The website www.kreis-tuebingen.de serves as the official digital portal for the Landkreis Tübingen government authority in Germany. It provides comprehensive information and services across multiple sectors including social services, health, environment, public order, building, traffic, economy, and tourism. The site targets residents and stakeholders within the Landkreis Tübingen region, offering structured navigation and extensive content relevant to public administration and citizen services. The business model is that of a public sector government entity, focusing on service delivery rather than commercial activities.
Technically, the website employs a modern technology stack featuring jQuery, Bootstrap, FontAwesome, and a proprietary CMS framework (dvv-Mastertemplates). The site is mobile-optimized with good navigation clarity and SEO practices. Performance is moderate, with room for improvement in accessibility features. Hosting and infrastructure details are not explicitly provided but the domain uses official German government name servers.
From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and does not expose sensitive data in the HTML. However, no explicit security headers or incident response policies were detected. There is no visible vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file. Cookie consent mechanisms are implemented, indicating some level of privacy compliance, though no explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages were found in the provided content. Contact information such as emails or phone numbers is not explicitly present, which could be improved for better user support and trust.
Overall, the website is a trustworthy and professional government portal with comprehensive content and a solid technical foundation. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing clear privacy and security policies, improving accessibility, and making contact information more visible to users.
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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
2 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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 Content-Security-Policy header
Controls resources the browser is allowed to load
What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application
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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
67
Security headers
70
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
74
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention kreis-tuebingen.de, 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
Landkreis Tübingen operates as a regional government authority providing a broad range of public services. Its market position is that of an essential public sector entity serving local residents and businesses. The website reflects a well-established government institution with a focus on transparency and service accessibility. Revenue streams are typical of government funding rather than commercial sales. The target customer segments include citizens, local businesses, and public institutions within the Landkreis Tübingen region. The partnership ecosystem is not explicitly detailed but likely includes other government bodies and service providers. The website's extensive service listings and structured navigation indicate a mature digital presence supporting the authority's operational goals.
Security posture
The current security posture is moderate. The site uses HTTPS, which is mandatory for secure communications. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security hardening. No incident response or security policy information is published, limiting transparency on how security incidents are handled. There is no vulnerability disclosure mechanism, which is a best practice for public-facing government sites. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The site would benefit from enhanced security controls, formalized policies, and improved user communication regarding security and privacy.
Recommendations
Implement and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages accessible from the homepage.
Add a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
Improve accessibility features to meet recognized standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1).
Make contact information including emails and phone numbers more visible and accessible to users.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Landkreis Tübingen
Description
Landratsamt Tübingen, offizielle Website. Willkommen beim Landratsamt Tübingen
Key services
Public administration, Social services, Health and food safety, Environment and waste management, Order and security, Building and traffic, Economy and tourism
Website is a comprehensive official government portal for Landkreis Tübingen.
Content is extensive, well-structured, and covers a wide range of public services.
No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages detected in the provided content.
Cookie consent mechanism is present and active.
No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
No social media links detected.
Technical stack is modern and uses common libraries and frameworks.
No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
No explicit data protection officer contact found.
No advertising or tracking services detected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a proprietary CMS framework (dvv-Mastertemplates) and uses widely adopted frontend libraries such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and FontAwesome. The navigation is implemented with Superfish and mmenu.js for responsive menus. Cookie consent is managed via an external service (cookieconsent.komm.one). The site appears to be hosted on infrastructure using official German government name servers. Performance is moderate with potential for optimization. The site is mobile-friendly and SEO optimized with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. However, accessibility could be improved. No major technical debt or outdated libraries were detected in the provided content.
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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