The website www.ps-los-sparen.de represents a regional lottery savings product offered by the Sparkassen financial institutions in Hessen and Thüringen, Germany. The business model combines savings with lottery participation, offering cash and prize draws while supporting social projects. The site targets local savers and lottery participants, positioning itself as a trusted regional financial service with strong branding consistency aligned with the Sparkassen group. Technically, the site is built on Concrete CMS with modern frontend technologies including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Vue.js. It employs Matomo analytics for privacy-conscious user tracking and integrates a cookie consent mechanism, reflecting a mature digital infrastructure. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and privacy-respecting analytics, though explicit security headers and published security policies are absent. The site is accessible without WAF or blocking mechanisms and shows no signs of malicious content or vulnerabilities. Overall, the website demonstrates good content quality, technical implementation, and business credibility, suitable for its regional financial service role.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
68/ 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
3 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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 Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
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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
100
Security headers
30
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
71
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 ps-los-sparen.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 business operates within the finance sector, specifically targeting lottery savings products in Hessen and Thüringen. It leverages the trusted Sparkassen brand to attract customers interested in saving with the added benefit of lottery participation. Revenue streams likely include lottery ticket sales with a portion allocated to savings and social projects, enhancing community goodwill. The site’s partnership ecosystem includes regional Sparkassen and related financial service providers. The business model is well-established in the regional market, with clear competitive advantages in brand recognition and social responsibility. Growth indicators include digital engagement through the website and interactive features such as the Sparkassen search widget. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance direct customer contact channels and publish comprehensive security and compliance policies to strengthen trust further.
Security posture
The website exhibits a good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and use of Matomo analytics to minimize privacy risks. Cookie consent is implemented, supporting GDPR compliance. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options represents a gap in defense-in-depth. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are published, which could hinder rapid response to security events. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analysis. The site’s security posture is appropriate for its business type but could be improved by adopting additional security best practices and transparency measures. Compliance with GDPR is indicated but not fully documented on the site.
Recommendations
Implement and publish a comprehensive security policy including incident response contacts.
Add security headers such as CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection.
Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
Enhance contact information availability, including dedicated security and support emails.
Continue to monitor and update third-party libraries and frameworks to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Sparkassen in Hessen und Thüringen
Description
Das PS-Los-Sparen ist ein Lotterieangebot der Sparkassen in Hessen und Thüringen, bei dem ein Teil des Lospreises gespart wird, und der andere in die Lotterie fließt. Es werden Bargeldpreise und Sachpreise verlost und soziale Projekte unterstützt.
Key services
Lotterie mit Sparanteil, Verlosung von Bargeld- und Sachpreisen, Unterstützung sozialer Projekte
Website is a regional lottery savings product by Sparkassen in Hessen and Thüringen.
Uses Concrete CMS with modern frontend technologies.
Implements privacy-respecting analytics and cookie consent.
No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on main page.
No explicit security or incident response policies published.
No terms of service page detected.
Good accessibility and mobile optimization observed.
No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on Concrete CMS, a robust content management system, combined with modern frontend technologies including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Vue.js. It uses Matomo for analytics, emphasizing privacy. Hosting appears to be managed by the Sparkassen Finanzgruppe, ensuring regional control and reliability. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). The site integrates a cookie consent mechanism via CookieFirst, supporting compliance. Technical risks are minimal but could be reduced further by adding security headers and improving incident response readiness. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business needs effectively with room for modernization in security practices.
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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