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Security report for malmsten.com

Malmsten AB · Other · Sweden

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Malmsten AB is a well-established Swedish company specializing in aquatic sports equipment and swimming pool construction products. They hold a strong market position as official suppliers to major aquatic sports organizations such as World Aquatics and LEN. Their product portfolio includes racing lane lines, water polo equipment, diving boards, goggles, and movable pool floors, targeting aquatic sports professionals and pool constructors globally. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image with good content quality and clear navigation. Technically, the website uses a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Analytics, and Hotjar, hosted likely on AWS infrastructure. The site is mobile optimized with moderate performance and basic accessibility features. However, there is room for improvement in SEO and accessibility compliance. Security-wise, HTTPS is used, but no advanced security headers are detected, and DNSSEC is not enabled. Privacy and cookie policies are missing, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. Overall, the security posture is moderate with no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data, but the absence of privacy and cookie policies and security headers reduces the compliance and security score. The WHOIS data confirms a legitimate and long-standing domain registration consistent with the business claims. Social media presence and ISO certifications add to the trustworthiness. Strategic recommendations include implementing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms, enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and enhancing accessibility and SEO to improve compliance, security, and user experience.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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

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  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
42
Security headers
50
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
35
Average
55

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

Malmsten AB operates in the niche market of aquatic sports equipment manufacturing and distribution with a focus on high-quality, official products for international aquatic sports events. Their competitive advantage lies in official supplier status to World Aquatics and LEN, ISO certifications, and a broad product range tailored to aquatic sports professionals and facilities. The business model centers on manufacturing and global distribution, supported by strategic partnerships such as with Duraflex for diving boards. The company targets sports organizations, pool constructors, and distributors, indicating a B2B focus. Growth indicators include recent strategic partnerships and active news updates. The company maintains a professional digital presence with social media engagement and a multilingual website, supporting international market reach.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and no visible exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries. However, the lack of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options is a notable gap. DNSSEC is not enabled, which could improve DNS security. No privacy or cookie policies are published, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and related data protection regulations. There is no visible incident response or vulnerability disclosure information, which limits transparency and readiness for security incidents. The use of third-party analytics and tracking tools like Google Analytics and Hotjar introduces moderate user tracking without clear privacy compliance mechanisms. Overall, the security culture appears basic but could be significantly improved with policy publication and technical hardening.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit GDPR compliance and user consent mechanisms.
  2. Implement security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Enable DNSSEC for the domain to improve DNS integrity and security.
  4. Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve incident response transparency.
  5. Enhance website accessibility and SEO to improve user experience and compliance with standards.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Malmsten AB
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Malmsten AB
Description
Malmsten AB is a Swedish company specializing in swimming pool equipment and accessories, including official racing lane lines, water polo equipment, diving boards, goggles, and movable floors. They are official suppliers to World Aquatics (formerly FINA) and LEN and serve international aquatic sports events and facilities.
Key services
Racing lane lines, Water polo equipment, Diving boards distribution, Swedish goggles, Movable pool floors
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap 3.3.5, Google Analytics, Hotjar, Font Awesome, Google Fonts (Roboto)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by URL https://malmsten.com/en)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Hotjar
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Hotjar
Marketing tools
Hotjar
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed with clear navigation and relevant content.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. Contact information is clearly provided including phone and physical address.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools is evident.
  5. No visible security headers or advanced security policies published.
  6. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and long-term operation.
  7. No signs of suspicious or malicious content.
  8. Social media presence on major platforms supports brand trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and widely supported technology stack including Bootstrap 3.3.5, jQuery, Font Awesome, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, and Hotjar. Hosting appears to leverage AWS S3 for media assets, indicating scalable infrastructure. The site is mobile responsive with good design quality and navigation clarity. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in loading speed and SEO optimization. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary solution. The absence of security headers and DNSSEC indicates technical debt in security hardening. Overall, the technical implementation supports business needs but has room for modernization and enhanced security 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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