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Security report for win-nordwest.de

Other · Germany

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The domain win-nordwest.de currently serves as a redirect to wirtschaft-innovation-nordwest.de, indicating it is likely a secondary or placeholder domain related to a business or innovation network in the Nordwest region of Germany. The website itself contains minimal content, consisting solely of a frameset redirect with no additional information, policies, or contact details. This limits the ability to assess the business comprehensively. Technically, the site is hosted on German nameservers (rzone.de) and does not show signs of security blocking or WAF challenges, but lacks visible security headers, SSL details, or modern web technologies. The absence of privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies indicates poor compliance with GDPR and related regulations. Overall, the site’s security posture is weak due to minimal content and lack of security best practices. The domain appears legitimate but provides limited trust signals or business credibility.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

8 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 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. 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
65
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
58

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 appears to be a redirect domain associated with Wirtschaft Innovation Nordwest, likely a regional business or innovation network in Germany. No direct business information, contact details, or services are presented on this domain. The business model and market positioning cannot be determined from this site alone. The lack of content and policies suggests this domain is not the primary business website but may serve as a redirect or brand protection domain. No partnerships or subsidiaries are identified from the provided data.

Security posture

The security posture of the domain is minimal. There is no evidence of HTTPS enforcement or SSL certificate details, no security headers detected, and no privacy or cookie policies to indicate GDPR compliance. No incident response contacts or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present. The site does not use any detectable analytics or tracking technologies, reducing potential privacy risks but also indicating low digital maturity. The lack of security best practices and minimal content represent a low security maturity level with potential risks if the domain is used for phishing or spoofing in the future.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate to secure the domain and improve trust.
  2. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and inform users.
  3. Provide clear contact information including email and phone numbers for business credibility.
  4. Include security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options to enhance security.
  5. Consider consolidating or redirecting this domain properly to the main business site with clear branding and content.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
The website redirects to https://www.wirtschaft-innovation-nordwest.de/, indicating it is related to Wirtschaft Innovation Nordwest, likely a business or innovation network in the Nordwest region.
Content quality
poor
Branding
moderate

Technology

Performance
moderate
SEO
poor

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is minimal and consists solely of a frameset redirecting to another domain.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  3. No contact information or forms present.
  4. No scripts, analytics, or tracking technologies detected.
  5. No security headers or SSL configuration details available.
  6. WHOIS data is minimal but structured with German hosting nameservers.
  7. No signs of WAF or security blocking mechanisms.
  8. Website likely serves as a redirect or placeholder domain.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a basic HTML frameset to redirect users to another domain, with no visible scripts, forms, or modern web technologies. The nameservers indicate hosting with rzone.de, a German hosting provider. There is no evidence of CMS usage or analytics tools. The site’s performance and mobile optimization cannot be fully assessed due to minimal content. The lack of meta tags beyond basic charset and robots directives limits SEO effectiveness. The technical implementation is very basic and outdated, with no accessibility or performance optimizations detected.
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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