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Security report for natureplus.org

natureplus e.V. · Real Estate · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

natureplus e.V. is a European non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable, climate-protecting, and health-friendly building practices through certification and collaboration. The organization operates an eco-label for sustainable building materials and actively engages with industry experts, environmentalists, and scientists across Europe. The website reflects a mature digital presence with multilingual support, regular news updates, and event announcements, positioning natureplus as a recognized authority in sustainable construction. Technically, the site is built on Webflow with modern security measures including HTTPS, Cloudflare Turnstile, and Google reCAPTCHA, ensuring a secure user experience. However, the absence of a cookie consent banner and terms of service page indicates room for improvement in privacy compliance. The WHOIS data is incomplete, which slightly impacts trust but is mitigated by the professional site content and recognized certifications. Overall, natureplus e.V. demonstrates a solid security posture and credible business presence with recommendations to enhance privacy transparency and domain registration clarity.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
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.

    • 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

  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

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: mx.mx2.zoho.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory
    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: mx.mx3.zoho.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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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
60
Email security
70
DNS health
20
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
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

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 natureplus.org, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
1
Employees
0
Customers
0
Third parties
1
Weak passwords
0%

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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

natureplus e.V. occupies a niche in the sustainable construction sector, leveraging its eco-label to influence building material choices across Europe. Its business model centers on certification, knowledge sharing, and network building among stakeholders in construction, environmental protection, and science. The organization benefits from partnerships with recognized entities such as 2050 Materials and maintains a visible presence through events and publications. The target audience includes industry professionals, environmental advocates, and consumers interested in sustainable building. Growth indicators include active news dissemination and event hosting. The partnership ecosystem is broad, encompassing manufacturers, environmental organizations, and research institutes, enhancing its market position as a trusted sustainability advocate.

Security posture

The website employs strong security practices including enforced HTTPS, modern security headers, and bot mitigation via Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analyzed content. However, the lack of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests limited transparency in security governance. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a comprehensive privacy policy but lacks cookie consent mechanisms and terms of service. The overall security maturity is good for a non-profit organization, with recommendations to formalize incident response and enhance privacy controls to meet evolving regulatory standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a visible cookie consent banner to comply with EU cookie regulations and enhance user privacy transparency.
  2. Publish a clear and accessible terms of service page outlining user rights and obligations.
  3. Create and publish a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and improve security transparency.
  4. Provide explicit incident response contact information, such as a dedicated security or abuse email address.
  5. Enhance website accessibility features to improve compliance with accessibility standards and broaden user inclusivity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
natureplus e.V.
Description
natureplus e.V. is committed to change in the construction industry, focusing on climate-protecting and health-friendly building and living with sustainable building materials and methods. It offers an eco-label for certified sustainable building materials and brings together experts from various sectors across Europe.
Key services
Eco-label certification for building products, Networking and collaboration platform for sustainable construction experts, Information dissemination via news, articles, events, and product database
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Webflow CMS, Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, Weglot (multilingual support)
Platforms
Webflow
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile for bot protection
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google reCAPTCHA
Marketing tools
Mailchimp (newsletter subscription)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed with clear focus on sustainable building and eco-labeling.
  2. Content is multilingual with language selector supporting EN, DE, FR, NL, IT, ES.
  3. Multiple events and news articles indicate active community engagement.
  4. No visible phone numbers or physical addresses found in the provided content.
  5. Contact email found in newsletter form failure message: info@natureplus.org
  6. No cookie consent banner detected despite EU presence.
  7. No terms of service page detected.
  8. Use of modern web technologies and security best practices observed.
  9. WHOIS data is incomplete or blocked, limiting domain trust verification.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Webflow CMS, leveraging modern front-end technologies and third-party services such as Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile for security. Multilingual support is enabled via Weglot, enhancing accessibility for a European audience. Hosting appears to be managed through Webflow with Cloudflare providing additional security and performance optimization. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and SEO practices, though performance is moderate likely due to rich media content. Technical debt is minimal with no deprecated libraries detected. Opportunities exist to improve privacy compliance and accessibility. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the organization's mission effectively with room for incremental improvements.
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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