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Security report for wirtschaftswissen.de

wirtschaftswissen Financial Publishing Group · Education · Germany

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

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

wirtschaftswissen.de is a German-language business knowledge and compliance information platform operated by wirtschaftswissen Financial Publishing Group. The website provides legally sound answers to business questions, current court rulings, expert guides, newsletters, webinars, and a shop for business-related products. It targets business professionals, HR managers, employers, and entrepreneurs seeking practical and legal business advice. The platform is positioned as a reputable source of business knowledge in the German market with a medium-sized operation. Technically, the website is hosted on Amazon AWS infrastructure, uses WordPress CMS, and employs modern web technologies including JavaScript, CSS, and FriendlyCaptcha for bot protection on forms. The site is mobile-optimized with good navigation and SEO practices, though accessibility features are basic. Performance is moderate with no major issues detected. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses CAPTCHA to protect form submissions. However, it lacks visible security headers and does not publish privacy, cookie, or incident response policies in the analyzed content. No contact information for data protection officers or incident response teams is found. There are no detected vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data, but privacy compliance is weak due to missing policies. Overall, wirtschaftswissen.de presents a professional and trustworthy business information platform with good content quality and technical implementation. The main risks relate to privacy compliance and security policy transparency. Strategic improvements in these areas would enhance trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
45/ 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

6 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 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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  • 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
82
Security headers
40
Email security
85
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
45
Average
69

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 wirtschaftswissen.de, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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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

wirtschaftswissen.de operates as a content publishing business focused on providing business and legal knowledge to German-speaking professionals. Its business model includes offering free newsletters, expert guides, webinars, and a commercial shop. The company targets a niche audience of business decision-makers and HR professionals, leveraging practical legal insights and compliance updates as competitive advantages. The use of structured data and professional branding supports market credibility. Hosting on AWS and use of WordPress indicate a scalable and maintainable infrastructure. The absence of explicit privacy and security policies suggests room for maturity in compliance and governance. No direct partnerships or subsidiaries are identified from the data. The platform's growth potential lies in expanding content offerings and improving compliance transparency.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security posture with HTTPS enabled and CAPTCHA protection on forms, reducing risks from data interception and automated abuse. However, the absence of security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, limiting transparency and preparedness. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies, which may expose the business to regulatory risks under GDPR. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. Overall, the security maturity is adequate for a content site but requires enhancements in policy publication and header implementation to strengthen defenses and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies clearly accessible from the website footer or main menu.
  2. Implement and configure security headers including Content Security Policy, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Add incident response and vulnerability disclosure information with dedicated contact channels.
  4. Provide clear contact information including data protection officer details to improve compliance and trust.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet recognized standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
wirtschaftswissen Financial Publishing Group
Description
Rechtssichere Antworten auf Ihre Business-Fragen, Informationen zu aktuellen Gerichtsurteilen, Fach-Ratgeber
Key services
Business guides, Legal and compliance information, Newsletters, Webinars, Shop for business-related products
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, CSS, FriendlyCaptcha
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of CAPTCHA (FriendlyCaptcha) on forms

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
BA (business_ads)
Marketing tools
FriendlyCaptcha
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge
  2. Content is in German and focused on business knowledge and compliance
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages found in the provided HTML
  4. Newsletter form uses FriendlyCaptcha for bot protection
  5. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the visible content
  6. Use of structured data (JSON-LD) for organization branding
  7. External links mostly to subdomains and related services
  8. No social media links detected in the provided content
  9. No security headers detected in the HTML content
  10. No visible security or incident response policies
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS hosted on Amazon AWS infrastructure, leveraging modern web technologies such as JavaScript and CSS. It uses FriendlyCaptcha for bot protection on newsletter forms, indicating attention to automated abuse prevention. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good SEO meta tags. Performance is moderate with no critical technical debt observed. However, the lack of security headers and privacy policy pages indicates areas for technical and compliance improvement. The site could benefit from enhanced accessibility features and more robust security configurations to reduce risk and improve user trust.
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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