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Security report for thueringer-literaturtage.de

LeseZeichen e.V. · Other · Germany

High risk. 11 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

41/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Thüringer Literaturtage is a small regional cultural festival organized by LeseZeichen e.V., focusing on literature events in the Thüringen region of Germany. The website serves as an informational portal for festival programming, archival content, and organizational details. The target audience includes literature enthusiasts and regional visitors interested in cultural events. The business operates as a non-profit cultural event organizer with a modest online presence. Technically, the website uses basic web technologies including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript with jQuery, and Font Awesome icons. The site is hosted likely on a German hosting provider indicated by the nameservers. Performance and mobile optimization are basic, with no advanced CMS or frameworks detected. SEO and accessibility features are minimal but present. From a security perspective, the site lacks HTTPS enforcement and security headers, which lowers its security posture. No privacy or cookie policies are present, and no contact information is explicitly provided, which impacts privacy compliance and business credibility. No WAF or blocking mechanisms are detected, and no vulnerabilities are immediately apparent from the content. WHOIS data is minimal but consistent with a small cultural event domain. Overall, the site is functional but basic, with room for improvement in security, privacy compliance, and contact transparency. Strategic recommendations include implementing HTTPS, adding privacy and cookie policies, securing login forms, and improving contact information visibility to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

11 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

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

  2. 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
82
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
45
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
10
Average
41

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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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Thüringer Literaturtage operates as a niche cultural event organizer in the literature festival sector within the Thüringen region of Germany. Its competitive advantage lies in its regional focus and archival content offerings. The business model is non-profit, relying on event programming and community engagement. Revenue streams are likely from sponsorships, ticket sales, and cultural grants. The target customer segment includes literature fans and cultural tourists. Growth indicators are limited from the website data, but the presence of multi-year archives suggests ongoing activity. The partnership ecosystem includes social media platforms but no explicit business partners are listed. Operationally, the organization appears small and focused on event curation rather than commercial expansion.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is low to moderate. The absence of HTTPS enforcement and security headers exposes the site to potential man-in-the-middle attacks and clickjacking risks. The login page lacks visible security controls such as CSRF protection or multi-factor authentication. No privacy or cookie policies indicate compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. Incident response mechanisms and security policies are not disclosed. Data protection officer contact or vulnerability disclosure programs are absent. The security culture appears minimal, typical for small non-profit cultural sites, but improvements are necessary to protect user data and enhance trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate and enforce HTTPS redirects site-wide.
  2. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR requirements.
  3. Introduce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Secure login forms with CSRF tokens, input validation, and consider multi-factor authentication.
  5. Publish clear contact information and consider appointing a data protection officer or contact for privacy inquiries.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
LeseZeichen e.V.
Description
Thüringer Literaturtage is a literary festival organized by LeseZeichen e.V., focusing on literature events in the Thüringen region of Germany. The website provides information about the festival program, archive of past years, supporters, and team.
Key services
Literary festival programming, Event information dissemination, Archiving past festival content (videos, texts, audio plays)
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery 3.5.1, Font Awesome
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
30/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
basic
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a small regional cultural festival site focused on literature in Thüringen, Germany.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided on the main page.
  4. Social media presence is linked via Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, YouTube, and Instagram.
  5. Site uses basic web technologies with jQuery and Font Awesome.
  6. No advanced security or privacy compliance features detected.
  7. No advertising or analytics services detected.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; site content fully accessible.
  9. WHOIS data is minimal but consistent with a small cultural event.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built with basic web technologies including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. It uses Font Awesome for icons and is hosted on servers indicated by the nameservers your-server.de and second-ns domains. The site lacks a modern CMS or framework, which limits scalability and ease of content management. Performance is moderate with no explicit optimization techniques detected. Mobile responsiveness is basic but functional. SEO is minimal with meta tags present but no advanced structured data or Open Graph tags. Technical risks include outdated libraries and lack of HTTPS enforcement, which could impact user trust and search engine ranking.
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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