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Security report for staufen.ag

Staufen AG · Manufacturing · Germany

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

77/100

Risk levelLow

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

Staufen AG is an internationally recognized consulting firm specializing in Operational Excellence with a strong focus on Lean Management and performance improvement across various business sectors. The company operates globally with subsidiaries in multiple countries and is a part of Accenture, enhancing its market position and credibility. Their service offerings include operational excellence, supply chain management, digital transformation, leadership development, and sustainability consulting. The website reflects a professional and well-structured digital presence, leveraging WordPress CMS with advanced SEO and multilingual capabilities. Technical infrastructure is modern and supports mobile optimization and accessibility effectively. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, though explicit security headers and vulnerability disclosure policies are absent. WHOIS data is unavailable, likely due to privacy protection, which is common for consulting firms. Overall, the website and business demonstrate high professionalism, trustworthiness, and compliance with privacy standards, though improvements in transparency and security documentation are recommended.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 100 · Low
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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  1. 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.

    • Medium

      Missing X-XSS-Protection header

      Legacy XSS protection (deprecated but still recommended)

      What to do: Add "X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block"

    • Medium

      Missing Permissions-Policy header

      Controls browser features and APIs

      What to do: Implement a Permissions-Policy to restrict feature access

      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Permissions-Policy: accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), cross-origin-isolated=(),…
  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Medium

      Privacy policy may not be GDPR compliant

      Privacy policy lacks explicit GDPR compliance elements

      What to do: Update privacy policy to explicitly address GDPR requirements and user rights

  3. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  4. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • Medium

      SSL Certificate Expires Within 90 Days

      SSL certificate expires in 40 days

      What to do: Plan SSL certificate renewal

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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
95
Security headers
70
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
88
Average
77

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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Total records
1
Employees
0
Customers
0
Third parties
1
Weak passwords
0%

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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

Staufen AG holds a strong market position as a top-tier consulting firm in operational excellence, supported by its affiliation with Accenture. The company targets medium to large enterprises seeking to optimize manufacturing and supply chain processes. Their business model combines consulting services with educational programs through their academy, offering seminars, training, and certifications. The firm maintains a broad international footprint with dedicated regional websites, indicating a strategic global expansion. Trust signals include ISO 27001 certification and active social media engagement. The absence of direct contact emails and phone numbers on the main site suggests a controlled communication approach, likely funneling inquiries through contact forms. The company’s partnership ecosystem includes Accenture and regional subsidiaries, reinforcing its competitive advantage and operational scale.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and a comprehensive cookie consent banner aligned with GDPR requirements. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security hardening. No evidence of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries was found. The absence of a published security policy, incident response plan, or vulnerability disclosure program limits transparency and preparedness communication. WHOIS privacy protection is used, which is justified for this business type but reduces domain registration transparency. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by adopting additional security headers and publishing formal security documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service to improve transparency and compliance.
  2. Add standard security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Publish a security policy and incident response information, including a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file.
  4. Provide clear contact information for the Data Protection Officer or privacy contact to strengthen GDPR compliance.
  5. Improve WHOIS data transparency if possible, or provide domain registration details on the website for trust enhancement.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Staufen AG
Description
Die Staufen AG ist eine internationale Top-Unternehmensberatung für Operational Excellence, fokussiert auf Lean Management & Ergebnisverbesserung in allen Unternehmensbereichen.
Key services
Operational Excellence, Lean Management, Supply Chain Network Management, Performance Improvement & Strategy Execution, Digital & Smart Enterprise, Leadership Excellence, Organizational and Personnel Development, Sustainability Consulting
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO Premium, jQuery, Cookielaw.org Consent SDK, WPML Multilingual CMS
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
excellent

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent banner implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data detected

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Cookielaw.org
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO, WPML
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. WHOIS data is unavailable or malformed, limiting domain registration transparency.
  3. Strong branding and consistent professional design.
  4. Comprehensive cookie consent mechanism implemented.
  5. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service found in provided content.
  6. Contact information is available via contact form but no direct emails or phone numbers found in HTML.
  7. Social media presence is active and linked.
  8. Website uses modern CMS (WordPress) with SEO and multilingual plugins.
  9. Security headers are not explicitly detected; HTTPS is enforced.
  10. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS, utilizing Yoast SEO Premium for search engine optimization and WPML for multilingual support, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. The use of jQuery and cookie consent SDKs from cookielaw.org reflects standard web technologies for interactivity and privacy compliance. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility considerations. Performance is moderate, with potential for improvement in loading speed and resource optimization. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified. The technical stack supports a professional user experience but could benefit from modern JavaScript frameworks and enhanced 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 84/100 +24Low21 findingsView report
  2. 60/100Medium24 findingsView report
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