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Security report for specialist.vc

Specialist VC · Technology · Estonia

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

48/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Specialist VC is a venture capital fund focused on supporting early-stage technology startups primarily in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine, and Belarus. The fund invests mainly in pre-seed to Series A rounds, with occasional secondary investments in later rounds. Their portfolio includes over 60 companies, many of which are recognized regional tech leaders. The website presents a professional and consistent brand image, with detailed team bios and clear contact information, positioning Specialist VC as a credible and established player in the regional VC ecosystem. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern plugins such as Rank Math for SEO and uses jQuery and Splide.js for interactive elements. The site is mobile-optimized and performs moderately well, with good SEO practices and accessibility features. HTTPS is enforced, ensuring secure communications. From a security perspective, the site has a solid SSL configuration but lacks some security headers and does not provide a vulnerability disclosure or incident response contact. Privacy compliance is partial, with an ESG policy page but no dedicated privacy or cookie policy pages, nor cookie consent mechanisms. Contact information is comprehensive, including multiple team emails and phone numbers. Overall, Specialist VC's website reflects a mature business with a strong market position and good technical implementation. However, improvements in privacy compliance and security best practices would enhance trust and regulatory adherence.

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

9 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. 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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  • 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
48

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

Specialist VC operates as an essential entity in the venture capital sector, targeting early-stage technology startups in Northern and Eastern Europe. Their competitive advantage lies in a strong LP base comprising founders and early employees of successful tech companies, enabling valuable network effects and deal flow. The business model centers on equity investments from pre-seed to Series A, with a ticket size typically starting at €250k. The fund emphasizes long-term partnerships and strategic support beyond capital. Growth indicators include a portfolio of 60+ companies and active involvement in multiple funding rounds. The partnership ecosystem includes notable regional tech companies such as Veriff, Bolt, and Starship. The company is headquartered in Estonia, with a medium-sized team of experienced investment professionals.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security posture with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data or vulnerable libraries. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options represents a missed opportunity to harden the site against common web attacks. There is no publicly available vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file, which limits transparency and incident response readiness. Privacy compliance is incomplete, lacking cookie consent mechanisms and a comprehensive privacy policy, which could expose the company to GDPR compliance risks. Overall, the security maturity is moderate, suitable for a marketing website but requiring enhancements to meet best practices for data protection and incident management.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers (CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options) to improve web security.
  2. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy page detailing GDPR compliance and data handling practices.
  3. Add a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with EU cookie regulations.
  4. Create and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Establish clear incident response contact channels (e.g., security@ or abuse@ email addresses) to improve transparency and readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Usaldusfond Specialist VC Primary and Secondary Fund II
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Specialist VC
Description
We are a venture capital fund supporting forward-thinking founders from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine and Belarus.
Key services
Investment capital, Strategic support, Fundraising assistance, Long-term partnership with startups
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, jQuery 3.7.1, Rank Math SEO plugin, Splide.js slider
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • No vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Marketing tools
Rank Math SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured
  2. Clear focus on venture capital investments in Northern and Eastern Europe
  3. Detailed team information with professional contacts
  4. No visible privacy or cookie policy pages except ESG policy
  5. No visible security.txt or incident response information
  6. No cookie consent mechanism detected
  7. No forms detected on the homepage
  8. Social media presence on Facebook and LinkedIn
  9. No advertising or tracking scripts detected beyond SEO plugin
  10. HTTPS enforced with no visible SSL issues
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform, using version 6.8.1, with jQuery 3.7.1 and the Rank Math SEO plugin for search engine optimization. The use of Splide.js provides a smooth slider experience for portfolio logos. The site loads CSS and JS resources efficiently, with scoped styles and responsive images for mobile optimization. Performance is moderate, with no major blocking scripts detected. Accessibility is basic but present, with semantic HTML and ARIA roles used for navigation and headings. SEO is well implemented with meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter cards, and JSON-LD structured data describing the organization, website, and articles. There is no evidence of technical debt or outdated libraries, but security headers are missing, which is a technical risk. Hosting provider details are not explicitly detected from the HTML content.
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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