The Promotionsverband BW website represents an academic consortium focused on managing doctoral promotion rights for applied sciences universities in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The site provides information about the organization’s role in supervising doctoral projects through its 24 member institutions. The business model is non-profit and education-oriented, targeting academic professionals and institutions. The website is built on the Wix platform, leveraging Wix Thunderbolt framework and standard web technologies. The technical infrastructure is modern but basic, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled but lacks advanced security headers and incident response information. Privacy compliance is weak due to absence of privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but could improve in transparency and security practices.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
48/ 100 · High
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.
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
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 X-Frame-Options header
Prevents clickjacking attacks
What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"
This scan found 25 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
Daily monitoring
Recommended
€25per month
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
35
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
48
Average
64
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention promotionsverband-bw.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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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 Promotionsverband BW holds a unique position as the central body granting promotion rights to applied sciences universities in Baden-Württemberg. Its competitive advantage lies in its exclusive academic mandate and network of 24 member institutions. The business operates as a non-profit academic consortium, with revenue likely derived from institutional memberships or government funding. The target customers are academic staff and students within the member universities. The partnership ecosystem is limited to academic institutions. Growth indicators are not explicit on the site. Strategic observations suggest a focus on academic quality and legal compliance in doctoral supervision.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a basic security maturity level with HTTPS enforced, which protects data in transit. However, it lacks critical security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and others that mitigate common web vulnerabilities. No incident response or security contact information is provided, which limits readiness for security events. There are no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data, but the absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR. The security culture appears minimal, with reliance on Wix’s platform security rather than bespoke measures.
Recommendations
Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common attacks.
Publish incident response and security contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability scans, especially for third-party scripts and Wix integrations.
Enhance accessibility features and SEO optimization to improve user experience and discoverability.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Promotionsverband BW
Description
Der Promotionsverband der Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften Baden-Württemberg hat das Promotionsrecht. Forschungsstarke und -aktive Professorinnen und Professoren der 24 Mitgliedshochschulen in staatlicher oder kirchlicher Trägerschaft können Promotionsvorhaben betreuen.
Key services
Promotion rights management, Supervision of doctoral projects
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
Wix.com Website Builder, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
Frameworks
Wix Thunderbolt
Platforms
Wix
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic
Security
Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enabled
No exposed sensitive data detected
Analytics and tracking
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor
Advertising
Transparency
poor
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate
Key observations
Website is built on Wix platform with standard Wix hosting and scripts.
No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses explicitly found in the content.
No security or incident response policies or contacts are provided.
No analytics or advertising scripts detected beyond Wix standard scripts.
Content is in German language and focused on academic promotion rights.
No signs of adult or questionable content.
No WAF or blocking detected; site content is fully accessible.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on the Wix platform using Wix Thunderbolt framework, which provides a modern and responsive design. The tech stack includes standard HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript with polyfills for legacy browser support. Hosting is managed by Wix, ensuring reliable uptime and SSL certificates. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in loading times and resource management. The site lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features but maintains a clean and consistent design. Technical debt is low due to platform-managed infrastructure, but customization options are limited. Modernization opportunities include adding progressive web app features and enhanced analytics integration.
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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