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Security report for puratos.ca

Puratos · Manufacturing · Canada

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Email security, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Puratos is a large manufacturing company specializing in bakery, patisserie, and chocolate ingredients and products, targeting professional bakers, pastry chefs, and chocolatiers primarily in Canada. The website demonstrates a mature digital presence with a well-structured product catalog, recipes, and digital services such as MyLink and a webshop requiring secure login via Azure B2C. The technical infrastructure leverages modern web technologies including React, Google Tag Manager, and Adobe Experience Manager CMS, ensuring a good user experience and mobile optimization. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and secure login mechanisms, though some security headers and explicit security policies are missing. Privacy and cookie policies are present and likely GDPR compliant, supporting privacy compliance. However, the absence of WHOIS data for the domain www.puratos.ca is a notable anomaly that slightly reduces trustworthiness. Overall, the website is professional, secure, and business credible, with room for improvement in transparency of security policies and direct contact information.

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

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  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.

    • Critical

      Unable to retrieve SSL certificate

      Could not establish secure connection to retrieve certificate information

      What to do: Check if the server is accessible and SSL/TLS is properly configured

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: mx.messaging.ca.mci.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

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  • 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
0
Security headers
70
Email security
40
DNS health
55
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
58

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

Puratos operates in the manufacturing sector, focusing on supplying ingredients and products to the bakery and chocolate industry. Their business model is B2B, serving professional culinary audiences. The company maintains a global presence with multiple localized domains and multi-language support. Their digital ecosystem includes product discovery, recipe sharing, consumer insights, and a secure webshop, indicating a comprehensive approach to customer engagement and sales. The integration with Azure B2C for authentication suggests a robust customer management system. The lack of public WHOIS data may indicate privacy protection or domain registration nuances. Partnerships with authentication and marketing service providers are evident. The company shows strong branding consistency and content quality, supporting a high market position.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses secure login via Azure B2C, which are strong security measures. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the site lacks several recommended security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which could enhance protection against common web attacks. There is no visible security policy or incident response contact information, which limits transparency and readiness perception. Privacy policies and cookie consent mechanisms are implemented, supporting compliance. Overall, the security posture is good but could be improved by adding explicit security headers and incident response details.

Recommendations

  1. Implement additional security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen web security.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Provide direct company contact emails and phone numbers on the website to enhance business credibility and customer support.
  4. Improve accessibility features to meet higher standards and broaden user inclusivity.
  5. Investigate and clarify the domain WHOIS data absence to ensure domain registration transparency and trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Puratos
Description
Puratos helps bakers, patissiers and chocolatiers finding the best products and ingredients to improve the quality of baked products.
Key services
Bakery products, Patisserie products, Chocolate products, Recipes, Digital services (MyLink), Consumer insights, Customer support and webshop
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, FontAwesome, React (partial), Slick Carousel, Century Gothic font, Twitter Typeahead
Frameworks
React
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Secure login via Azure B2C
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
  2. No WAF or security blocking detected
  3. Uses modern web technologies and CMS (Adobe Experience Manager)
  4. Secure login integrated with Azure B2C
  5. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers found in HTML content
  6. Privacy and cookie policies are present and likely GDPR compliant
  7. WHOIS data for the domain is missing, which is unusual and reduces trust score
  8. Strong branding and consistent multi-language support
  9. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Adobe Experience Manager CMS, leveraging React components and modern JavaScript libraries such as Slick Carousel and Twitter Typeahead for enhanced UI/UX. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and marketing tracking. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and uses web fonts (Century Gothic). Performance is moderate with lazy loading images and preloading fonts. The technical implementation is solid but could benefit from enhanced accessibility and additional security headers. Hosting provider details are not explicitly found. The site uses Azure B2C for authentication, indicating integration with Microsoft cloud services.
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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