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Security report for low-impact-farming.info

Pan Europe · Other · Belgium

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.low-impact-farming.info is an advocacy and informational platform operated by Pan Europe, a non-profit organization focused on promoting sustainable agriculture practices, specifically low impact farming and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) across Europe. The site provides educational resources, policy position papers, and multimedia content to support pesticide reduction and environmentally friendly farming methods. It targets farmers, policymakers, environmental advocates, and the general public interested in sustainable agriculture. The business model is centered on advocacy and education rather than commercial sales, positioning itself as a niche player in the European sustainable agriculture sector. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10 CMS, leveraging modern web technologies including Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for user tracking and AddToAny for social sharing. The site is mobile optimized with good accessibility and SEO practices, though performance is moderate. The technical infrastructure appears maintained and up to date, but lacks some advanced security headers and formal privacy/cookie policies. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and anonymizes IPs in analytics, but does not implement key security headers or publish security policies or incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The absence of privacy and cookie policies represents a compliance gap, especially under GDPR. WHOIS data is unavailable due to privacy protection, which is reasonable for this non-profit entity. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved with better policy transparency and technical controls. The overall risk assessment is low to moderate. The site is legitimate and trustworthy for its advocacy purpose but should enhance privacy compliance and security best practices to strengthen user trust and regulatory adherence. Strategic recommendations include publishing privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms, implementing security headers, adding a security.txt file, and improving incident response visibility.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • 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

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

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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
40
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
50

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

Pan Europe operates as a small-sized non-profit advocacy organization focused on sustainable agriculture and pesticide reduction in Europe. Its market positioning is niche, targeting stakeholders interested in environmental farming practices and EU agricultural policy reform. The organization leverages partnerships with entities like PAN UK and receives funding from the EU Life programme and charitable foundations. Its business model is educational and advocacy-driven, with no direct commercial transactions. The website serves as a knowledge hub with multimedia content and policy papers, supporting growth in sustainable farming adoption. The partnership ecosystem includes EU institutions and environmental NGOs, enhancing credibility and reach.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and IP anonymization in analytics. However, it lacks critical security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security, which are important for mitigating common web attacks. There is no published security policy or incident response information, and no vulnerability disclosure mechanism like security.txt. Privacy compliance is incomplete due to missing privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms. These gaps could expose the organization to regulatory risks and reduce user trust. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found, indicating a generally safe environment but with room for improvement in security governance and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with explicit user consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement essential security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Create and publish a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and improve incident response readiness.
  4. Enhance visibility of security policies and incident response contacts on the website to build user trust.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities and improve performance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Pan Europe
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Pan Europe
Description
Low Impact Farming is an approach where farmers work with nature using ecosystem-based methods that require more knowledge and labor per hectare than chemical input-based farming. The site demonstrates existing low impact farming systems across Europe and presents PAN Europe’s position papers advocating for EU policy changes to support these systems that deliver both market products and public goods.
Key services
Information dissemination on low impact farming, Policy advocacy for sustainable agriculture, Educational resources including videos and PDFs, Promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, AddToAny sharing module, jQuery Migrate
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • IP anonymization in Google Analytics

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
AddToAny sharing
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is focused on sustainable agriculture and pesticide reduction advocacy.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
  4. WHOIS data is unavailable, indicating privacy protection.
  5. Use of modern CMS (Drupal 10) and standard analytics tools.
  6. Contact information is present but limited to email and phone in footer.
  7. No explicit security policies or incident response information published.
  8. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  9. Social media presence is active with official PAN Europe accounts linked.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, indicating a solid technical foundation. It uses standard web technologies including Google Analytics and Tag Manager for tracking, and AddToAny for social sharing. The site is mobile responsive and accessible, with good SEO meta tags and structured navigation. Performance is moderate, likely due to multiple external scripts and media content. There is no indication of outdated or vulnerable libraries, but the absence of security headers suggests some technical debt in security hardening. Hosting provider details are not disclosed. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business goals but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and performance optimizations.
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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