The Opferschutzportal Nordrhein-Westfalen is a government-supported online portal dedicated to providing victims of violence and crime in North Rhine-Westphalia with access to relevant support and counseling services. The portal offers comprehensive information on various forms of violence, emergency contact numbers, and a search function to locate nearby counseling centers. It also provides a privacy-focused mobile app with stealth features to protect users. The website is professionally designed, accessible, and multilingual, targeting victims, their families, and professionals in the field.
Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10.4.4, utilizing modern JavaScript libraries and privacy-conscious analytics (Matomo with disabled cookies). It demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices. The site enforces HTTPS and uses cookie consent mechanisms, though some security headers are not explicitly detected.
From a security perspective, the portal shows a strong posture with encrypted connections and minimal tracking, but could improve by implementing additional security headers and publishing incident response contacts. The WHOIS data is privacy protected or unavailable, which is justified given the sensitive nature of the portal's purpose. Overall, the site is trustworthy, secure, and professionally maintained.
Strategically, the portal serves an essential public service role, with a clear focus on victim support and protection. It maintains strong trust signals through official branding and links to government and recognized organizations. The portal's privacy and security features align well with its mission to protect vulnerable users.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
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.
Email security
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Critical
No email authentication configured
Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing
What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately
High
No SPF record found
SPF helps prevent email spoofing
What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"
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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
72
Security headers
80
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
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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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The portal occupies a niche within the government and non-profit sector, focusing on victim protection and support services in a specific German federal state. Its competitive advantage lies in its official backing, comprehensive content, and privacy-focused tools such as the stealth app. The business model is informational and service-oriented, likely funded by public resources. The target audience includes victims of various violence forms, their relatives, and professionals. Growth indicators include multilingual support and digital app offerings. Partnerships with police, helplines, and victim organizations enhance its ecosystem. The portal's operations emphasize accessibility, privacy, and user safety, positioning it as a trusted regional resource.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, privacy-respecting analytics, and cookie consent mechanisms. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options suggests room for improvement. The lack of published incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is a gap in transparency. Overall, the portal balances user privacy and security well but should enhance header policies and incident communication to strengthen defenses and compliance.
Recommendations
Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Publish a security.txt file or dedicated vulnerability disclosure policy to facilitate responsible reporting.
Add explicit incident response contact information on the website for transparency and readiness.
Conduct regular audits of third-party scripts and dependencies to ensure no vulnerabilities are introduced.
Enhance monitoring and logging to detect and respond to potential security incidents promptly.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Opferschutzportal Nordrhein-Westfalen
Description
Das Portal bietet Opfern von Gewalt oder Kriminalität passende Unterstützungs- und Beratungsangebote in Nordrhein-Westfalen, sowohl lokal als auch online.
Key services
Beratungsstellensuche, Informationen zu Gewaltformen, Unterstützungsangebote, Notfallnummern, App mit Tarnfunktion
Cookie consent banner with disableCookies in Matomo
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Use of privacy-friendly analytics (Matomo with disabled cookies)
Analytics and tracking
Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Matomo Analytics
Transparency
good
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a government-supported victim protection portal for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Content is comprehensive, multilingual, and includes accessibility features.
No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
WHOIS data is privacy protected or unavailable, common for official portals.
Uses privacy-conscious analytics and cookie consent mechanisms.
No security headers detected in HTML but HTTPS is enforced.
No contact emails explicitly found in HTML; contact form and phone numbers are available.
No social media links detected.
Multiple emergency and support phone numbers are prominently listed.
App installation with stealth/tarnish features is offered for user privacy.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a modern Drupal CMS platform (version 10.4.4) with a well-structured front-end using jQuery, Splide slider, and lazy loading via bLazy. It integrates Matomo analytics configured to disable cookies, reflecting a privacy-conscious approach. The site is multilingual and includes accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA roles. Performance is moderate with deferred and async script loading. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. No hosting provider details were found in the content. The technical stack is robust for a government portal but could benefit from enhanced security headers and incident response mechanisms.
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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