AB Scientific is a UK-based company specializing in supplying laboratory equipment, scientific instruments, and consumables primarily for clinical, research, and industrial laboratories. The company positions itself as a trusted partner offering exclusive products, expert installation, calibration, and ongoing technical support. Their market presence is supported by a strong focus on quality, customer service, and compliance, targeting scientists, lab managers, and procurement professionals. The website reflects a mature digital presence with modern technologies, SEO optimization, and comprehensive content that supports their business objectives.
Technically, the website is built on WordPress with popular plugins such as Gravity Forms and Yoast SEO, ensuring good performance, mobile responsiveness, and accessibility. The use of Google Analytics and Mailchimp indicates active marketing and user engagement tracking, balanced with GDPR-compliant privacy and cookie policies. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS enforced and spam protection, though some security headers and incident response information are missing.
The WHOIS data is notably absent, which raises concerns about domain registration transparency. While the website content and business information appear legitimate and professional, the lack of WHOIS details reduces trust from a domain registration perspective. No WAF or blocking mechanisms were detected, and the site is fully accessible.
Overall, AB Scientific demonstrates a solid business and technical foundation with room for improvement in security transparency and incident response readiness. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and improving domain registration transparency to strengthen trust and compliance.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
80/ 100 · Low
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
6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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.
High
Weak Protocols Supported
Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1
What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions
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 Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
This scan found 24 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
Daily monitoring
Recommended
€25per month
TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. The full timeline opens with your unlock code.
Full report
€39.90one-time
The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
Email delivery with an unlock code
Lifetime access to this report
Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.
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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
80
Average
55
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
Add-on
Leaked records that mention abscientific.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for abscientific.com right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
AB Scientific operates in the healthcare and manufacturing sectors, focusing on laboratory and industrial scientific solutions. Their business model is B2B, supplying equipment and consumables with value-added services like calibration and decontamination. The company leverages partnerships with leading manufacturers and maintains a curated product portfolio. Their target customers are clinical labs, research institutions, and industrial facilities requiring contamination control and quality assurance. The website content and testimonials indicate a strong customer-centric approach and a medium-sized company footprint in the UK and Ireland. The presence of ISO 9001 certification and detailed contact information supports their credibility. The company appears well-positioned in a niche market with growth potential through technical support and service offerings.
Security posture
The website employs HTTPS and uses security plugins such as Akismet for spam protection, indicating a baseline security posture. However, there is no evidence of advanced security headers like Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options, which could enhance protection against common web attacks. The absence of a published security policy or incident response contact reduces transparency and preparedness perception. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Privacy compliance is well addressed with GDPR-aligned privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms. Overall, the security maturity is moderate, with opportunities to improve security best practices and incident response readiness to align with industry standards.
Recommendations
Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance web security.
Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
Regularly audit and update third-party plugins and scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Improve domain registration transparency by ensuring WHOIS data is complete and accurate to strengthen trust.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
AB Scientific
Description
AB Scientific is a trusted provider of laboratory equipment, scientific instruments and consumables for research, clinical and industrial laboratories. They offer a curated range of reliable products—from analytical instruments and sample preparation tools to safety and workflow essentials—backed by expert installation, calibration and ongoing technical support. The company works closely with scientists, lab managers and procurement professionals to deliver cost-effective solutions tailored to each facility’s needs, ensuring performance, compliance and minimal downtime. Committed to quality and customer service, AB Scientific partners with leading manufacturers and maintains rigorous standards for product selection, maintenance and after-sales care.
WordPress 7.0.1, Gravity Forms, jQuery 3.7.1, Yoast SEO Premium, Cookie Law Info plugin, Google Analytics, Slick Carousel
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enforced
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Use of security plugins (Akismet for spam protection)
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Tracking pixels
YouTube tracking cookies
Marketing tools
Google Site Kit, Mailchimp
Transparency
good
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
Strong focus on clinical and industrial scientific solutions
Multiple contact methods including forms, emails, phone numbers
Use of modern web technologies and SEO best practices
Comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms
No visible security policy or incident response information
WHOIS data unavailable, which impacts domain trust assessment
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a modern WordPress platform with up-to-date plugins such as Gravity Forms for form management and Yoast SEO for search engine optimization. It uses jQuery and Slick Carousel for interactive UI elements, and integrates Google Analytics and Mailchimp for marketing and analytics. The site is mobile responsive and accessible, with good SEO metadata including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts and optimized images. There is no indication of legacy or vulnerable technologies. Technical risks are minimal but could be further reduced by enhancing security headers and monitoring third-party dependencies.
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.
Reviews of this site
Share your experience with abscientific.com. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.
Community rating
No published reviews yet. Be the first to review abscientific.com.