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Security report for utopieundalltag-digital.de

Museum Utopie und Alltag Digital · Non-profit · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Museum Utopie und Alltag Digital is a German non-profit digital museum platform that collects and showcases personal stories, comments, and photographs related to museum objects, initially focusing on the theme of travel. The platform encourages community engagement and collective memory creation through user-generated content. The website is bilingual (English and German) and provides educational and cultural content aimed at a general audience interested in heritage and history. Technically, the website is built using modern web technologies including React and Next.js, with a WordPress backend serving content via API. It is hosted on Amazon AWS infrastructure, uses Matomo for privacy-conscious analytics, and implements GDPR-compliant cookie consent mechanisms. The site is mobile-optimized and has good SEO and accessibility basics. From a security perspective, the website enforces HTTPS, includes standard security headers, and does not expose sensitive data or use vulnerable libraries. However, it lacks explicit security or incident response policies and does not provide vulnerability disclosure information. Privacy compliance is strong with a clear privacy policy and cookie consent. Overall, the website presents a trustworthy, professional, and secure platform for cultural heritage engagement. Recommendations include adding terms of service, security policies, and a vulnerability disclosure page to enhance transparency and trust further.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 100 · High
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

7 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
77
Security headers
20
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
60

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

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Leaked records that mention utopieundalltag-digital.de, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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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

The platform operates in the non-profit cultural heritage sector, targeting individuals interested in museum collections and personal histories. Its business model revolves around digital community engagement and crowdsourced storytelling. The site leverages partnerships with cultural foundations such as the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. The platform's niche positioning and focus on user participation provide competitive advantages in the digital museum space. Revenue streams are likely grant-based or institutional funding rather than commercial. Growth potential exists in expanding thematic collections and user base. The partnership ecosystem includes cultural institutions and digital service providers.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforcement, comprehensive security headers, and privacy-respecting analytics. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates room for improvement in transparency and readiness. GDPR compliance is evident, but the site could benefit from publishing a data protection officer contact. Overall, the security culture appears adequate for a non-profit cultural platform but should evolve to meet best practices for incident handling and disclosure.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response page to improve transparency and preparedness.
  2. Implement a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  3. Enhance accessibility features to meet higher standards and improve inclusivity.
  4. Add a terms of service page to clarify user rights and platform rules.
  5. Consider publishing data protection officer contact information to strengthen GDPR compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Museum Utopie und Alltag Digital
Description
A digital platform collecting personal stories, comments, and photographs related to objects in a museum collection, focusing initially on the theme of Travel.
Key services
Digital collection of museum objects, User story and photo submissions, Educational content about objects and themes
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Next.js, Matomo Analytics, AWS DNS
Frameworks
Next.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Security headers present
  • Cookie consent implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a digital museum platform focused on collecting user stories about objects.
  2. Content is well-structured and multilingual (English and German).
  3. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found; contact via form only.
  4. No terms of service or explicit security policy pages found.
  5. Cookie consent and privacy policy are implemented and GDPR compliant.
  6. Uses Matomo for analytics, indicating privacy-conscious tracking.
  7. Hosted on AWS with multiple AWS DNS servers.
  8. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
  9. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack with React and Next.js for frontend rendering and WordPress as a headless CMS backend. Hosting on AWS provides scalable and reliable infrastructure. The use of Matomo analytics aligns with privacy-conscious data collection. Performance is moderate with deferred JavaScript loading and responsive design. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and multilingual support. Technical debt appears low, but the site could improve accessibility and add more comprehensive security-related metadata. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the platform's goals effectively with room for incremental improvements.
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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