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Security report for vellinge.se

Vellinge kommun · Government · Sweden

High risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

46/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Vellinge kommun operates as the official municipal government website for Vellinge municipality in Sweden, providing residents, businesses, and visitors with access to a wide range of public services and information. The site offers digital self-service options, event calendars, news updates, and contact channels, positioning itself as a key local government resource. The website is professionally designed with consistent branding and clear navigation, targeting local community members and stakeholders. Technically, the site leverages a modern technology stack including Episerver CMS, Google Analytics, Matomo, Hotjar, and Google Tag Manager, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. Mobile optimization and accessibility are well addressed, ensuring a good user experience across devices. The site uses HTTPS and includes cookie consent mechanisms, reflecting compliance with privacy regulations. From a security perspective, the website demonstrates good practices such as HTTPS enforcement and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, it lacks explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms, which are recommended for enhanced security posture. Analytics usage is moderate with multiple tracking tools, and privacy compliance is basic but present. Overall, Vellinge kommun's website is a trustworthy and professional government portal with solid technical foundations and good content quality. Strategic improvements in security transparency and policy disclosures would further strengthen its risk profile and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  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 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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  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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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
0
Security headers
40
Email security
55
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
46

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

Vellinge kommun holds a stable position as a local government authority serving the Vellinge municipality in Sweden. Its business model focuses on providing public services and information digitally to residents and businesses. The website supports digital transformation initiatives with self-service portals and real-time information such as event calendars and environmental monitoring (e.g., bathing water temperature). The municipality leverages partnerships with analytics and engagement providers like Matomo and Vergic Engage to enhance user interaction and data insights. The presence of social media channels indicates active community engagement. The site’s content and services reflect a focus on transparency, accessibility, and community support, which are critical for public sector trust and effectiveness. Growth indicators include ongoing projects and plans highlighted on the site, suggesting active municipal development. The website’s integration of multiple digital tools and compliance with GDPR reflects a commitment to modernization and regulatory adherence.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and no apparent exposure of sensitive information. Cookie consent is implemented, supporting privacy compliance. However, the absence of security headers and explicit security or incident response policies indicates room for improvement. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, which are best practices for transparency and responsible vulnerability management. The use of multiple third-party analytics and engagement scripts introduces potential privacy and security considerations, though no vulnerable libraries or direct issues were detected in the provided content. The site would benefit from publishing a dedicated security policy, incident response contacts, and implementing security headers to enhance protection against common web threats. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a government website but could be elevated with additional transparency and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  2. Implement and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Create and maintain a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Review and minimize third-party tracking scripts to enhance user privacy and reduce attack surface.
  5. Regularly audit and update all web technologies and scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Vellinge kommun
Description
Vellinge kommun is a municipal government website providing information and services to residents, businesses, and visitors of Vellinge municipality in Sweden.
Key services
Self-service digital services, Information on municipal plans and projects, Event calendar, Contact and support services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Matomo Analytics, Hotjar, Google Translate, Vergic Engage (chat/engagement), Episerver Find (search), PSPlugin (visitor engagement)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Matomo, Hotjar
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo, Hotjar
Marketing tools
Vergic Engage
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a municipal government portal for Vellinge municipality in Sweden.
  2. Content is in Swedish with some multilingual support via Google Translate.
  3. Cookie consent is implemented with a visible banner and acceptance form.
  4. Contact information is clearly provided in the footer including phone, email, and physical addresses.
  5. No explicit terms of service or security policy pages found.
  6. Multiple analytics and tracking tools are used, including Google Analytics, Matomo, and Hotjar.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page detected.
  8. Site uses HTTPS and modern web technologies with good mobile optimization.
  9. No signs of WAF or content blocking detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Episerver (Optimizely) CMS platform, utilizing modern JavaScript libraries and third-party services for analytics (Google Analytics, Matomo), user engagement (Vergic Engage), and user behavior tracking (Hotjar). The presence of Google Tag Manager facilitates flexible tag management. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels. Performance appears moderate with preloading of CSS and asynchronous loading of scripts. SEO is supported by canonical tags, meta descriptions, and Open Graph metadata. The site uses Google Translate for multilingual support. No major technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected in the HTML content. Hosting provider details were not explicitly found, but the use of CDN services and cloud analytics suggests a modern hosting environment. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a stable and user-friendly municipal website.
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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