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Security report for kulturkaufhaus.de

Dussmann - Das Kulturkaufhaus · Retail · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Dussmann - Das Kulturkaufhaus operates a professional online retail platform specializing in books, music, sheet music, and movies, primarily serving cultural enthusiasts in Berlin and beyond. The website reflects a medium-sized retail business with a strong cultural focus, offering curated products and hosting events and workshops. The digital infrastructure employs modern JavaScript libraries and tracking tools, ensuring a responsive and user-friendly experience. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and secure form handling, though explicit privacy and cookie policies are not evident, indicating room for compliance improvement. Overall, the website presents a trustworthy and professional front, though enhancing transparency around privacy and contact information would strengthen user trust and regulatory compliance.

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

6 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. 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

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  3. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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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
69
Security headers
50
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
48
Average
61

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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Total records
358
Employees
0
Customers
358
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
4%

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

The business positions itself as a cultural retail hub with both physical and online presence, targeting a broad audience interested in cultural products and events. Its business model revolves around direct sales of books and music, supplemented by events and workshops to engage customers. The use of curated content and signed editions suggests a premium market positioning. The partnership ecosystem includes domain-related sites but lacks explicit affiliate or partner disclosures. Growth indicators include active promotions and a newsletter. The company leverages modern marketing tools but could benefit from clearer privacy and security disclosures to align with GDPR and other regulations.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS encryption, secure login forms, and token-based form submissions. However, the absence of explicit security headers and incident response information indicates potential gaps in defense-in-depth and transparency. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. The lack of a published vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file suggests limited formalized security communication channels. Enhancing these areas would improve incident readiness and user confidence.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Implement and advertise a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file.
  3. Add standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options.
  4. Provide clear and accessible contact information including support emails and phone numbers.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Dussmann - Das Kulturkaufhaus
Description
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus offers books, music, sheet music and movies in the center of Berlin and in the online store. Curated by expert staff inside the building.
Key services
Books sales, Music sales, Sheet music sales, Movie sales, Events and workshops
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.7.0, Select2, Flatpickr, Google Tag Manager, Trbo plugin, Quagga barcode scanner, YellowMap API
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Secure login form with password masking and show/hide toggle
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of tokens in forms (bpmtoken)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Trbo
Marketing tools
Trbo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional cultural retail store with online presence.
  2. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found in the provided content.
  3. Secure HTTPS and standard security practices observed.
  4. No signs of malicious or suspicious content.
  5. WHOIS data is limited but does not indicate privacy protection or suspicious registration.
  6. Use of modern JavaScript libraries and tracking tools.
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  8. No social media links detected in the provided content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a custom or proprietary CMS with a modern JavaScript stack including jQuery, Select2, Flatpickr, and barcode scanning libraries. Hosting is managed via Broadspeed nameservers, indicating a professional hosting environment. Performance is moderate with preloading of CSS and JS assets. Accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels are present, enhancing usability. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured navigation. Opportunities exist to optimize loading speed and enhance security headers. The technical infrastructure supports a robust e-commerce experience but would benefit from modernization in CMS and enhanced security configurations.
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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