Skip to main content

Security report for bfwindia.com

BFW · Manufacturing · India

Partial score · DNS & email only

40/100

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

BFW is a well-established Indian machine tool manufacturer with a history dating back to 1961. The company specializes in high-precision machinery and custom manufacturing solutions, serving industries such as automotive, aerospace, electronics, and agriculture. Their website reflects a mature digital presence built on WordPress with Elementor and related plugins, offering rich content including product details, case studies, blogs, and event information. However, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate, which is a critical security gap. Contact information is comprehensive, including email, phone, and social media channels, but privacy and cookie policies are absent, indicating compliance gaps. Overall, BFW demonstrates strong business credibility and branding consistency but needs to improve its security posture and privacy compliance to meet modern standards.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
Checks completed
6of 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

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching bfwindia.com

This scan found 10 issues across 5 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
0
Email security
50
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
40

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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 bfwindia.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
15
Employees
0
Customers
15
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
67%

2 subdomains affected

See the 10 newest leaked credentials

A one-off add-on to this report that lists the most recent identifier and password pairs OffSeq Breach holds for bfwindia.com.

Select it in the checkout above.

Breach keeps ingesting new leaks, so these numbers can grow between scans.

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

BFW holds a strong market position as a trusted manufacturer with over 68,000 machine installations worldwide. Their business model focuses on manufacturing and delivering custom solutions with additional services like installation and training. The company targets industrial manufacturers requiring advanced machining technologies. Their partnership ecosystem includes related domains like bfwmachines.com for online purchases and appacmedia.com for website management. The company invests in innovation and technology leadership, as evidenced by their technology centers and R&D initiatives. The website content and social media presence support their brand authority and customer engagement.

Security posture

The website's security posture is weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS enforcement, exposing users to potential data interception risks. DNS records are missing or not properly configured, which can affect domain resolution and email reliability. Security headers such as HSTS are not enabled, and no incident response or security policy information is provided. While no known vulnerabilities like Heartbleed or POODLE are detected, the lack of basic security controls significantly lowers the security score. The site uses standard WordPress plugins and libraries without detected vulnerable versions, but the overall security hygiene requires urgent improvement.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and properly configure a valid SSL certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Implement and publish privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  3. Configure DNS records correctly including A, MX, NS, and TXT records to ensure domain reliability and security.
  4. Enable security headers such as HSTS and OCSP stapling to enhance SSL security.
  5. Add a security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
BFW
Registration number
U29100KA1961PLC001433
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform using Elementor page builder and several addon plugins for enhanced functionality and design. The tech stack includes jQuery and various Elementor-related scripts for UI components. Hosting appears to be on AWS infrastructure inferred from AWSALB cookies. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and good SEO practices including meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). However, performance metrics are unavailable, and SSL is not configured, which is a critical technical risk. Accessibility features are basic but present. The site uses Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity for analytics and user behavior tracking.
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

Reviews of this site

Share your experience with bfwindia.com. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review bfwindia.com.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.