The website www.woman.at/balance is a professional online magazine focused on mindful lifestyle topics including health, spirituality, and personal development, targeting a primarily female German-speaking audience in Austria. It offers content such as columns, podcasts, guides, and events curated by Kristin Pelzl-Scheruga and others. The site is part of a larger media group, likely VGN Medien Holding GmbH, indicating a strong market position in Austrian women's media. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Next.js, React, and integrates advertising and analytics services such as Adition and Fathom Analytics. The site is well-optimized for mobile and SEO, with good design and navigation clarity. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and some security best practices, though explicit security policies and headers could be improved. Privacy compliance is basic with a cookie consent mechanism but lacks visible privacy and terms of service pages. No direct contact information or incident response contacts are found, which could be improved for trust and compliance. Overall, the site is trustworthy, professional, and safe for general audiences.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
45/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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
4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
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
72
Security headers
80
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
45
Average
74
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
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Dark web exposure
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
WOMAN.AT operates as a large media entity in Austria, focusing on women's lifestyle content. Its business model revolves around content publishing, advertising, subscriptions, and events. The site leverages partnerships within the VGN media group, enhancing its market reach and credibility. The target customers are women interested in health, mindfulness, and lifestyle topics. The presence of podcasts and newsletters indicates diversified content delivery channels. Advertising and retargeting via Adition and Criteo suggest monetization through programmatic ads. The brand maintains consistent and professional content, supporting strong market positioning. Growth opportunities include expanding digital offerings and improving privacy transparency to meet evolving regulatory requirements.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a good security baseline with enforced HTTPS and domain verification via Facebook meta tags. It uses standard advertising and analytics scripts, which are common but require ongoing monitoring to avoid vulnerabilities. The absence of explicit security headers like CSP or X-Frame-Options is a gap that could be addressed to enhance protection against common web attacks. No sensitive data exposure or vulnerabilities were detected in the analyzed content. Privacy compliance is partial, with cookie consent implemented but lacking detailed privacy and security policies. Incident response mechanisms and security contact channels are not visible, which is a compliance and trust concern. Overall, the security posture is adequate but can be improved by formalizing policies and enhancing header configurations.
Recommendations
Publish comprehensive privacy and terms of service pages prominently linked on the site.
Implement and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Provide clear contact information including security incident response and data protection officer contacts.
Regularly audit third-party scripts and advertising networks for security and privacy compliance.
Enhance accessibility features and conduct periodic security assessments to maintain a strong security posture.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
WOMAN.AT
Description
Kolumne, Podcast & Ratgeber von Kristin Pelzl-Scheruga mit spannenden Gästen: Themen: Ganzheitliche Gesundheit, Spiritualität, Persönlichkeits-Entwicklung. Inspirationen zum Hören und Leben.
Website is a professional media publication focused on women's lifestyle and mindful living.
Content is in German, targeting Austrian or German-speaking audience.
No signs of malicious or suspicious activity detected.
Advertising and tracking scripts are present but standard for media sites.
No explicit privacy or terms of service pages found in the provided content.
Social media presence is active with Instagram and Facebook links.
No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML content.
Site uses modern web technologies and frameworks.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built using modern web technologies, primarily Next.js and React, enabling server-side rendering and good SEO performance. It uses a variety of web fonts and integrates third-party services for analytics (Fathom) and advertising (Adition, Criteo). The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and preloading of critical assets. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in script loading and caching. The absence of a detected CMS suggests a custom or proprietary content management solution. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party scripts which require continuous monitoring for vulnerabilities. Overall, the technical infrastructure is robust and supports the business needs effectively.
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.
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