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Security report for score-media.de

Score Media Group · Media · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Score Media Group operates as a national marketing platform for regional media brands in Germany, focusing on regional daily newspapers, their digital and print editions, and associated advertising services. The company holds a strong market position with a portfolio of over 420 regional newspaper titles reaching 62 million readers monthly. Their business model centers on cross-media advertising solutions, combining print, online, and e-paper channels to deliver targeted campaigns for advertisers and agencies. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern frameworks like React and uses various plugins and tools such as WPBakery, Slider Revolution, and Google Analytics, indicating a mature digital infrastructure but with room for performance optimization due to high page size and load times. Security-wise, the site supports modern TLS protocols and has valid SPF records but lacks advanced security headers like HSTS and OCSP stapling, and the DMARC policy is set to none, which could expose email spoofing risks. Overall, the site demonstrates good SEO, branding consistency, and user experience but would benefit from enhanced security configurations and clearer contact information.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
18/ 100 · Critical
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

6 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.

    • 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

  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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • 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';…

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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
87
Security headers
15
Email security
65
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
18
Average
61

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 Score Media Group is positioned as a key player in the German media advertising market, leveraging a large network of regional newspapers and digital platforms. Their competitive advantage lies in their extensive reach and trusted journalistic environments, which appeal to advertisers seeking credible and effective regional targeting. The company emphasizes research-driven solutions and offers comprehensive campaign management services, including media planning and market research. Their partnership ecosystem includes domains like scoremedia.de and medien-systempartner.de, indicating collaboration with related media and hosting providers. Growth indicators include active content updates, a strong social media presence, and ongoing campaigns focused on sustainability and media diversity. The business model is primarily B2B, targeting advertisers and agencies with tailored media solutions.

Security posture

The current security posture of the Score Media Group website is moderate. The use of TLS 1.2 and 1.3 protocols and absence of known SSL vulnerabilities are positive indicators. However, the lack of HSTS and OCSP stapling reduces the robustness of HTTPS enforcement and certificate validation, potentially exposing users to man-in-the-middle attacks. The DMARC policy is set to 'none', which does not enforce email authentication, increasing the risk of phishing or spoofing attacks using the domain. No explicit security policies, incident response plans, or data protection officer contacts are published on the site, which may indicate gaps in compliance with GDPR and NIS2 requirements. The presence of reCAPTCHA v3 helps mitigate automated abuse on forms. Overall, while basic security measures are in place, there is room for improvement in email security, header configurations, and transparency of security governance.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS and protect against protocol downgrade attacks.
  2. Implement OCSP stapling to improve SSL certificate revocation checking and reduce latency.
  3. Update DMARC policy to 'quarantine' or 'reject' to prevent email spoofing and improve domain email security.
  4. Publish clear security policies and incident response procedures on the website to enhance transparency and compliance.
  5. Add explicit contact information for a Data Protection Officer or privacy contact to comply with GDPR requirements.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform enhanced with WPBakery Page Builder and Slider Revolution for content management and presentation. It uses React and jQuery libraries, indicating a hybrid approach to frontend interactivity. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are integrated for tracking and analytics, alongside reCAPTCHA v3 for bot mitigation. Hosting is provided by Ewetel, as inferred from DNS nameservers and IP addresses. The site has a large page size (~5.7 MB) and high resource count (307), resulting in slow load times (~19 seconds), which could impact user experience and SEO rankings. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design and mobile-specific assets. SEO is supported by Yoast SEO plugin and structured data (JSON-LD) for rich snippets. Performance improvements could be achieved by optimizing resource loading and reducing page weight.
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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