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Würth Österreich · Retail · Austria

High risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

48/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Würth Österreich operates a comprehensive B2B e-commerce platform targeting trade professionals and businesses in Austria. The website offers a wide range of industrial and professional products alongside specialized services such as consulting, digital tools, and engineering support. The company is positioned as a market leader with a strong brand presence and multiple customer engagement channels including social media and mobile apps. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies and a professional CMS, providing a good user experience and mobile optimization. However, the security posture is weakened by an invalid SSL certificate and lack of TLS protocol support, which poses risks to data confidentiality and user trust. Privacy compliance is generally good with accessible policies, but lacks a visible cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the site is professional and credible but requires urgent security improvements to protect users and maintain trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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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
0
Security headers
55
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
48

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 business model focuses on B2B retail and service provision, leveraging an online shop integrated with various digital services and customer support tools. Würth Österreich benefits from the backing of the Würth Group, enhancing its market credibility. The company targets professional customers exclusively, as indicated by login requirements and disclaimers. The website integrates multiple marketing and analytics tools, indicating a mature digital marketing strategy. The presence of specialized services and engineering solutions suggests diversification beyond simple product sales. The company maintains a strong social media presence and provides extensive contact options, supporting customer engagement and trust.

Security posture

The website implements several security headers and a content security policy, which are positive indicators. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols critically undermine the security posture, exposing users to potential interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. The lack of OCSP stapling and session resumption further reduces SSL/TLS efficiency and security. No explicit incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are found, which could impact transparency and trust. The site uses secure cookie flags but does not provide a cookie consent mechanism, which may affect GDPR compliance. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS securely.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Implement HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS.
  4. Add a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with GDPR cookie requirements.
  5. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve transparency and incident response.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Würth Handelsges.m.b.H.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the FirstSpirit CMS platform and uses Bootstrap 4 for responsive design, jQuery for scripting, and Slick Carousel for sliders. It integrates Piwik PRO and Google Tag Manager for analytics and marketing. The site is mobile optimized with responsive images and adaptive layouts. Performance data is missing, but the site appears moderately fast. Accessibility features are basic but present. SEO is supported by meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Hosting details are limited but DNS records and server headers indicate a stable infrastructure. The main technical risk is the invalid SSL configuration, which affects security and 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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