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Security report for depozitarulcentral.ro

Depozitarul Central · Finance · Romania

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Depozitarul Central is a key institution in Romania's capital market infrastructure, operating as the central securities depository and providing critical post-trade services including settlement, registry maintenance, and corporate event processing. It is a member of the Bucharest Stock Exchange group and serves a broad audience of market participants, issuers, and investors. The website reflects a professional and well-structured digital presence built on ASP.NET WebForms technology with modern UI components. While the site is content-rich and navigable, it lacks some modern security headers and explicit incident response information. Privacy and cookie policies are clearly published, indicating GDPR compliance, though no active cookie consent mechanism is observed. The absence of WHOIS data is due to ROTLD registry policy rather than privacy abuse. Overall, the website demonstrates a solid business credibility and technical foundation with room for security and compliance enhancements.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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

5 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

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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 Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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

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  • 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
67
Security headers
85
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
70

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

The company holds a strategic position in Romania's financial market ecosystem, providing essential services that enable secure and efficient securities transactions and registry management. Its affiliation with the Bucharest Stock Exchange group enhances its market credibility. The business model focuses on service provision to financial market participants, including banks, issuers, and investors. The website's external links to regulatory bodies and educational programs indicate strong partnerships and regulatory alignment. The lack of direct contact emails or phone numbers on the site suggests a controlled communication channel, likely to ensure security and compliance. The company appears medium-sized with a focused sector presence and a stable market position.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and secure form submission but lacks visible security headers such as Content Security Policy or HSTS, which are recommended for enhanced protection. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of a published security policy or incident response contact limits transparency in security governance. The site does not implement a cookie consent mechanism, which is advisable for full GDPR compliance. Overall, the security posture is moderate with good baseline practices but opportunities for improvement in headers, incident response visibility, and cookie management.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Introduce a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply fully with GDPR requirements.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and frameworks to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Depozitarul Central
Description
Depozitarul Central is a fundamental institution of the Romanian capital market, member of the Bucharest Stock Exchange group, providing centralized administration of financial instruments accounts within the RoClear system and initial registration of financial instruments. It facilitates transfer and settlement of financial instruments and money between buyers and sellers, using DVP principle with T+2 settlement. It also maintains and updates the shareholders' register for issuers. The institution offers a wide range of services to participants, issuers, and holders of financial instruments, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and robustness of post-trade and registry services.
Key services
Centralized administration of financial instruments accounts, Initial registration of financial instruments, Settlement of transactions using DVP principle, Maintenance of shareholders' registers, Dividend and corporate event processing, LEI code allocation and management, Investor enrollment for electronic voting (EVOTE)
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
ASP.NET WebForms, jQuery, Bootstrap, DevExpress controls, Revolution Slider
Frameworks
ASP.NET WebForms
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by URL)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure form submission via POST

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
  2. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected
  3. WHOIS data is unavailable due to ROTLD privacy policy
  4. Website uses ASP.NET WebForms technology with DevExpress controls
  5. Privacy and cookie policies are published as PDFs
  6. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers found in HTML
  7. Contact is via a web form on Contact.aspx page
  8. No social media links detected
  9. No explicit security policy or incident response information found
  10. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file found
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on ASP.NET WebForms with DevExpress UI components and uses jQuery and Bootstrap for frontend responsiveness. The presence of Revolution Slider indicates use of advanced UI elements. The site is mobile responsive with good navigation clarity. Performance is moderate, likely due to legacy framework usage and rich media content. No CMS detected, suggesting a custom or semi-custom platform. Hosting provider details are not disclosed. SEO and accessibility are basic but functional. Technical debt may exist due to older ASP.NET WebForms technology, suggesting potential modernization opportunities.
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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