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Security report for orientation.ch

SDBB | CSFO · Education · Switzerland

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

orientation.ch is the official Swiss portal dedicated to providing comprehensive information on professional, university, and career orientation. It serves a broad audience including students, job seekers, educators, parents, and foreigners in Switzerland. The portal offers extensive resources such as apprenticeship place searches, profession databases, training offers, career planning tools, and multilingual support, positioning itself as a key educational resource in Switzerland. Technically, the website employs modern JavaScript libraries including Zepto.js and Piwik analytics for user tracking, with a custom CMS likely tailored for the Swiss educational sector. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, ensuring a positive user experience. Security-wise, the site enforces HTTPS and uses secure login forms with anti-CSRF tokens, though explicit security headers and privacy policies are not evident in the provided content. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professionally maintained but would benefit from publishing clear privacy, cookie, and incident response policies to enhance compliance and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    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

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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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
55
Email security
100
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
75

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

The portal operates as a public educational service under the Swiss government or affiliated bodies (SDBB | CSFO), focusing on career and educational guidance. Its market position is strong as the official source for orientation information in Switzerland, supported by multilingual content and extensive coverage of professions, training, and employment sectors. The business model is informational and service-oriented, likely funded by public resources. The site integrates partner domains for career services and language-specific portals, indicating a collaborative ecosystem. Growth indicators include a large volume of content and active user engagement tools such as questionnaires and video resources. The portal targets a wide demographic, including students at various education levels, professionals, and foreigners, enhancing its reach and impact.

Security posture

The website maintains a good security posture with HTTPS enforced and secure login mechanisms including anti-CSRF tokens. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options suggests room for improvement. There is no visible incident response or vulnerability disclosure information, which is a gap in security transparency. The use of Piwik analytics indicates moderate user tracking, but no cookie consent mechanism was found, which may impact GDPR compliance. Overall, the security maturity is solid but could be enhanced by adopting additional headers and publishing security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with explicit GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Implement a cookie consent banner or mechanism to inform users and obtain consent for tracking.
  3. Add and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Provide clear incident response and vulnerability disclosure contact information on the website.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and analytics tools to ensure no vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
SDBB | CSFO
Description
Le portail officiel suisse d’information de l’orientation professionnelle, universitaire et de carrière. Pour toutes les questions concernant les places d’apprentissage, les professions et les formations.
Key services
Search for apprenticeship places, Search for professions, Search for training and education, Career planning tools, Information for foreigners, Professional portraits, Job and employment guidance
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Zepto.js, jQuery (fallback), RoyalSlider, Piwik Analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • Secure login form with anti-CSRF token
  • No outdated or vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik
Marketing tools
Piwik Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a comprehensive official Swiss portal for career and educational orientation.
  2. Content is multilingual with strong focus on French, German, Italian, and other languages.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies explicitly found in the provided HTML content.
  4. Secure login form present with anti-CSRF token.
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  6. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  7. Use of Piwik analytics indicates moderate user tracking.
  8. No advertising networks detected; site appears non-commercial and informational.
  9. Navigation is clear with extensive menu structure covering professions, education, and employment.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a custom CMS with JavaScript libraries including Zepto.js and RoyalSlider for UI components, and Piwik for analytics. It supports multiple languages and is optimized for mobile devices with responsive design. The site structure is complex with deep navigation menus covering a wide range of educational and career topics. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of analytics scripts. Accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA roles are implemented, enhancing usability. SEO is supported by meta tags, Open Graph tags, and canonical links. There is no indication of a commercial CMS like WordPress or Drupal, suggesting a tailored solution. Hosting details are not explicit in the content. Overall, the technical infrastructure is robust but could benefit from performance optimization and enhanced security configurations.
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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