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Banque Cantonale Vaudoise · Finance · Switzerland

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

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) operates a professional online magazine focused on the economy of the Vaud canton in Switzerland. The website provides financial market commentary, investment strategies, regional economic news, and entrepreneurship insights targeted at residents and businesses in the region. BCV leverages this platform to engage its audience with relevant financial content and maintain its position as a leading regional bank. The site is well-branded, consistent, and offers subscription options including RSS feeds and email notifications. Technically, the website is built on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS, utilizing modern JavaScript libraries and Adobe Launch for tag management. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. The site uses HTTPS and includes monitoring scripts from Dynatrace, but lacks visible security headers and explicit cookie consent mechanisms. From a security perspective, the site shows good practices such as secure forms and no exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure information. The WHOIS data confirms the domain's legitimacy and consistency with the bank's identity, supporting a high trust level. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and content-rich, but could improve its privacy compliance and security posture by adding cookie consent, security headers, and incident response information.

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

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.

    • 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, LinkedIn

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

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
75
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
73

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

BCV is a well-established financial institution serving the Vaud canton with a strong regional presence. The website acts as a content marketing tool to inform and engage customers and stakeholders about economic and financial topics relevant to the region. The business model focuses on providing value-added content to support its banking services and maintain customer loyalty. The company benefits from consistent branding, professional content authorship, and active social media channels. No subsidiaries or parent companies are explicitly mentioned. The site’s content and structure indicate a mature digital presence with room for enhanced privacy and security transparency.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, and no sensitive data is exposed in the HTML. The use of secure POST forms is positive. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security posture. There is no visible security policy or incident response contact information, which is a compliance gap. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file is present. The site uses third-party monitoring and tag management tools, which require careful configuration to avoid privacy issues. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be significantly improved with better transparency and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and display a comprehensive cookie consent banner to comply with privacy regulations.
  2. Add standard security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  4. Create and maintain a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to ensure privacy compliance and minimize user tracking.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Description
Magazine and information portal focused on the economy of the Vaud canton, providing articles on markets, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and regional economic insights.
Key services
Financial market commentary, Investment strategy insights, Regional economic news, Subscription to RSS and email notifications
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Adobe Launch, Dynatrace Ruxit agent, FontAwesome icons
Frameworks
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS usage implied by canonical and og:url (https)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with POST method

Analytics and tracking

Services
Dynatrace Ruxit, Adobe Launch
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Dynatrace Ruxit agent, Adobe Launch
Marketing tools
Adobe Launch
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional financial magazine for the Vaud canton.
  2. Content is well-structured and regularly updated with articles.
  3. Contact information is clearly provided via email and search forms.
  4. Social media presence on Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Facebook.
  5. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners detected.
  6. No visible security policy or incident response information.
  7. Uses Adobe Experience Manager CMS and Dynatrace for monitoring.
  8. No signs of suspicious or malicious content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager, a robust enterprise CMS platform, indicating a mature technical infrastructure. It uses modern JavaScript libraries and Adobe Launch for tag management, supporting flexible marketing and analytics integration. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and includes SEO-friendly meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization. Accessibility features are basic but present. The technical stack is solid but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and privacy controls to align with best practices and regulatory requirements.
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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