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Security report for vardforbundet.se

Vårdförbundet · Healthcare · Sweden

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

81/100

Risk levelLow

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

Vårdförbundet is a Swedish professional union representing midwives, biomedical analysts, radiology nurses, and nurses. The organization advocates for improved working conditions, salaries, and career development for its members. The website is professionally designed, targeting healthcare professionals in Sweden, and provides relevant content about the union's mission and activities. Technically, the site employs modern analytics tools such as Matomo and Microsoft Application Insights, and uses Cookiebot for GDPR-compliant cookie consent management. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and cookie consent blocking, though it lacks some advanced security headers and explicit security policies. The absence of visible privacy policy and terms of service pages indicates room for improvement in privacy compliance. Overall, the site is trustworthy and safe for general audiences, with no adult or questionable content detected.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 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 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

      DMARC not enforcing

      DMARC policy is set to "none"

      What to do: Gradually move to "quarantine" then "reject" policy

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  4. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

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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
90
Security headers
75
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
81

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 website positions Vårdförbundet as a key player in the Swedish healthcare union sector, focusing on advocacy and professional support for healthcare workers. Its business model revolves around member services and collective bargaining. The use of analytics and consent management tools suggests a mature digital presence. However, the lack of explicit contact information and privacy documentation may limit user trust and regulatory compliance. The site does not reveal parent or subsidiary relationships, indicating an independent organizational structure. The content quality and branding consistency support a strong market presence within its niche.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place. The use of Matomo and Microsoft Application Insights indicates active monitoring of user interactions. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security score. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The lack of a published security policy or incident response contact information suggests limited transparency in security governance. Enhancing these areas would improve the site's security maturity and user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Add advanced security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish a security policy and provide clear incident response contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  4. Consider adding a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet recognized standards and improve user experience for all visitors.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Vårdförbundet
Description
Vi är barnmorskor, biomedicinska analytiker, röntgensjuksköterskor och sjuksköterskor. Vi arbetar för bättre villkor, lön och utveckling hela arbetslivet.
Key services
Advocacy for better working conditions, Salary negotiations, Professional development support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Matomo Analytics, Microsoft Application Insights, Cookiebot Consent Management, Facebook SDK
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with blocking mode
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo Analytics, Microsoft Application Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Matomo Analytics, Microsoft Application Insights
Marketing tools
Cookiebot, Facebook SDK
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional union site for healthcare workers in Sweden.
  2. Content is in Swedish and targeted at healthcare professionals.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content provided.
  4. Cookie consent is implemented with Cookiebot and blocking mode enabled.
  5. Matomo and Microsoft Application Insights used for analytics.
  6. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages detected in the provided content.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  8. No explicit security or incident response contact information found.
  9. No WHOIS data available for the subdomain queried; likely WHOIS data exists for root domain.
  10. No WAF or blocking detected; site content is accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack including Matomo for analytics, Microsoft Application Insights for telemetry, and Cookiebot for cookie consent management. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and uses canonical URLs and Open Graph metadata for SEO and social media integration. No CMS or hosting provider information was detected from the provided content. Performance appears moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts. The site lacks some accessibility features and advanced security headers, which are areas for technical improvement. Overall, the infrastructure supports a professional and functional web presence suitable for its organizational goals.
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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