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EU Industry Benchmark

Culture

Anonymized security posture data for the culture sector across the EU. Based on 289 monitored sites.

45.9

Avg. Score /100

D

Avg. Grade

289

Sites Tracked

-3.0

vs. EU Average

Critical findings in this industry

25 of 289 without HTTPS redirect

9.0%

48 of 289 with unencrypted email (no STARTTLS)

17.0%

177 of 289 without DMARC protection (spoofable)

61.0%

176 of 289 missing 3+ critical security headers

61.0%

246 of 289 without DNSSEC (vulnerable to DNS spoofing)

85.0%

263 of 289 without CAA records (unrestricted certificate issuance)

91.0%

274 of 289 without MTA-STS (email downgrade attacks possible)

95.0%

Grade Distribution

A
0 (0.0%)
B
2 (1.0%)
C
41 (14.0%)
D
174 (60.0%)
F
72 (25.0%)

Security across Europe

Average security score by country — hover for details, click to explore.

Hosting & Data Residency

53%

EU-headquartered provider

47%

Non-EU provider (CLOUD Act / Schrems II)

Cloudflare (US) 29 21.5%
Hetzner (DE) 27 20.0%
Amazon Web Services (US) 25 18.5%
OVHcloud (FR) 14 10.4%
IONOS (1&1) (DE) 12 8.9%

Server location via IP geolocation (MaxMind GeoLite2). Company HQ from ASN registry. A site may be physically hosted in the EU but use a US-headquartered provider subject to the CLOUD Act — per Schrems II (CJEU C-311/18), this requires SCCs with supplementary measures. · GDPR Art. 44–49

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