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Security report for oekolandbau.de

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) · Government · Germany

Medium risk. 2 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.oekolandbau.de is a comprehensive, government-backed information portal dedicated to organic farming and bio-food in Germany. It is operated under the auspices of the Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) and supported by the Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat (BMLEH). The portal offers extensive educational content, market updates, research findings, and regional initiatives to promote sustainable and organic agriculture. Its target audience includes consumers, farmers, educators, researchers, and policymakers interested in organic agriculture and bio-food sectors. The site is well-branded, consistent, and trusted due to its government affiliation and authoritative content. Technically, the website is built on TYPO3 CMS with Yoast SEO integration and uses Matomo for privacy-conscious analytics. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, with a moderate performance profile. It employs HTTPS with good SSL configuration and includes a cookie consent mechanism respecting Do Not Track signals. However, explicit security headers and published security policies are absent, representing an area for improvement. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices such as secure form handling and no exposed sensitive data. The privacy policy and cookie consent are comprehensive and GDPR compliant. No vulnerabilities or suspicious content were detected. The WHOIS data aligns with the website's government nature, though DNS servers are managed by third parties, which is not uncommon for government sites. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile with strong business credibility and privacy compliance. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing incident response information, and adding a vulnerability disclosure policy to further strengthen trust and security posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

2 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

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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
85
Security headers
90
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
74

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
3
Employees
0
Customers
3
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

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 portal serves as a key informational and educational resource in the organic agriculture sector in Germany, backed by government institutions. Its market position is authoritative, providing value through research dissemination, certification guidance, and regional bio initiatives. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on public service and sector support. The site fosters partnerships with related government bodies and promotes sustainable agriculture practices. Growth indicators include regular content updates and interactive tools. The absence of direct commercial activities or advertising aligns with its government-funded nature.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with HTTPS enforcement, privacy-respecting analytics, and cookie consent mechanisms. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces its defense-in-depth. No incident response or security contact information is published, which could delay response to security events. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found in the analysis. Compliance with GDPR is evident through privacy policies and consent management. Overall, the site is secure but could benefit from enhanced security policies and headers.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection to improve defense-in-depth.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy page and provide clear incident response contact channels to enhance transparency and readiness.
  3. Create and maintain a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Continue to monitor and update privacy and cookie consent mechanisms to maintain GDPR compliance and user trust.
  5. Consider adding direct contact information such as official emails or phone numbers for business and security inquiries to improve accessibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
Description
Informationsportal providing knowledge about organic farming, bio-food, market developments, research, education, and regional bio initiatives in Germany.
Key services
Information dissemination, Research publication, Education and training, Bio-certification guidance, Regional bio initiatives promotion
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, Yoast SEO for TYPO3, Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism with Do Not Track respect
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure form submission (search form uses GET with no sensitive data)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a comprehensive government-backed information portal on organic farming and bio-food in Germany.
  2. Content is well structured, multilingual (German and English), and regularly updated.
  3. Strong privacy and cookie consent mechanisms are implemented.
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found; contact is via a dedicated contact page.
  5. No explicit terms of service page detected.
  6. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  7. Use of TYPO3 CMS and Matomo analytics indicates modern and privacy-conscious technology choices.
  8. No advertising or affiliate marketing detected.
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
  10. Good accessibility features including skip navigation links and language options.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the TYPO3 CMS platform, leveraging Yoast SEO for search engine optimization and Matomo for analytics, reflecting a modern and privacy-conscious technology stack. The site uses compressed CSS and JS assets for performance optimization and includes accessibility features such as skip navigation links and language alternates. Hosting details are not explicit but likely involve German government infrastructure. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly with canonical and hreflang tags. Performance is moderate, with room for improvement in loading speed and security headers. No deprecated or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content.
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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