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Security report for visitduesseldorf.de

Visit Düsseldorf · Hospitality · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Visit Düsseldorf operates as the official tourism portal for the city of Düsseldorf, Germany, providing comprehensive information on sightseeing, events, shopping, culture, and booking services such as tours and hotels. The website targets tourists and visitors, offering a well-structured and professionally designed platform with multilingual support. Technically, the site is built on the Neos CMS with the Flow PHP framework, hosted behind Cloudflare for performance and security. It employs modern web technologies including hCaptcha and Usercentrics for consent management. Security posture is strong with HTTPS, security headers, and no visible vulnerabilities, though privacy policy and terms of service are missing, which are important for compliance and transparency. Overall, the site is trustworthy and well-positioned in the hospitality sector.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
40/ 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. 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"

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  • 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
65
Security headers
15
Email security
55
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
57

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 visitduesseldorf.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
2
Employees
0
Customers
2
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains affected

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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 website serves as a key marketing and service channel for Düsseldorf's tourism sector, promoting city attractions, events, and services like the DüsseldorfCard. Its business model revolves around tourism promotion and facilitating bookings, targeting leisure travelers and cultural tourists. The presence of partner domains related to health tourism and souvenir sales indicates a diversified partnership ecosystem. The site’s consistent branding and professional content support a strong market position as an official city tourism resource. Growth potential lies in expanding digital services and improving compliance transparency.

Security posture

The site demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, comprehensive security headers, and integration of consent management for cookies. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analyzed content. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represents a compliance gap and potential risk in incident handling. The use of Cloudflare DNS and CDN adds a layer of protection against common web threats. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by formalizing security governance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a clear and accessible privacy policy page linked in the website footer.
  2. Add terms of service to clarify user rights and obligations.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  4. Provide contact information for a data protection officer or privacy contact.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards and improve inclusivity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Visit Düsseldorf
Description
Tourism and city guide website providing information about sightseeing, events, shopping, culture, and booking options in Düsseldorf.
Key services
City guides, Event calendar, Booking for tours and hotels, DüsseldorfCard sales
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
PHP, JavaScript, hCaptcha
Frameworks
Neos CMS, Flow PHP Framework
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security headers
  • Consent management platform for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Usercentrics CMP
Marketing tools
Localize translation service
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website uses Neos CMS with Flow PHP framework.
  2. Content is in German with English alternate language available.
  3. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service found in main navigation or footer.
  4. Cookie consent managed by Usercentrics CMP.
  5. Contact phone number prominently displayed in multiple locations.
  6. No email addresses or contact forms explicitly found in provided HTML snippet.
  7. Social media presence includes LinkedIn link.
  8. Use of hCaptcha script detected but no visible forms in provided HTML snippet.
  9. Good SEO metadata and Open Graph tags present.
  10. No suspicious or malicious scripts detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack centered on Neos CMS and the Flow PHP framework, supported by Cloudflare for DNS and CDN services. It integrates third-party services such as Usercentrics for cookie consent and hCaptcha for bot protection. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and lazy loading images for performance. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Some scripts and stylesheets are loaded asynchronously to improve load times. There is room for improvement in accessibility and formal documentation of privacy and security policies.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 59/100 +2Medium36 findingsView report
  2. 57/100Medium35 findingsView report
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