with ekiba.de and related domains suggests a collaborative ecosystem within the church's digital infrastructure. The absence of commercial advertising or affiliate programs aligns with its government/non-profit sector classification. Growth indicators include ongoing content updates and integration of digital tools like e-books and search functionalities.

Security posture

The website maintains a solid security baseline with enforced HTTPS and a cookie consent mechanism for analytics tracking. However, it lacks several recommended security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options, which could mitigate risks like clickjacking and MIME sniffing. No incident response or security contact information is published, limiting transparency in case of security events. The absence of a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file further reduces the site's security maturity. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be significantly improved by adopting standard security headers and publishing clear security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve transparency and GDPR compliance.
  3. Add explicit contact information including a data protection officer and incident response contacts to facilitate user trust and security incident handling.
  4. Introduce a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and SEO optimization to improve user experience and search engine visibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden
Description
Online legal reference system for church law and regulations of the Evangelical Church in Baden, providing systematic access to current and archived church laws, ordinances, and related documents.
Key services
Online searchable database of church laws and ordinances, Access to legal documents, commentaries, and explanations, Downloadable e-book formats of legal texts
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap CSS, Font Awesome, jQuery, Piwik/Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure analytics with cookie consent

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik/Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik/Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an official legal reference for church law in Baden region.
  2. Content is well structured and comprehensive for its domain.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  4. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented with clear user interaction.
  5. No privacy policy or terms of service pages detected in the provided content.
  6. Use of Piwik/Matomo analytics with cookie consent indicates privacy awareness.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  8. No social media links or explicit contact information present.
  9. Website uses HTTPS and is hosted on a reputable provider.
  10. No signs of WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern responsive design framework (Bootstrap) and includes Font Awesome icons, indicating a contemporary front-end approach. Analytics are handled via Piwik/Matomo with cookie consent, reflecting privacy-conscious data collection. Hosting is provided by Schlund Technologies, a reputable German hosting provider, ensuring stable infrastructure. The site lacks explicit CMS identification, suggesting a custom or proprietary solution. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization. Technical debt is low but the absence of some security headers and privacy/legal pages indicates areas for modernization. No critical technical risks were identified that would impact business operations currently.
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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