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Security report for apexgroup.com

Apex Group · Finance · N/a

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

76/100

Risk levelLow

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

Apex Group is a global financial services provider offering a comprehensive suite of services including corporate services, fund administration, ESG and sustainability services, digital corporate banking, and management company services. The website targets a professional audience including allocators, asset managers, capital markets participants, family offices, and financial institutions. The business model focuses on providing integrated financial solutions to these sectors, positioning Apex Group as a single source financial solution provider with enterprise scale and a broad service portfolio. Technically, the website is built on the Umbraco CMS and leverages a modern technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap Icons, AOS for animations, Swiper for sliders, and various analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Pardot, and Oktopost. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, with fast to moderate performance. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses reputable third-party analytics and marketing services. However, there is no evidence of security headers implemented, no published security policy or incident response information, and no vulnerability disclosure mechanism. The WHOIS data is missing or inaccessible, which raises some concerns about domain registration transparency but does not necessarily indicate illegitimacy given the professional site content. Overall, the website is professional, well-structured, and trustworthy from a user experience and content perspective. The main risk lies in the lack of WHOIS transparency and limited published security policies. Strategic recommendations include improving security header implementation, publishing explicit security and incident response policies, and providing direct contact information to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 100 · Low
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

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

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

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • 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
57
Security headers
40
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
76

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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
156
Employees
0
Customers
3
Third parties
153
Weak passwords
10%

1 subdomain affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Apex Group operates in the finance sector with a focus on fund administration, corporate services, ESG, and digital banking solutions. The company targets institutional clients such as asset managers, allocators, family offices, and financial institutions. Their business model is service-oriented, providing integrated financial solutions and technology platforms to support investment and corporate management. The presence of partner domains like investnow.co.nz indicates a collaborative ecosystem. The company appears to be enterprise-sized with a global footprint, although specific founding year and registrant details are not disclosed. The website content and certifications like ISO 27001 support a credible market position with a focus on compliance and sustainability.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with enforced HTTPS and use of secure analytics tools. However, the absence of key security headers (e.g., CSP, HSTS), lack of published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represent gaps in security maturity. The missing WHOIS data reduces transparency and trust. No direct contact emails or phone numbers for security or abuse reporting were found. Overall, the site is secure for general use but could improve in transparency and formal security communication to align with best practices and regulatory expectations.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response information page with clear contact channels.
  3. Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Provide direct company contact emails and phone numbers for sales, support, and security inquiries to improve trust and accessibility.
  5. Verify and update WHOIS registration details to ensure domain transparency and legitimacy.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Apex Group
Description
We are your single source financial solution provider. Our services include corporate services, fund services, ESG, digital corporate banking & Man-co service.
Key services
Corporate services, Fund services, ESG and sustainability services, Digital corporate banking, Management company services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap Icons, AOS (Animate On Scroll), Swiper, Bootstrap Select, DataTables, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, Oktopost, Pardot
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-focused third-party analytics and marketing tools

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Google Tag Manager, Pardot
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Microsoft Clarity, Oktopost, Pardot
Marketing tools
Pardot, Oktopost
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed with comprehensive service offerings in financial services.
  2. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual for an established enterprise site.
  3. Strong use of modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  5. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found; contact via form only.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information published.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and diverse technology stack including Umbraco CMS, jQuery, Bootstrap Icons, AOS, Swiper, and DataTables, supported by Google Fonts and multiple analytics and marketing platforms. The site is mobile optimized and accessible with good SEO metadata and structured data (JSON-LD). Performance is moderate, likely influenced by multiple external scripts and tracking services. There is no explicit hosting provider identified. Technical debt appears low, but opportunities exist to optimize script loading and reduce third-party dependencies to improve speed and privacy. The site architecture supports a complex navigation structure suitable for enterprise-level content management.
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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