Best Western Plus Atrium Hotel Ulm is a 4-star hospitality business located in Ulm, Germany, offering accommodation, meeting facilities, gastronomy, and local city guide services. The website targets travelers and business guests seeking mid-range hotel services with event hosting capabilities. The business operates under the reputable Best Western brand, enhancing its market position and trustworthiness.
Technically, the website employs standard web technologies including JavaScript, CSS, and Google Analytics with IP anonymization, indicating a moderate level of digital maturity. The site is moderately optimized for mobile devices and SEO, with a clean navigation structure and professional content presentation.
From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and anonymizes IP addresses in analytics, but lacks visible security headers, cookie consent mechanisms, and published security policies or incident response information. No vulnerabilities or malicious content were detected, but improvements are recommended to enhance compliance and security posture.
Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and functional with room for improvement in privacy compliance and security best practices to reduce risk and increase user trust.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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
5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
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
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
77
Security headers
70
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
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 meinbestwesternulm.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
The hotel operates in the hospitality sector, focusing on accommodation and event hosting in Ulm, Germany. It leverages the Best Western brand to attract a broad customer base including tourists and business travelers. Revenue streams likely include room bookings, event space rentals, and gastronomy services. The presence of a rewards program indicates customer retention efforts. The website's partnership with Best Western Central Europe and a hotel shop suggests a broader ecosystem engagement. Growth indicators include online booking capabilities and multilingual support. The business model is service-oriented with a focus on quality guest experience and event facilitation.
Security posture
The current security maturity is moderate. HTTPS is enforced and Google Analytics is configured with IP anonymization, which are positive indicators. However, the absence of cookie consent banners, security headers (such as CSP, HSTS), and published security or incident response policies represent compliance gaps, especially under GDPR and NIS2 frameworks. No vulnerability disclosures or security.txt files were found, limiting transparency. The site does not expose sensitive data or show signs of vulnerabilities. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not visible, suggesting areas for improvement to enhance resilience and trust.
Recommendations
Implement a visible cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance user trust.
Add essential security headers like Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, and X-Frame-Options.
Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
Introduce a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility to improve user experience and compliance.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Best Western Plus Atrium Hotel
Description
Das 4-Sterne Best Western Plus Atrium Hotel Ulm bildet den perfekten Ausgangspunkt für Ihre Reise. Wenige Minuten zur Innenstadt, zur Autobahn und optimal erreichbar mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln.
Key services
Hotel accommodation, Meeting and conference rooms, Gastronomy, Event arrangements, City guide and local activities
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
Google Analytics, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
Anonymize IP in Google Analytics
Force SSL in analytics
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic
Advertising
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
Content is professionally presented in German language targeting hotel guests.
Contact information is clearly provided including email, phone, and physical address.
No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners detected, which is a compliance gap.
Use of Google Analytics with IP anonymization is a positive privacy practice.
No visible security headers or advanced security policies published.
No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
Website uses Best Western branding consistently.
No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website uses a custom or proprietary CMS platform associated with Best Western. It employs standard web technologies including HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, with Google Analytics for tracking. Performance is moderate with basic mobile responsiveness. SEO is well addressed through meta tags and structured navigation. There is no evidence of modern JavaScript frameworks or advanced backend technologies. The site could benefit from performance optimization and enhanced accessibility features. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified but name servers suggest a German hosting environment.
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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