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Security report for verbraucherportal-bw.de

Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg · Government · Germany

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

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Verbraucherportal Baden-Württemberg is an official government consumer protection portal providing comprehensive information and services related to consumer rights, food safety, animal protection, research, and education. It serves the residents of Baden-Württemberg with authoritative content and links to partner organizations. The website employs modern web technologies including jQuery, Matomo analytics, and asynchronous script loading, ensuring a good user experience and mobile optimization. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced, though there is room for improvement in security headers and explicit privacy compliance mechanisms. No signs of WAF blocking or suspicious content were detected, and the WHOIS data aligns well with the official nature of the site. Overall, the portal is trustworthy and professionally maintained, though it would benefit from clearer privacy and cookie policies.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 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

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

  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 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
67
Security headers
65
Email security
55
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
63

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

This portal is positioned as a key government resource for consumer protection in Baden-Württemberg, offering a wide range of services from consumer advice to food and product safety monitoring. Its business model is informational and service-oriented, funded and operated by the state government. The site integrates with multiple official partner domains and consumer organizations, enhancing its credibility and reach. The target audience is broad, encompassing all consumers in the region. The portal's content and partnerships indicate a mature and stable operation with a strong public service mandate.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security baseline with HTTPS and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options is a gap. No incident response or security policy information is published, which is common for government portals but could be improved for transparency. The use of Matomo analytics suggests a privacy-conscious approach compared to commercial trackers. No vulnerabilities or suspicious scripts were detected in the provided content.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a clear and comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to enhance GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement and configure security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
  3. Provide visible contact information for data protection officers and incident response contacts.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance SEO metadata with more descriptive keywords and descriptions for better search visibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg
Description
Das Verbraucherportal Baden-Württemberg bietet vielfältige Informationen rund um Verbraucherschutz, Lebensmittelsicherheit, Tierschutz, Forschung, Bildung und nachhaltigen Konsum. Es richtet sich an Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in Baden-Württemberg und informiert über Rechte, Sicherheit, aktuelle Warnhinweise und Angebote des Ministeriums.
Key services
Verbraucherberatung, Lebensmittelüberwachung, Tierschutzinformationen, Verbraucherbildung, Forschung zu Verbraucherfragen, Newsletter, Warnhinweise zu Lebensmitteln und Produkten
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.6.0, jQuery UI 1.13.1, Matomo Analytics, Altcha (anti-bot/challenge), FontAwesome, GLightbox
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of async script loading
  • No visible exposed sensitive data

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

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. Official government consumer protection portal for Baden-Württemberg
  2. Comprehensive content covering consumer rights, food safety, animal protection, research, and education
  3. Good use of HTTPS and modern JavaScript libraries
  4. No visible privacy or cookie policies found on the main page
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided content
  6. Multiple external links to official partner and related government domains
  7. No signs of adult or questionable content
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected
Technical notes

Notes

The site uses a combination of jQuery and jQuery UI libraries, along with FontAwesome for icons and GLightbox for media display. Matomo is used for analytics, indicating a preference for open-source and privacy-friendly tools. The site appears to be built on a custom or proprietary CMS platform, with resource caching and modular content blocks. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and font preloading. Accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels are implemented, contributing to a good user experience. The site is mobile optimized and uses responsive images. Hosting details are not explicit but DNS points to powerdns.de name servers, likely managed by a government or trusted provider.
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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