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Security report for puratos.com.au

Puratos · Manufacturing · Australia

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

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Puratos is a global enterprise specializing in manufacturing and supplying bakery, patisserie, and chocolate ingredients. The website targets professional bakers, pastry chefs, and chocolatiers, offering products, recipes, consumer insights, and services. The site demonstrates a consistent brand presence with a professional design and good content quality. Technically, it uses modern marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager and Visual Website Optimizer, hosted likely on Adobe Experience Manager CMS. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS usage but lacks visible security headers and explicit privacy or cookie policies. WHOIS data is unavailable due to privacy protection or query failure, which is common for commercial domains but limits domain trust verification. Overall, the site is functional and professional but could improve transparency and security disclosures.

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: 1zimbra.secure-iss.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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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
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
61

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 and retail sectors, focusing on ingredient supply for bakery and confectionery industries. The business model is B2B with a global footprint, evidenced by multiple country-specific domains and hreflang tags. The company leverages digital marketing and content strategies to engage its target audience. The lack of explicit contact details and privacy policies on the site suggests potential areas for improvement in customer engagement and compliance. The presence of awards and news articles indicates active market participation and brand recognition.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and uses reputable third-party analytics and optimization tools. However, it lacks visible security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, or X-Frame-Options, which are recommended best practices. No explicit security or incident response policies are published. Forms are present but lack visible anti-CSRF tokens or security disclaimers. The absence of privacy and cookie policies raises compliance concerns, especially regarding GDPR and other data protection regulations. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but could be enhanced with better policy disclosures and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Add security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Provide clear contact information including security incident response contacts to improve transparency.
  4. Audit and secure all forms with anti-CSRF tokens and input validation to prevent abuse.
  5. Regularly review third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities and update accordingly.
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, Consumer insights, Services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Visual Website Optimizer (VWO), FontAwesome, jQuery (implied by VWO), Slick Carousel
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS implied by URL
  • No visible exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager and VWO scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager, Visual Website Optimizer
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Visual Website Optimizer
Marketing tools
Visual Website Optimizer
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages detected in provided HTML
  3. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in visible content
  4. Use of modern marketing and analytics tools
  5. No visible security headers or explicit security policies
  6. WHOIS data is unavailable due to query failure or privacy protection
  7. Strong branding and global presence indicated by hreflang and multiple country domains
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern CMS platform, likely Adobe Experience Manager, with integration of Google Tag Manager and Visual Website Optimizer for analytics and A/B testing. The site is mobile responsive with good navigation and SEO optimization. Performance is moderate, with some heavy image assets and multiple external scripts. Accessibility features are basic but present. There is opportunity to improve technical SEO and accessibility compliance. The lack of visible security headers and privacy disclosures represents technical debt and compliance risk.
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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