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Security report for stihl.com

STIHL Vertriebszentrale AG & Co. KG · Manufacturing · Germany

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

89/100

Risk levelLow

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

STIHL Vertriebszentrale AG & Co. KG operates a professional and comprehensive website serving as the international portal for their power garden tools business. The company is a global leader in manufacturing battery-driven and motorized garden tools such as chainsaws and brush cutters. Their website reflects a mature digital presence with clear branding, extensive product information, and multiple social media channels. Technically, the site leverages modern web technologies including Adobe Experience Manager, Google Tag Manager, and various analytics tools, ensuring good performance and user experience. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforcement and consent-based cookie management, although explicit security headers could be improved. The WHOIS data is unavailable or privacy protected, which is unusual but likely intentional for a brand of this size. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and well-optimized for its audience.

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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. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Medium

      DNSSEC Not Enabled

      DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

      What to do: Enable DNSSEC to prevent DNS spoofing attacks

      • CAPEC-142
      • RFC 4033
      • RFC 4035

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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
100
Security headers
70
Email security
90
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
89

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

STIHL holds a strong market position as a manufacturer of power garden tools targeting professional landscapers, forestry workers, and consumers. Their business model focuses on manufacturing and global distribution. The website supports this with detailed product information and dealer login portals. The company maintains a consistent brand image and engages customers via multiple social media platforms. The absence of WHOIS data is a minor anomaly but does not detract from the company's credibility. The site’s technical infrastructure indicates investment in digital maturity and customer engagement tools, supporting growth and market reach.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security foundation with HTTPS and privacy-compliant cookie consent mechanisms. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options suggests room for enhancement. Incident response contacts or security policies are not prominently available, which could be improved to bolster transparency and readiness. Overall, the security posture is good but could benefit from formalized security disclosures and enhanced header configurations.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce comprehensive security headers including CSP, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  4. Enhance WHOIS transparency if possible to improve domain trustworthiness perception.
  5. Continue to maintain and update privacy and cookie consent mechanisms to ensure ongoing GDPR compliance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
STIHL Vertriebszentrale AG & Co. KG
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
STIHL Vertriebszentrale AG & Co. KG
Description
STIHL Group is a world-leading manufacturer of battery-driven and motorized power garden tools including chainsaws, brush cutters, and more.
Key services
Manufacture and sale of chainsaws, Brush cutters, Battery-driven power garden tools
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Adobe I/O Runtime, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, trbo, Cookielaw.org, Helix RUM
Frameworks
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Platforms
Web desktop, Windows OS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager and consent denied for ad and analytics storage by default

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Adobe Helix RUM
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
trbo, trkkn
Marketing tools
trbo, trkkn
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 challenge
  2. Content is professionally presented with comprehensive business info
  3. Strong presence of privacy and cookie policies with consent management
  4. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools
  5. No security policy or incident response contact explicitly found
  6. WHOIS data is missing or unavailable, which is unusual but not uncommon for large brands
  7. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager, leveraging modern JavaScript frameworks and cloud hosting infrastructure. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. The use of Google Tag Manager and analytics tools indicates a mature approach to data-driven marketing and user behavior analysis. Technical debt appears low, but improvements in security header implementation and explicit performance optimizations could further enhance the site. The infrastructure supports scalability and global reach, aligning with the company's large enterprise status.
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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