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Security report for permaculture.ch

Association Permaculture Romande · Non-profit · Switzerland

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Association Permaculture Romande is a Swiss non-profit organization dedicated to promoting permaculture practices in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. The website serves as a community hub offering news, events, educational resources, and a directory for permaculture practitioners. The organization targets individuals passionate about sustainable agriculture and ecological design, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. Technically, the website is built on Ruby on Rails with modern front-end components and uses Piwik/Matomo for analytics, reflecting a moderate level of digital maturity. Security measures include HTTPS and CSRF protection, but lack advanced security headers and published policies. Privacy compliance is limited due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, but could improve in privacy transparency and security hardening.

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

8 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, Google APIs

      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
52
Security headers
65
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
67

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 association operates as a small regional non-profit focused on community engagement and education in permaculture. Its business model revolves around membership, event organization, and resource sharing rather than commercial sales. The website's active news and event sections indicate ongoing community involvement and growth potential. The lack of explicit contact emails or phone numbers suggests a preference for controlled communication channels, possibly to reduce spam. The use of open-source and self-hosted analytics aligns with privacy-conscious values. No partnerships or subsidiaries are evident from the data, indicating an independent operation. The association's market position is niche but important within the sustainable agriculture and ecological community in Switzerland.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security posture. HTTPS is enforced, and CSRF tokens are implemented in forms, which are positive indicators. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents a missed opportunity to enhance protection against common web attacks. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response policies are published, which could hinder timely security issue reporting and resolution. The use of Piwik/Matomo analytics suggests some privacy awareness, but the lack of privacy and cookie policies reduces compliance with GDPR and related regulations. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a non-profit informational site but should be improved to align with best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with explicit consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement standard security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to enhance web security.
  3. Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact to improve security transparency and readiness.
  4. Add explicit company contact emails and phone numbers to improve communication and trust.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and dependencies to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Association Permaculture Romande
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Association Permaculture Romande
Description
L’association Permaculture Suisse Romande a été constituée par des passionnés de permaculture pour rassembler, partager et relier les permaculteurs et les permacultrices de la région romande.
Key services
Community networking, Educational events and workshops, Resource sharing, Permaculture map and directory, Forum for discussions
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Ruby on Rails, CKEditor, Google Fonts, Piwik/Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • CSRF tokens present in forms

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik/Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik/Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges
  2. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap
  3. Contact information is limited to postal address and newsletter form; no emails or phone numbers explicitly listed
  4. Use of Piwik/Matomo analytics indicates some privacy-conscious tracking
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found
  6. Content is well structured and relevant to permaculture community
  7. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a Ruby on Rails framework with a custom CMS and uses CKEditor for content editing. It loads Google Fonts and Material Icons for UI styling and uses Piwik/Matomo for analytics tracking. The site is mobile responsive with good navigation clarity and consistent branding. Performance is moderate, with no major issues detected. Accessibility features are basic but present. SEO optimization is basic, with proper meta tags but no advanced structured data or Open Graph tags detected. Hosting provider details are not explicitly available. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid for a small non-profit but could benefit from enhanced SEO and accessibility 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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