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Security report for sweden.se

Swedish Institute · Government · Sweden

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

53/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Sweden.se is the official website representing Sweden, managed by the Swedish Institute. It serves as a comprehensive platform to promote Swedish culture, innovation, education, and business internationally. The site targets a broad audience including international visitors, students, researchers, and business professionals. It provides rich content about Sweden's traditions, innovations, and opportunities, positioning itself as a trusted governmental resource. Technically, the website is built on modern frameworks such as Next.js and React, hosted with Cloudflare DNS services, and integrates analytics tools like Google Analytics and Hotjar with privacy-conscious configurations. The site demonstrates excellent design quality, mobile optimization, and accessibility, ensuring a positive user experience. Security-wise, the site enforces HTTPS, employs standard security headers, and uses cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR requirements. However, it lacks explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms, which are recommended for enhanced transparency and trust. Overall, the website is professional, secure, and credible, with minor improvements suggested in DNS security and security policy disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

10 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

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

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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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
53

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

The Swedish Institute operates sweden.se as a governmental platform to showcase Sweden's strengths in research, innovation, culture, and education. The business model is informational and promotional, supporting Sweden's international image and attracting students and business interests. The site leverages partnerships with related domains like studyinsweden.se and maintains a strong social media presence across multiple platforms. Its market position is authoritative as the official national website, providing competitive advantages through high-quality content and trusted branding. Revenue streams are indirect, likely funded by government budgets rather than commercial activities. The target customer segments include international students, researchers, tourists, and global business stakeholders. Growth indicators include continuous content updates and multimedia integration. The partnership ecosystem includes educational and cultural institutions. Strategic observations highlight the importance of maintaining high security and privacy standards to uphold trust in this official channel.

Security posture

Sweden.se exhibits a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented, contributing to a robust defense against common web threats. The use of Cloudflare DNS enhances availability and mitigates DNS-based attacks, though DNSSEC is not enabled, representing a potential area for improvement. The site respects user privacy with cookie consent and IP anonymization in analytics. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analyzed content. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms limits transparency and may hinder rapid response to security incidents. Compliance with GDPR is evident but could be strengthened with clearer data protection officer contact information. Overall, the security posture is strong but would benefit from enhanced policy disclosures and DNS security enhancements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS integrity and security.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Add explicit terms of service to clarify user rights and responsibilities.
  5. Provide clear and accessible contact information for general and security inquiries to enhance trust and communication.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Swedish Institute
Description
The official website of Sweden: where tradition meets innovation, and fika fuels inspiration – explore the ideas shaping tomorrow.
Key services
Information about Sweden, Promotion of Swedish culture, innovation, and education, Links to Study in Sweden and business resources
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Hotjar, Cloudflare DNS
Frameworks
Next.js
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with opt-in/out
  • IP anonymization for analytics
  • No exposed sensitive data detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Hotjar
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Hotjar
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official government website for Sweden with high-quality content.
  2. Comprehensive cookie consent and privacy policy in place.
  3. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on main page; contact info may be on subpages.
  4. Uses modern web technologies and analytics with privacy considerations.
  5. No security policy or incident response info publicly available.
  6. No terms of service found.
  7. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  8. Strong branding and consistent design.
  9. No adult or questionable content detected.
  10. DNSSEC not enabled; recommended for improved DNS security.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern web technologies including React and Next.js, ensuring a performant and responsive user experience. Hosting and DNS are managed via Cloudflare, providing CDN and security benefits. The site uses Google Tag Manager to manage analytics and marketing tags, integrating Google Analytics and Hotjar for user behavior insights with privacy safeguards like IP anonymization. The site demonstrates excellent mobile optimization and accessibility features. Performance is fast with efficient image loading strategies and preloading fonts. The technical infrastructure is well-maintained with no visible technical debt or deprecated libraries. Opportunities for modernization include enabling DNSSEC and expanding security policy disclosures to align with best practices.
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. 53/100Medium36 findingsView report
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