SmartCharcoal is a small Latvian company specializing in premium quality, sustainable charcoal products targeted primarily at restaurants, grill businesses, and BBQ enthusiasts across Europe. Their business model focuses on providing concentrated, natural charcoal briquettes that offer longer burn times and higher heat, enhancing grilling experiences. The website is professionally designed using WordPress and Elementor, featuring rich content, product details, and customer testimonials that support their market positioning as a premium supplier. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies and is mobile optimized, though some performance and security enhancements are possible. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS enabled and domain transfer protection, but lacks DNSSEC and comprehensive security headers. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Contact information is clearly presented, supporting business credibility. Overall, the site is trustworthy and well-positioned but should improve privacy compliance and security practices.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
58/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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.
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"
This scan found 26 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.
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
65
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
58
Average
52
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
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
Add-on
Leaked records that mention smartcharcoal.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The company targets the energy sector niche of charcoal production with a focus on sustainability and premium quality. Their competitive advantage lies in the natural composition of their briquettes, longer burn times, and compact packaging. The business serves both B2B (restaurants, pizza ovens) and B2C (camping, backyard grilling) customers. The website indicates a growth-oriented approach with active social media channels and video content. The lack of privacy policies and incomplete analytics setup suggests room for digital maturity improvement. No partnerships or subsidiaries are evident from the data. The company appears to be a standalone entity founded in 2018 with a clear brand identity and consistent messaging.
Security posture
The website benefits from HTTPS and domain transfer lock, which are positive security indicators. However, the absence of DNSSEC and key security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces its defense-in-depth. No incident response or security policy information is provided, which could hinder rapid response to security events. The site does not expose sensitive data or show signs of vulnerabilities in the HTML content. The use of popular WordPress plugins is noted, but the Google Analytics plugin is not configured, which may indicate incomplete setup. Overall, the security posture is moderate but can be improved by implementing recommended headers, DNSSEC, and formal security policies.
Recommendations
Implement a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance user trust.
Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to harden the website against common attacks.
Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to demonstrate security maturity and readiness.
Configure or remove unused analytics plugins to avoid unnecessary data collection and potential privacy issues.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
SmartCharcoal
Description
Order premium quality coal for restaurants and grill in Europe. The best solution for the restaurant business - economical, natural, convenient storage.
WordPress, Elementor, Slider Revolution, jQuery, Bootstrap, Google Fonts, FontAwesome, Contact Form 7
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enabled
ClientTransferProhibited domain status
Analytics and tracking
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor
Advertising
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
excellent
User experience
good
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
good
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is professionally designed with rich content about premium charcoal products.
No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
Contact information is clearly provided with phone, email, and physical address.
No visible security or incident response policies.
Uses WordPress with popular plugins and themes.
No WAF or blocking detected; site fully accessible.
No adult or questionable content detected.
SEO and social media integration present.
Google Analytics plugin installed but not configured.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on WordPress with Elementor and Slider Revolution, leveraging Bootstrap and jQuery for responsive design and interactivity. Google Fonts and FontAwesome are used for typography and icons. The site loads multiple CSS and JS assets from its own domain and trusted CDNs. Performance is moderate with some optimization opportunities. Mobile optimization is good, but accessibility features are basic. SEO is supported by meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Hosting provider details are not explicit but DNS servers indicate a third-party hosting environment. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected, allowing full content access.
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.
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