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Security report for mikebella.com

Retail · Japan

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website mikebella.com is a Japanese-language skincare product recommendation platform focused on pore care for individuals in their 40s. It provides detailed content on skincare routines, product rankings, and affiliate links to purchase recommended cosmetics. The business model relies primarily on affiliate marketing, targeting a niche demographic concerned with aging skin and pore issues. The site is hosted on Japanese infrastructure with domain registration consistent with its market focus. Technically, the website is built with basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without advanced frameworks or CMS detected. It uses a Japanese character encoding (Shift_JIS) and includes tracking scripts from Research Artisan Pro. Mobile optimization and accessibility are basic but functional. SEO practices are minimal but present, including canonical tags and structured data for breadcrumbs. From a security perspective, the site lacks visible security headers and DNSSEC is not enabled on the domain. The domain is secured with clientTransferProhibited status, which is positive. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and similar regulations. Contact information is limited to a contact form with no direct emails or phone numbers. Affiliate marketing is prominent but lacks clear disclosures. Overall, the website is functional and serves its niche audience but requires improvements in privacy compliance, security hardening, and transparency to enhance trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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. 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 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';…

  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

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  • 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
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

Mikebella.com operates as a small-scale affiliate marketing site specializing in skincare products for middle-aged Japanese consumers. Its competitive advantage lies in focused content tailored to pore care concerns for people in their 40s, a demographic with specific skincare needs. Revenue streams are primarily affiliate commissions from product sales. The site links extensively to external affiliate networks such as A8.net and afi-b.com. The partnership ecosystem is broad but not deeply integrated, relying on standard affiliate programs. Growth potential depends on expanding content quality, improving compliance, and enhancing user trust. The lack of direct company contact details and privacy policies may limit credibility with discerning users.

Security posture

The website's security posture is basic with several notable gaps. While HTTPS is presumably enabled (not explicitly confirmed in provided data), no security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or Strict-Transport-Security are detected. DNSSEC is not enabled, which could expose the domain to DNS spoofing risks. No incident response or security policy information is available, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are present. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates non-compliance with GDPR and related regulations. The site uses third-party tracking scripts without visible consent mechanisms, raising privacy concerns. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate, with recommendations to implement standard security headers, enable DNSSEC, and add privacy compliance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement standard security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements and consent mechanisms.
  4. Provide direct contact information such as company email and phone number to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Conduct a security audit to identify and remediate any vulnerable libraries or scripts and ensure secure handling of user data.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
The website provides information, recommendations, and rankings of skincare products focused on pore care for people in their 40s. It offers detailed advice on skincare routines, product features, and professional care options.
Key services
Skincare product reviews, Affiliate links to purchase recommended products, Educational content on skincare routines
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
40/100
Good practices seen
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Services
Research Artisan Pro
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
A8.net, afi-b.com
Tracking pixels
Research Artisan Pro
Marketing tools
Affiliate marketing links
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
good
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a Japanese skincare product recommendation site targeting people in their 40s.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. Contact available only via a contact form; no direct emails or phone numbers found.
  4. Heavy use of affiliate marketing links with no clear disclosures visible in the content.
  5. No visible security headers or advanced security configurations detected.
  6. No CMS or advanced frameworks detected; simple static HTML/CSS/JS site.
  7. Mobile optimization is basic; viewport meta tag present but no advanced responsive design detected.
  8. Tracking scripts from Research Artisan Pro used for analytics.
  9. No social media links or company emails found.
  10. Domain registration and hosting consistent with Japanese market focus.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using basic web technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with no detected CMS or advanced frameworks. It uses Shift_JIS character encoding, which is less common in modern web development but appropriate for Japanese content. Hosting is provided by Xserver, a known Japanese hosting provider. Performance is moderate with no explicit optimizations detected. Mobile optimization is basic with viewport meta tag but no advanced responsive design frameworks. SEO is minimal but includes canonical tags and JSON-LD breadcrumbs. The site uses affiliate marketing scripts and tracking pixels from Research Artisan Pro. There is room for modernization by adopting UTF-8 encoding, improving mobile responsiveness, and enhancing SEO and accessibility features.
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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