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Security report for h2rgear.com

Barker Technologies AB · Technology · Sweden

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

H2R Gear is a specialized SaaS platform developed by Barker Technologies AB, focused on providing audio/video professionals and enthusiasts with tools to plan, diagram, and organize their technical gear setups. The platform offers features such as wiring diagrams, automatic packlists, custom equipment builders, and community-shared gear items, positioning itself as a niche but valuable tool in the AV technology market. The website demonstrates a professional and modern design with clear navigation and multimedia content, supporting a positive user experience and strong market positioning. Technically, the website is built using modern web technologies including the Astro framework, Google Fonts, and integrates analytics tools like Pirsch and Google Tag Manager. Hosting appears to be reliable with NS1 DNS services, and the site is optimized for performance and mobile responsiveness. However, some security enhancements such as enabling DNSSEC and adding explicit security headers could further strengthen the infrastructure. From a security and compliance perspective, the site uses HTTPS with a valid SSL configuration and has domain transfer protections in place. Privacy and terms of service pages are present and comprehensive, indicating a good level of GDPR awareness, though the absence of a cookie consent mechanism is a minor compliance gap. No direct contact emails or phone numbers are provided, with user support routed through a help and feedback form. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Overall, H2R Gear presents a trustworthy and professional online presence with a solid technical foundation and a clear business focus. Strategic improvements in security headers, cookie consent, and direct contact information could enhance trust and compliance further.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  2. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

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

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  3. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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
52
Security headers
30
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
61

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

H2R Gear operates in the technology sector, targeting AV professionals, live streamers, and remote production teams with a SaaS business model offering personal and team subscription plans. The company leverages a community-driven approach with a gear library and collaborative features, which strengthens user engagement and retention. Market positioning is niche but growing, supported by over 19,000 users and tens of thousands of plans and items created. The parent company, Barker Technologies AB, is based in Sweden and founded in 2020, aligning with the domain registration data. The company maintains a professional digital ecosystem with related domains and social media presence, indicating a strategic approach to brand and community building.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced, domain transfer lock enabled, and no visible security vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, the lack of DNSSEC and missing security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security represent areas for improvement. Privacy policies and security compliance pages are present, but the absence of a cookie consent mechanism and direct incident response contacts slightly reduce compliance maturity. Overall, the security posture is strong for a small technology SaaS provider but could benefit from implementing additional best practices to mitigate emerging threats and enhance user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply fully with GDPR and ePrivacy regulations.
  3. Add standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to harden the web application.
  4. Provide direct contact emails or phone numbers for support and incident response to improve transparency and user trust.
  5. Consider publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible security reporting.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Barker Technologies AB
Description
H2R Gear is a web application designed to help users organize and plan audio/video gear with features like diagram creation, automatic packlist generation, and team collaboration for technical setups.
Key services
AV gear planning, Diagram creation, Packlist generation, Custom equipment builder, Community gear library, Team collaboration
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Astro framework, Google Fonts, YouTube embedded videos, Pirsch analytics, Google Tag Manager
Frameworks
Astro
Platforms
Web
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Pirsch, Google Analytics (via GTM)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Pirsch
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and multimedia.
  2. Strong focus on AV gear planning niche with clear value proposition.
  3. Good use of modern web technologies and analytics.
  4. No exposed sensitive data or obvious security issues.
  5. Privacy and terms pages are present and linked in footer.
  6. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found; contact via help/feedback form.
  7. Social media presence on Instagram and GitHub.
  8. No explicit cookie consent mechanism detected despite cookie policy page.
  9. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern JavaScript framework (Astro) with optimized performance and mobile responsiveness. It uses external services for fonts, analytics, and video embedding, ensuring a rich user experience. Hosting and DNS are managed via reputable providers, though DNSSEC is not enabled. The site has well-structured metadata and SEO-friendly tags, contributing to good search engine visibility. No CMS or legacy technologies were detected, indicating a modern and maintainable codebase. Minor technical debt is noted in the absence of some security headers and cookie consent mechanisms, which should be addressed to align with best practices.
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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