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Security report for brainstormforce.com

Brainstorm Force · Technology · N/a

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

83/100

Risk levelLow

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

Brainstorm Force is a technology company specializing in WordPress themes and plugins, offering products such as the Astra theme, Starter Templates, and Ultimate Elementor. They serve a broad audience including entrepreneurs, professionals, and bloggers, powering millions of websites globally. The company emphasizes innovation, ease of use, and affordability in their product offerings. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern plugins and frameworks like Elementor and Yoast SEO, hosted behind Cloudflare for CDN and security. The site is well-optimized for mobile and SEO, with good accessibility features. Security posture is moderate; while strong security headers and HSTS are implemented, the SSL certificate is currently invalid or missing, which is a critical issue. Privacy compliance is good with a clear privacy policy and terms of service, but lacks a cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and credible, with active community involvement and a clear business model focused on WordPress ecosystem products.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 100 · High
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

2 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.

    • 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

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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
95
Security headers
90
Email security
80
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
83

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

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Brainstorm Force holds a strong market position as a popular provider of WordPress themes and plugins, with a medium-sized team and over a decade of operation since 2009. Their business model revolves around software product sales and support, targeting small to medium businesses and individual professionals. They maintain a robust partnership ecosystem with dedicated product domains and an e-commerce store. The company demonstrates growth and trust through testimonials from industry experts, contributions to WordPress core, and a bug bounty program. Their marketing leverages social media and Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking. The absence of direct contact emails or phone numbers on the main site suggests a focus on digital engagement and support via forms and social channels.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level with several best practices in place, including strict transport security with HSTS, content security policy, and secure cookie attributes. However, the invalid SSL certificate significantly undermines the security posture, exposing users to potential risks. No critical vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed or POODLE are detected. The site lacks OCSP stapling and session resumption features, which could improve SSL performance and security. There is no explicit incident response or security policy information available, which could be improved to enhance transparency and readiness. Privacy compliance is generally good, but the absence of a cookie consent mechanism is a gap in GDPR adherence. Overall, the security culture appears proactive but could benefit from addressing SSL issues and formalizing incident response communications.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately renew or fix the SSL certificate to ensure HTTPS security and user trust.
  2. Implement a cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  3. Enable OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  4. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to enhance transparency.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and plugins to avoid vulnerabilities and maintain compliance.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a solid WordPress infrastructure using popular and modern plugins such as Elementor, Yoast SEO, and LatePoint. It uses the Astra theme and Astra Addon for design and layout, ensuring mobile responsiveness and good accessibility. Hosting is via Cloudflare, providing CDN and security benefits. Performance metrics are not explicitly provided, but the site uses caching and optimization plugins. The site includes Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking, and Google reCAPTCHA for form security. Technical debt appears low, but the invalid SSL certificate is a significant risk. The site is well-structured with proper meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data for SEO. Overall, the technical implementation is robust but requires SSL certificate remediation.
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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