Michael Harding Art Formulas Ltd operates a professional website focused on art paint formulas and supplies, targeting artists and art professionals primarily in the United Kingdom. The company maintains a consistent brand presence with social media integration and structured data enhancing search visibility. The technical infrastructure is based on WordPress with WooCommerce and the Divi theme, supported by RocketCDN for content delivery, indicating a moderate level of digital maturity. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS implied but lacking explicit security headers and visible privacy or cookie policies, which are areas for improvement. The WHOIS data could not be retrieved due to a query error, limiting domain trust verification. Overall, the website is functional and professional but would benefit from enhanced security and compliance transparency.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
58/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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
6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
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"
This scan found 26 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
62
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
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
Add-on
Leaked records that mention michaelharding.co.uk, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for michaelharding.co.uk right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The company occupies a niche market in art supplies, leveraging e-commerce capabilities to reach its target audience. Its business model focuses on direct sales and brand representation. The presence of social media channels and structured data suggests an awareness of digital marketing best practices. However, the absence of visible privacy and cookie policies may impact compliance with GDPR and other regulations. The company appears to be a small-sized entity with no publicly disclosed parent or subsidiary relationships. The website content and design quality support a moderate level of trustworthiness and professionalism.
Security posture
The website uses HTTPS but lacks visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web vulnerabilities. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy is present, limiting transparency for security researchers. The absence of privacy and cookie policies reduces compliance confidence. No signs of WAF or security blocking mechanisms were detected, and no obvious vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found in the HTML content. The security score is moderate, with recommendations to implement standard security headers and compliance documentation.
Recommendations
Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear user consent mechanisms.
Add standard security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to enhance protection.
Verify and correct WHOIS queries to obtain accurate domain registration data and ensure domain legitimacy.
Establish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve security transparency.
Conduct regular security audits of third-party plugins and scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Michael Harding Art Formulas Ltd
Description
Michael Harding Art Formulas Ltd is a company based in Cwmbran, South Wales, United Kingdom, specializing in art formulas and paints. The website represents Michael Harding Paints, offering products related to art materials.
Key services
Art paint formulas, Art supplies
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
WordPress, WooCommerce, Divi Theme, Google Fonts, RocketCDN
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
50/100
Analytics and tracking
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor
Advertising
Transparency
poor
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate
Key observations
Website is accessible and not blocked by WAF or security mechanisms.
Content is professionally presented with good SEO and structured data.
No privacy or cookie policies found on the homepage or in metadata.
Contact information is present in structured data but no visible contact form detected in provided HTML snippet.
No explicit security headers detected in the HTML content.
WHOIS data is unavailable due to query error; domain WHOIS should be checked for 'michaelharding.co.uk' instead.
Website uses WordPress with Divi theme and WooCommerce plugin.
External resources are loaded from RocketCDN and Google Fonts.
Social media presence includes Facebook and Instagram.
No evidence of tracking or analytics scripts found in provided HTML snippet.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on a modern WordPress platform using the Divi theme and WooCommerce for e-commerce functionality. It leverages RocketCDN for content delivery and Google Fonts for typography. The site demonstrates good SEO practices with meta tags and structured data but lacks some accessibility features. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization. The mobile experience is good, and navigation is clear. The technical stack is standard for small to medium-sized e-commerce sites but requires improvements in security headers and privacy compliance to meet higher standards.
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.
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