Starthaus Bremen is a regional consulting and support organization focused on assisting startups and entrepreneurs in Bremen and Bremerhaven. The website provides comprehensive information about consulting services, financing options, mentoring programs, and a rich calendar of events designed to support business founders and growing companies. The platform positions itself as a central hub for startup support in the region, emphasizing free consultations and a strong network of partners. Technically, the website uses a modern tech stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and FontAwesome, built on the SixCMS content management system. Accessibility features such as text zoom and high contrast modes are implemented, enhancing usability. However, explicit privacy and cookie policies are not found, and no security headers or incident response information are present, indicating areas for improvement in security and compliance. Overall, the website is professional and content-rich, but could benefit from enhanced security posture and privacy compliance to strengthen trust and regulatory adherence.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
40/ 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 24 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
77
Security headers
50
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
65
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 starthaus-bremen.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for starthaus-bremen.de right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The business operates as an important regional entity providing essential startup and business consulting services. Its market position is that of a trusted regional hub with partnerships including BAB Bremen and EFRE Bremen, which enhance its credibility and resource network. The business model revolves around advisory, coaching, financing facilitation, and event hosting, targeting founders and entrepreneurs primarily in the Bremen and Bremerhaven areas. The presence of detailed event calendars and success stories indicates active engagement with the startup ecosystem. Revenue streams likely include public funding and service contracts, though not explicitly stated. The company demonstrates consistent branding and a clear focus on supporting early-stage and growing businesses.
Security posture
The website currently lacks visible security headers and explicit security policies, which reduces its security maturity level. No SSL/TLS configuration details were provided, but the site is accessed via HTTPS as indicated by canonical URLs. There is no evidence of vulnerability disclosure or incident response mechanisms, which are important for handling security incidents and building user trust. The absence of privacy and cookie policies also indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. While no critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content, the security posture is moderate and could be significantly improved by implementing standard security headers, clear privacy policies, and incident response contacts.
Recommendations
Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact information.
Verify and enhance SSL/TLS configuration to ensure strong encryption and security.
Include clear and verified contact information including company emails and phone numbers to improve business credibility and user trust.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Starthaus Bremen
Description
Starthaus Bremen offers comprehensive startup and business consulting services, supporting founders and entrepreneurs in Bremen and Bremerhaven. They provide free consultations, coaching, financing options, and access to a strong startup network.
Website is a regional startup and business consulting platform for Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Content is comprehensive with detailed event calendar and success stories.
No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the main page content.
No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the provided HTML snippet.
Accessibility features are implemented (text zoom, high contrast, sign language links).
No security headers or explicit security policies detected in the provided data.
No analytics or tracking scripts explicitly identified.
No advertising or marketing tools detected.
WHOIS data is minimal but domain name matches website branding.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on SixCMS and uses common frontend libraries such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and FontAwesome, indicating a standard and maintainable tech stack. The site includes accessibility features and is mobile optimized, contributing to good user experience. Performance is moderate, with no explicit performance metrics available. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data, enhancing social media sharing and search engine visibility. However, the absence of analytics tools and marketing technologies suggests limited data-driven marketing and user behavior tracking. Technical risks include missing security headers and lack of visible security best practices, which could expose the site to certain web-based attacks or compliance issues.
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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