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Security report for neos.eu

NEOS · Government · Austria

High risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

43/100

Risk levelHigh

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

NEOS is a well-established Austrian political party with a strong digital presence and comprehensive content about its programs, members, and activities. The website is professionally designed, mobile-optimized, and provides clear navigation and rich information for its target audience. Technically, the site uses modern frontend technologies such as Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS, and integrates marketing and analytics tools like Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity. However, the security posture is weakened by the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, which poses a significant risk to user data and trust. Privacy compliance is generally good, with a clear privacy policy and GDPR consent mechanisms in the newsletter form, but lacks a visible cookie consent banner. Overall, the site is credible and trustworthy but requires urgent security improvements to protect visitors and maintain compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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

5 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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Security headers
90
Email security
50
DNS health
80
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
0
Average
43

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

NEOS operates as a political party focused on liberal values in Austria, engaging citizens through membership, donations, events, and information dissemination. It maintains a network of affiliated organizations such as JUNOS and UNOS, and partners with European political groups like ALDE. The business model revolves around political representation and public engagement rather than commercial revenue. The website supports this with extensive content, social media integration, and calls to action for involvement. The party's market position is solid within Austrian politics, with representation in national and European parliaments. The digital infrastructure supports outreach and transparency, key to political trust and growth.

Security posture

The website demonstrates some security best practices through HTTP headers like Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection. However, the lack of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols critically undermine the security posture, exposing users to risks such as data interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. The absence of HSTS enforcement and OCSP stapling further weakens the HTTPS implementation. No explicit incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, which limits transparency in security management. The site should prioritize fixing SSL/TLS issues and consider publishing security policies to enhance trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and correctly configure a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or 1.3.
  2. Enable and enforce HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload options.
  3. Implement OCSP stapling to improve certificate validation performance and security.
  4. Add a visible cookie consent banner to comply fully with GDPR cookie requirements.
  5. Publish a security policy and vulnerability disclosure page to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern tech stack including Alpine.js for interactivity, Tailwind CSS for styling, and Glide.js for sliders. It uses TYPO3 CMS as inferred from code references. Performance metrics indicate slow loading, possibly due to large images and many external resources. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format. External integrations include social media widgets and marketing tools like HubSpot and Mailjet. Hosting is via IP 162.55.158.153 with DNS managed by easyname.eu. Technical debt is low, but SSL/TLS misconfiguration is a critical risk that needs immediate remediation.
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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