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Security report for zurich.ch

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd · Finance · Switzerland

Medium risk. 3 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS and GDPR outside view.

Security score

51/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd operates a comprehensive and professionally designed website targeting private and corporate customers in Switzerland. The company offers a broad range of insurance products including car, contents, travel, life, and retirement savings insurance. The website demonstrates strong market positioning with trust indicators such as high customer satisfaction ratings and employer awards. Technically, the site uses modern technologies including Sitecore CMS, Azure hosting, and Imperva CDN, with good mobile optimization and SEO practices. However, the security posture is weakened by an invalid or missing SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, which are critical issues that must be addressed urgently. Privacy compliance is well handled with comprehensive policies and cookie consent mechanisms. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional but requires immediate SSL/TLS remediation to ensure secure user interactions.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 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

3 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

      Unable to retrieve SSL certificate

      Could not establish secure connection to retrieve certificate information

      What to do: Check if the server is accessible and SSL/TLS is properly configured

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

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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
80
Email security
50
DNS health
50
Network security
85
GDPR outside view
43
Average
51

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

Zurich Insurance is a leading enterprise in the finance sector, focusing on insurance services for private individuals and corporate clients in Switzerland. The business model revolves around providing tailored insurance products and digital customer portals to enhance user experience. The company maintains a strong partnership ecosystem including portals like MyVita and MyZurichInvest, and media partnerships that reinforce its market presence. Growth indicators include extensive content offerings and digital engagement via social media. The company’s operations reflect a mature and stable market position with a focus on sustainability and customer trust.

Security posture

The website implements several modern security headers such as HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options, indicating awareness of security best practices. However, the SSL certificate is invalid or missing, and no TLS protocols are enabled, which severely compromises secure communications. There is no OCSP stapling or session resumption configured, reducing performance and security. No explicit incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are found, which could be improved to enhance security culture and transparency. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires urgent fixes to SSL/TLS configuration to protect user data and maintain trust.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately fix and renew the SSL certificate to ensure HTTPS is properly enabled.
  2. Enable TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 protocols to support modern secure connections.
  3. Implement OCSP stapling to improve certificate validation performance.
  4. Enhance HSTS header to include subdomains and preload for stronger security enforcement.
  5. Publish explicit security and incident response policies to improve transparency and readiness.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technology stack including Sitecore CMS, hosted on Microsoft Azure with content delivery via Imperva CDN. It uses JavaScript and SVG for interactive and visual elements. Performance data is not available, but the site includes mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). The site uses third-party services like Tealium for tag management and Microsoft Application Insights for analytics. Technical risks include the invalid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols, which could impact user trust and search engine rankings if not resolved.
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. 75/100Medium10 findings · partial scanView report
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