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Security report for roaduserchargingconference.co.uk

Akabo Media · Transportation · Belgium

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Road User Charging Conference website represents a professional event organization operated by Akabo Media, focusing on global conferences related to user-financed transport and tolling. The business positions itself as a leading global platform with over 21 years of experience, targeting industry leaders and professionals worldwide. The website content is rich, well-structured, and provides comprehensive information about upcoming events, partnership opportunities, and industry news. The technical infrastructure is built on a modern tech stack including jQuery, Font Awesome, and a proprietary CMS (SHOWOFF by ASP.events), ensuring good performance and mobile optimization. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS usage implied, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies. Privacy compliance is weak due to absence of privacy and cookie policies. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain registration issues, which slightly impacts trust but is mitigated by professional content and active event management. Overall, the website is credible and functional but would benefit from enhanced privacy and security disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

8 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

  2. 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 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';…

  3. 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
77
Security headers
30
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
60

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

Akabo Media operates in the transportation sector, specializing in organizing and hosting conferences on road user charging and tolling. Their business model revolves around event management, sponsorship, and industry networking. The company maintains a strong partnership ecosystem, including related domains and service providers for registration and event management. The target customers are public and private sector stakeholders in transportation and tolling industries. The presence of testimonials and partner logos indicates a well-established market position. Growth indicators include a global conference series and expanding event locations. The company leverages digital channels such as social media and online registration to engage its audience.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is used, but no explicit security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) were detected in the provided data. There is no visible privacy policy or cookie consent mechanism, which is a compliance gap under GDPR. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published. Forms are present but lack visible CSRF tokens or advanced security measures in the HTML. No known vulnerable libraries were detected, but some libraries (e.g., jQuery 3.5.1) are not the latest versions. Overall, the security posture is adequate for an informational site but requires improvements to meet best practices and regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Establish and disclose a vulnerability disclosure policy and incident response contact to build trust and readiness.
  4. Update third-party libraries to their latest stable versions to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing to identify and remediate hidden vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Akabo Media
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Akabo Media
Description
The worlds largest gathering of user-financed transport and tolling professionals
Key services
Global conference series, Speaking opportunities, Partnership and sponsorship opportunities, Industry insights and news
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.5.1, jQuery Migrate 3.5.2, ScriptJS, Font Awesome 4.7.0 and FontAwesome All, Slick Carousel, Magnific Popup, TweenMax, ASP.events SHOWOFF CMS
Frameworks
ASP.events SHOWOFF
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by base href https URL)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

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
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and navigation
  2. No privacy or cookie policies explicitly found
  3. No security or incident response policies published
  4. WHOIS data unavailable due to domain naming rules violation
  5. Website uses modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks
  6. Social media presence on Twitter and LinkedIn
  7. Contact email uses akabomedia.co.uk domain
  8. Event scheduled for March 2026 in Brussels, Belgium
  9. Multiple partner logos and testimonials present
  10. No phone numbers explicitly provided
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the SHOWOFF CMS platform by ASP.events, utilizing a modern JavaScript stack including jQuery, Font Awesome, and Slick Carousel for UI components. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices such as meta tags and Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, with multiple external scripts and CDN usage. The technical debt appears low, but updating libraries and adding security headers would modernize the infrastructure. Hosting provider details are not explicit, but the use of CDN and ASP.events platform suggests a managed hosting environment. Overall, the technical implementation supports a professional and user-friendly 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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