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Security report for sozialversicherung.at

Österreichische Sozialversicherung · Government · Austria

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website sozialversicherung.at serves as the official portal for the Austrian social insurance umbrella organization, providing comprehensive information and online services for insured persons, healthcare providers, employers, and international stakeholders. It holds a strong market position as the primary governmental social insurance entity in Austria, offering key services such as benefit information, health programs, and digital services. The content is well-structured, professionally presented, and targets a broad audience within the Austrian social insurance ecosystem. Technically, the site uses a combination of Apache server, Jakarta Faces framework, jQuery 3.6.0, and a Gentics CMS backend. It integrates Piwik PRO for analytics and tag management. However, performance appears slow with no resource count data, and while mobile optimization and accessibility are good, the SSL/TLS configuration is critically deficient with no valid certificate and no TLS protocols enabled, severely impacting security posture. Security-wise, the site implements a detailed Content Security Policy and sets secure cookie flags but lacks a valid SSL certificate, HSTS, and modern TLS support. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are publicly visible. Privacy compliance is strong with clear cookie and privacy policies and consent mechanisms. Contact information is available primarily via physical address and contact forms, with no explicit company emails or phone numbers found. Overall, the site is a credible and authoritative government portal but requires urgent security improvements, especially regarding SSL/TLS deployment, to ensure user trust and data protection. Strategic recommendations include obtaining a valid SSL certificate, enabling modern TLS protocols, and enhancing security headers and incident response visibility.

Scanned

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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

4 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

    • 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

  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"

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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
50
Security headers
50
Email security
92
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
18
Average
66

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

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention sozialversicherung.at, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
1,045
Employees
0
Customers
941
Third parties
104
Weak passwords
21%

10 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The Austrian social insurance umbrella organization operates as a large government entity focused on providing social insurance services and information. Its business model centers on public service delivery rather than commercial revenue generation. The portal supports insured individuals, healthcare providers, and employers with online services and information. The organization maintains partnerships with various Austrian social insurance carriers and health service providers, as reflected in linked domains. Growth indicators include ongoing digitalization efforts and public health campaigns. The organization leverages a mature CMS and analytics platform to manage content and user engagement. The portal's market position is strong as the official national social insurance resource, with a consistent brand and trust signals such as official social media presence and comprehensive legal disclosures.

Security posture

The current security posture is moderate to weak. While the site uses secure cookie flags and a comprehensive Content Security Policy, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols represent critical vulnerabilities that expose users to potential interception and data compromise. The lack of HSTS and OCSP stapling further weakens transport security. No public incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies were found, indicating limited transparency in security management. The site does not expose sensitive data or vulnerable libraries visibly, but the SSL/TLS misconfiguration is a major risk. Privacy compliance is well addressed with cookie consent and privacy policies. Overall, the site requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues and enhancement of security best practices to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable secure HTTPS connections.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable legacy protocols to enhance transport security.
  3. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload directives.
  4. Publish a clear vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency.
  5. Regularly audit and update security headers and cookie settings to align with best practices.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on an Apache server using Jakarta Faces (JSF) framework and jQuery 3.6.0 for frontend scripting. It employs a Gentics CMS backend, inferred from image URLs. Piwik PRO is used for analytics and tag management, indicating a focus on privacy-compliant user tracking. The site uses chunked transfer encoding and multiple CSS and JS resources loaded via the CMS. Performance metrics are missing but inferred slow. Mobile optimization and accessibility are good, with responsive images and ARIA labels. The SSL/TLS configuration is critically lacking, with no valid certificate and no TLS protocols enabled, which is a significant technical risk. The site has a comprehensive Content Security Policy allowing many trusted domains. Overall, the technical infrastructure is mature but requires urgent security upgrades and performance optimization.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 81/100Low24 findingsView report
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