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Security report for schule-baden.ch

Volksschule Baden · Education · Switzerland

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in Network security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

46/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Volksschule Baden is a public educational institution serving the Baden community in Switzerland, providing comprehensive kindergarten, primary, and secondary education services. The website is professionally designed using TYPO3 CMS and offers detailed information about school organization, educational offers, agendas, and contact details. The target audience includes parents, students, educators, and local residents. The institution holds a stable market position as a local government education provider with key services including school social work, youth projects, and extracurricular activities. Technically, the website employs a modern CMS (TYPO3) and integrates Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for user tracking. The site is mobile-optimized with good navigation and design quality. However, it lacks visible privacy and cookie policies and does not implement a consent mechanism, which impacts privacy compliance. Security posture is good with HTTPS enforced and secure form handling, but no advanced security headers or vulnerability disclosure policies are present. Overall, the website is trustworthy and professionally maintained, with clear contact information and consistent branding. The absence of privacy and cookie policies and security headers are notable gaps. There are no signs of malicious content or blocking mechanisms, and the domain registration data aligns well with the website's public education purpose. Strategic recommendations include implementing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms, adding security headers, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and enhancing accessibility features to improve compliance and security posture.

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

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MySQL

      Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

  2. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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';…

  3. 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

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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
62
Security headers
35
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
35
Average
46

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 · found on this site
  • 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

Volksschule Baden operates as a public education provider under the city of Baden, Switzerland. Its market positioning is stable within the local government education sector, focusing on kindergarten through secondary education. The business model is non-commercial, funded by public resources, targeting families and the local community. The website reflects a well-structured partnership ecosystem with links to city services and educational networks. Growth indicators are not explicit but the site shows ongoing updates and community engagement. The institution benefits from trust signals such as official domain usage, clear contact details, and professional content presentation.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and secure form submissions. However, it lacks several security best practices such as security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options), a published security policy, and incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of a vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file indicates limited transparency in security incident handling. GDPR compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies and lack of consent mechanisms. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a public informational site but could be improved to meet higher compliance and security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance.
  2. Add cookie consent mechanisms to inform and obtain user consent for tracking.
  3. Deploy security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection.
  4. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  5. Enhance website accessibility features to meet recognized standards and improve user experience for all visitors.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Volksschule Baden
Description
Volksschule Baden is a public educational institution providing kindergarten, primary, and secondary education services in Baden, Switzerland. The website offers information about school organization, educational offers, agendas, contact details, and related services such as school social work and youth projects.
Key services
Kindergarten and primary education, Secondary education (Sekundarstufe I), School social work, Youth projects, Extracurricular activities such as sports and music, Regional special educational offers
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Foundation CSS framework, Font Awesome icons, JavaScript
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS, Foundation
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure forms with POST method

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

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 on the site.
  3. Contact information is clearly provided including email, phone, and physical address.
  4. Uses modern CMS TYPO3 with professional design and navigation.
  5. Includes Google Analytics and Tag Manager for tracking but lacks visible cookie consent mechanisms.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found.
  7. No social media links detected in the provided content.
  8. Content is in German language targeting local community in Baden, Switzerland.
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on TYPO3 CMS, a mature and widely used content management system, combined with the Foundation CSS framework and Font Awesome icons for UI elements. It integrates Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking. The site is mobile responsive and has a clear navigation structure. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of analytics scripts. No deprecated or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided HTML. The site lacks advanced SEO metadata such as Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data. Hosting provider details are not explicitly available from the content. Overall, the technical implementation is solid but could benefit from enhanced SEO and 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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