Security report for mcpublishing.co.in
Molecular Connections Publishing Services · Technology · India
Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.
Molecular Connections Publishing Services operates as a technology-driven B2B company specializing in digital transformation solutions for the publishing industry. Their offerings include content services, AI/ML solutions, and digital transformation consulting aimed at enhancing publishing workflows and outcomes. The company targets publishers, authors, and content managers, positioning itself as an innovative and established player in the digital publishing space. The website reflects a medium-sized enterprise based in India with a professional online presence and clear service descriptions. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with Elementor and several advanced plugins, indicating a modern and flexible infrastructure. Performance and mobile optimization are good, although accessibility is basic. Security posture is strong with HTTPS and security headers, but lacks explicit security and privacy policy documentation. Analytics usage is moderate with Google Analytics and Tag Manager implemented. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professionally maintained, but could improve compliance by adding privacy and cookie policies and incident response information.
Scanned
NIS2 and GDPR posture
- GDPR outside view
- 50/ 100 · Medium
- Checks completed
- 7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
- (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
- (b) Incident handling: One indicator
- (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
- (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
- (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
- (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
- (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
- (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
- (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
- (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
4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
- GDPR Art. 12
- GDPR Art. 13
- NIST PT-5: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 PT-5: Privacy Notice
- 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
Third-party services without privacy policy
Detected services: Google Analytics, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google APIs
What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy
- High
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
- RFC 8996
- RFC 7568
- Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: tls_versions TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3
- NIS2 21(2)(h)
- IR 2024/2690 9.2(b): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 9.2(b): Cryptography
- NIST SC-8(1): NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-8(1): Cryptographic Protection
- High
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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
- 72
- Security headers
- 80
- Email security
- 70
- DNS health
- 75
- Network security
- 40
- GDPR outside view
- 50
- Average
- 65
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
Security posture
Recommendations
- Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
- Implement a cookie consent banner to obtain user consent for tracking and cookies.
- Add a dedicated security policy page outlining security frameworks and best practices.
- Provide incident response contact information such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
- Regularly review and update third-party scripts and plugins to minimize vulnerabilities.
Contact details published on the site
- Addresses
- Legal name
- Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
- Company
- Molecular Connections Publishing Services
- Description
- Empowering publishers and authors with innovative digital platforms and services to streamline workflows and enhance publishing outcomes.
- Key services
- Content Services, AI/ML Solutions, Digital Transformation
- Content quality
- good
- Branding
- consistent
Technology
- Stack
- WordPress, Elementor, Elementor Pro, Advanced Custom Fields Pro, Elementskit, Piotnet Addons for Elementor Pro, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, CleanTalk Anti-Spam
- Frameworks
- Elementor
- Platforms
- WordPress
- Performance
- moderate
- Mobile
- good
- Accessibility
- basic
- SEO
- good
Security
- Observed score
- 85/100
- Good practices seen
- HTTPS enforced
- Anti-spam plugin (CleanTalk)
- Lazy loading scripts
- No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Analytics and tracking
- Services
- Google Analytics
- Tracking level
- moderate
- Privacy practices
- basic
Advertising
- Transparency
- basic
Site quality
- Design
- good
- User experience
- good
- Content relevance
- good
- Navigation
- good
- Professionalism
- good
- Trustworthiness
- high
Key observations
- Website is a professional B2B digital publishing service provider.
- Content is well structured with clear service offerings.
- No privacy or cookie policy pages found, which is a compliance gap.
- Contact information is clearly provided including phone, email, address, and contact form.
- Uses modern WordPress CMS with Elementor and various plugins.
- Security posture is good with HTTPS and security headers but lacks explicit security policy documentation.
- No signs of malicious or suspicious content or domains.
- Social media presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
- Analytics implemented via Google Analytics and Tag Manager.
- No WAF or blocking detected; site fully accessible.
Technical notes
Notes
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.
- MITRE CWE (opens in a new tab)4.20 (2026-04-30) · CWE Terms of Use (free use with attribution, © MITRE)
- OWASP Top 10:2025 (opens in a new tab)2025 (membership per CWE 4.20) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- MITRE CAPEC (opens in a new tab)3.9 (2023-01-24) · CAPEC Terms of Use (free use with attribution, © MITRE)
- OWASP ASVS (opens in a new tab)5.0.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (opens in a new tab)latest (checklist.json, master) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- OWASP Secure Headers Project (opens in a new tab)2026-10-18 · Apache-2.0
- Mozilla Server Side TLS (intermediate) (opens in a new tab)6.0 · MPL-2.0
- NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 (OSCAL catalog) (opens in a new tab)5.2.0 · Public domain (US Government work)
- Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2) (opens in a new tab)OJ L 333, 27.12.2022 · EUR-Lex reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (© European Union)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 (opens in a new tab)OJ L, 18.10.2024 · EUR-Lex reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (© European Union)
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) (opens in a new tab)OJ L 119, 4.5.2016 · EUR-Lex reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (© European Union)
- Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy), consolidated (opens in a new tab)19.12.2009 · EUR-Lex reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (© European Union)
- RFC Editor metadata (opens in a new tab)per-RFC (obsolete RFCs rejected) · IETF Trust Legal Provisions (metadata only)
- NIST CSRC, W3C TR, IETF Datatracker, EDPB, EUR-Lex CELLAR and gesetze-bayern.de (opens in a new tab)per document · Titles and links only
- NIST NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens in a new tab)live records · Public domain (NVD); CVE® records © MITRE, free use
- W3C WCAG 2.2 (opens in a new tab)W3C Recommendation (wcag.json) · W3C Software and Document License
- ETSI EN 301 549 (opens in a new tab)V3.2.1 (2021-03), clause headings · Clause numbers and titles only (© ETSI)
- Directive (EU) 2019/882 (European Accessibility Act) (opens in a new tab)OJ L 151, 7.6.2019 · EUR-Lex reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (© European Union)
- Directive (EU) 2016/2102 (Web Accessibility Directive) (opens in a new tab)OJ L 327, 2.12.2016 · EUR-Lex reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (© European Union)
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