Studierendenwerk Ulm is a non-profit public institution dedicated to supporting the social needs of students in Ulm and surrounding academic institutions. The organization provides a broad range of services including student housing, cafeteria and food services, financial aid consulting (notably BAföG), psychosocial and legal counseling, childcare support, and services for international students. The website reflects a well-established regional leader in student social services with a clear focus on accessibility and comprehensive support.
Technically, the website is built on WordPress with common plugins such as Events Manager and AIOSEO, leveraging jQuery and RoyalSlider for interactive elements. The site is served over HTTPS with a Content-Security-Policy header, indicating a good baseline security posture. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. SEO practices are adequately implemented with proper meta tags and structured data.
Security-wise, the site benefits from HTTPS and some security headers but lacks others like HSTS and X-Frame-Options. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Privacy compliance is partial; while a comprehensive privacy policy is present, no cookie consent mechanism was found, which may pose GDPR compliance risks. Contact information is available, though no direct company emails are exposed on the site.
Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and well-aligned with its mission. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and security headers would enhance its security posture and regulatory adherence.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
28/ 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
4 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 Content-Security-Policy header
Controls resources the browser is allowed to load
What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application
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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
85
Security headers
65
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
68
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 studierendenwerk-ulm.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
Studierendenwerk Ulm operates as a regional non-profit entity focused on student welfare in the education sector within Germany. Its competitive advantage lies in its comprehensive service portfolio addressing housing, financial aid, food services, and counseling tailored to students' needs. The business model is service-oriented, funded through public contributions and student fees. The target customers are students at universities and colleges in Ulm and nearby cities. Growth indicators include digital service offerings like online housing applications and active social media engagement. The partnership ecosystem includes academic institutions and government bodies. The organization's operations emphasize social responsibility and sustainability, positioning it as a trusted community resource.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and a Content-Security-Policy header implemented. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information were found in the HTML content. However, the absence of additional security headers such as HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection indicates room for improvement. There is no visible incident response or security policy page, nor dedicated abuse or security contact emails, which could hinder rapid response to security incidents. Privacy compliance is partial, lacking a cookie consent mechanism, which is important under GDPR. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a public service website but could be enhanced to meet higher compliance and protection standards.
Recommendations
Implement a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism to ensure GDPR compliance.
Add additional security headers including Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
Regularly audit and update all plugins and third-party libraries to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Enhance accessibility features to improve inclusivity and compliance with standards.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Studierendenwerk Ulm
Description
Das Studierendenwerk Ulm sorgt für die sozialen Belange der Studierenden. Wird sind gemeinnützig und fair.
Key services
Student housing, Cafeteria and food services, BAföG and financial aid consulting, Psychosocial and legal counseling, Childcare support, International student services
Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
Content is comprehensive and well-structured for the target audience of students and academic community.
Use of WordPress CMS with common plugins and modern JavaScript libraries.
HTTPS and Content-Security-Policy header present, but additional security headers could improve posture.
No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner detected, which may be a GDPR compliance gap.
Contact information is available but no direct emails found in the HTML; phone number and social media link present.
No evidence of advertising or tracking scripts detected.
Business is a non-profit public institution focused on student welfare services in Germany.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on WordPress CMS, utilizing plugins such as Events Manager and AIOSEO for event management and SEO optimization respectively. It uses jQuery and RoyalSlider for interactive UI components. The site employs LiteSpeed Cache for performance optimization. Meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD) are well implemented, supporting SEO and rich snippets. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design elements. Performance is moderate, with potential for improvement through further optimization of assets and caching strategies. The technical stack is modern and widely supported but requires ongoing maintenance to avoid technical debt and security risks.
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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