Afton Scientific DE is a well-established pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and lab services provider with over 30 years of experience. The company specializes in aseptic filling of injectable drugs, analytical and microbiological lab services, and offers ready-to-fill sterile components. Their market position is strong with regulatory compliance including FDA registration, cGMP adherence, and DEA registration. The website is professionally designed, well-branded, and targets pharmaceutical and biotech companies requiring specialized manufacturing services.
Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern plugins and technologies such as Google Tag Manager, reCAPTCHA Enterprise, and GDPR-compliant cookie management. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly. Hosting is via EuroDNS with secure HTTPS connections.
Security posture is solid with form protection and consent management, though explicit security headers and a published security policy or incident response contacts are missing. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Privacy compliance is strong with clear privacy and cookie policies.
Overall, the website and domain demonstrate high legitimacy and trustworthiness. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing a security policy, and adding vulnerability disclosure information to further improve trust and compliance.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
85/ 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
7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Email security
SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.
Critical
No email authentication configured
Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing
What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately
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 Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
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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
15
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
85
Average
52
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
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Leaked records that mention aftonscientific.de, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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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
Afton Scientific DE operates in the healthcare and manufacturing sectors, focusing on pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and lab services. Their business model is service-oriented, providing specialized aseptic filling and analytical support to pharma and biotech clients. The company has a medium size profile with a 30-year history, indicating stability and experience. Their market position is supported by regulatory certifications and a strong reputation. The company maintains sister sites in the US and UK, indicating an international presence. The website content and structure reflect a professional and trustworthy organization with clear service offerings and customer focus.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced, use of Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise for form protection, and GDPR-compliant cookie consent management. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options is a gap. No incident response or security contact information is published, which could hinder timely vulnerability reporting and response. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file is present. Overall, the security practices are good but could be improved by adding formal security policies and headers.
Recommendations
Implement and verify HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
Regularly audit and update third-party plugins and scripts to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Enhance monitoring and logging of form submissions to detect and prevent abuse.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Afton Scientific DE
Description
Afton Scientific bietet seit 30 Jahren verlässliche Dienstleistungen wie pharmazeutische Auftragsfertigung, Analyse- und Mikrolabordienstleistungen sowie vorsterilisierte Komponenten an. Das Unternehmen ist spezialisiert auf aseptische Abfüllung von Injektionsmitteln, unterstützt Kunden bei der Skalierung von Produkten vom Labor bis zum kommerziellen Arzneimittel und arbeitet eng mit Kundenteams zusammen.
Key services
Pharmazeutische Auftragsfertigung, Analyse- und Mikrolabordienstleistungen, Vorsterilisierte Komponenten (Ready-To-Fill®)
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
WordPress, PHP, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise, EventON plugin, Getwid blocks, Complianz GDPR/CCPA plugin, Owl Carousel, Fancybox, Google Fonts
Frameworks
WordPress theme: ibtonline
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
Use of Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise for form protection
Consent management with Complianz plugin for GDPR/CCPA compliance
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Use of async loading for scripts to improve performance and security
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good
Advertising
Marketing tools
HubSpot Forms, Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
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 no blocking mechanisms.
Strong GDPR and cookie compliance with detailed consent management.
Professional and consistent branding and content.
Use of modern web technologies and CMS.
No visible security policy or incident response contact found.
No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt present.
Contact information is clear and includes phone, address, and contact form.
Social media presence on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Certifications and regulatory compliance prominently displayed.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform using a custom theme (ibtonline) and several plugins including Getwid blocks, EventON, and Complianz for GDPR compliance. It uses modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Owl Carousel, and Fancybox for UI enhancements. Google Tag Manager and reCAPTCHA Enterprise are integrated for analytics and security. The site is hosted with EuroDNS nameservers and served over HTTPS. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and DNS prefetching. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible with good SEO metadata and structured data (JSON-LD). Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party plugins which require regular updates to avoid vulnerabilities.
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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