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Security report for pattern.us

AMBER STUDIO SA RO31273663 · Technology · Romania

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Pattern Agency is a well-established digital and design agency based in Romania, founded in 2002 and operating under the legal entity AMBER STUDIO SA. The company offers a broad range of services including branding, web design and development, digital and social media marketing, video production, and event marketing. Their market position is supported by a portfolio of clients, awards, and recognitions, indicating a reputable presence in the digital agency sector. The website is professionally designed, mobile-optimized, and provides clear navigation and service descriptions, targeting businesses seeking creative digital solutions. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with the Avada theme and uses modern plugins such as Slider Revolution and CookieYes for cookie consent management. Hosting and DNS services are provided by GoDaddy and Cloudflare respectively, ensuring good performance and security. Analytics and marketing tools like Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, and HubSpot are integrated, reflecting a mature digital marketing infrastructure. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and implements cookie consent with detailed categories, including necessary, analytics, and advertisement cookies. Google reCAPTCHA is used to protect forms from spam. However, there is room for improvement by enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, publishing security policies, and providing incident response contacts. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious content were detected. Overall, the website demonstrates a strong business credibility and technical maturity with good privacy compliance. The risk profile is low, but strategic enhancements in security policies and technical safeguards are recommended to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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. 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. 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
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
57
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
68

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

Pattern Agency operates as a digital and design service provider targeting corporate clients and organizations needing branding, web development, and marketing services. Their competitive advantage lies in their long-standing market presence since 2002, a diversified service portfolio, and visible awards and client endorsements. The business model is service-based with revenue likely generated from project contracts and retainer agreements. The company leverages partnerships with major platforms like Google and Facebook for marketing and analytics. Growth indicators include active social media presence and continuous portfolio updates. The agency's operations appear focused on innovation and expanding into emerging digital technologies such as AI, AR, and VR as hinted in the homepage content.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is moderate to good. HTTPS is enforced, and cookie consent mechanisms comply with GDPR requirements, offering users control over analytics and advertisement cookies. The use of Google reCAPTCHA adds protection against automated abuse. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers like Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options represents a gap in defense-in-depth. No explicit security policies or incident response contacts are published, which could hinder transparency and responsiveness in case of security incidents. No known vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the content. Overall, the site follows basic security best practices but would benefit from enhanced technical controls and documented policies.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve DNS security.
  2. Implement and verify HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and provide incident response contact information (e.g., security@ or abuse@ email).
  4. Add a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party plugins and scripts to mitigate risks from vulnerable libraries.

Contact details published on the site

Legal name
AMBER STUDIO SA
Registration number
RO31273663
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
AMBER STUDIO SA RO31273663
Description
Pattern Agency is Digital & Design Agency using Funkreativity - a blend of fun, creativity and a little funk - to bring your awesome projects to life.
Key services
Branding, Web Design & Web Development, Digital & Social Media, Video Services, Marketing, PR & Events
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 5.3.18, Slider Revolution 6.2.2, jQuery 1.12.4, Google Tag Manager, CookieYes Consent Management
Frameworks
Avada Theme
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • Google reCAPTCHA used for bot protection

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, YouTube Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel (implied by _fbp cookie)
Marketing tools
HubSpot WordPress plugin
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional digital and design agency
  2. Content is rich with portfolio, services, awards, and client information
  3. Cookie consent and privacy mechanisms are implemented
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on main page; contact form available
  5. Uses modern WordPress theme and plugins
  6. No security.txt or explicit security policies found
  7. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a mature WordPress platform using the Avada theme and several well-known plugins including Slider Revolution and CookieYes for cookie management. The tech stack includes jQuery and modern JavaScript libraries for interactive elements. Hosting is supported by GoDaddy and Cloudflare, providing CDN and DNS services. Performance is moderate with some optimization potential. The site is mobile responsive and SEO optimized with Yoast SEO plugin metadata present. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with enhanced ARIA roles and keyboard navigation support. The technical infrastructure supports a professional digital agency presence but should focus on modern security enhancements and performance tuning to reduce technical debt and improve user experience.
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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