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Security report for home.sandvik

Sandvik AB · Manufacturing · Sweden

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Sandvik AB operates a comprehensive global website presenting itself as a leading high-tech engineering group specializing in mining, manufacturing, and infrastructure solutions. The site targets industrial customers, investors, and job seekers with detailed business and investor information, sustainability commitments, and career opportunities. The technical infrastructure leverages modern JavaScript frameworks, Azure Application Insights for telemetry, and OneTrust for cookie consent, hosted behind Cloudflare CDN. However, the website suffers from a critical security flaw: the SSL certificate is invalid or missing, and no TLS protocols are enabled, severely impacting the security posture. Despite this, the site implements strong security headers and privacy mechanisms, including GDPR-compliant policies and cookie consent banners. The domain registration is consistent with the business identity, mature, and trustworthy. Overall, the website is professionally designed, content-rich, and well-branded but requires urgent remediation of SSL/TLS issues to ensure secure user interactions.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
18/ 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

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain:

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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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
0
Security headers
90
Email security
50
DNS health
55
Network security
85
GDPR outside view
18
Average
50

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

Sandvik is positioned as a global leader in engineering solutions for mining and manufacturing industries, offering a broad portfolio including mining solutions, rock processing, machining, digitalization, and sustainable products. The business model focuses on innovation, digital transformation, and sustainability to enhance customer productivity and profitability. The website reflects a mature enterprise with transparent investor relations, corporate governance, and sustainability reporting. The company actively engages with its audience through multiple languages, social media channels, and detailed career information. The presence of named contacts for investor relations and press indicates a well-structured communication strategy. No suspicious or privacy-protected domain registrations were found, reinforcing legitimacy.

Security posture

The website demonstrates good security practices with multiple security headers such as CSP, X-Frame-Options, XSS protection, and strict transport security. Cookies are set with Secure and HttpOnly flags. Privacy and cookie policies are comprehensive and GDPR compliant. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of TLS protocol support represent critical vulnerabilities that expose users to potential man-in-the-middle attacks and data interception. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response contacts are publicly available, which could hinder timely reporting and mitigation of security issues. The site uses modern telemetry and consent management tools but must prioritize fixing SSL/TLS to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately obtain and deploy a valid SSL certificate to enable HTTPS and TLS 1.2/1.3 protocols.
  2. Configure HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce secure connections.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Add explicit incident response contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to avoid introducing vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Sandvik AB
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern JavaScript-based front end with telemetry via Azure Application Insights and cookie consent managed by OneTrust. Hosting is via Cloudflare, providing CDN and security features. Performance data was not available, but the site includes responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels. SEO is supported by meta tags and Open Graph data. The lack of a valid SSL certificate and TLS support is a major technical risk. The site uses Google Tag Manager for marketing and tracking, with consent-based data collection. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern but requires urgent security upgrades.
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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