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Security report for stefanel.com

Stefanel · Retail · Italy

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

47/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Stefanel is a European retail and e-commerce brand specializing in women's fashion, operating a multi-country website with localized country selectors. The business targets European consumers seeking stylish women's clothing. The website is built on the Salesforce Commerce Cloud (Demandware) platform and uses various marketing and analytics tools including Google Tag Manager, CQuotient, and LiveStory. However, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate and does not serve content over HTTPS, which is a critical security flaw. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a OneTrust cookie consent mechanism, but no privacy policy or terms of service are found on the splash page. Contact information is also absent, limiting user trust and support options.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

  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

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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"

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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
45
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
47

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

The company positions itself as an established fashion retailer with a presence across many European countries, as evidenced by the extensive country selector links. The business model is retail and e-commerce focused, leveraging Salesforce Commerce Cloud for digital sales. The use of Google site verifications and Facebook domain verification indicates efforts to maintain domain legitimacy and marketing reach. The absence of direct contact details and legal policies on the splash page suggests these may be located deeper in the site or missing, which could impact customer confidence. The marketing ecosystem includes Google Ads and retargeting, indicating active customer acquisition strategies.

Security posture

The security posture is weak due to the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of HTTPS, exposing users to potential data interception risks. While some security headers are present, critical protections like HSTS, OCSP stapling, and modern TLS protocols are missing. Cookies are set with secure and SameSite flags, which is positive. No vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are found. The site uses Cloudflare as a CDN but does not leverage its security features fully. Overall, the site requires urgent improvements in SSL/TLS configuration and enhanced security policies to protect user data and comply with best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site immediately.
  2. Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with preload to enforce secure connections.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages accessible from the main navigation.
  4. Add clear contact information including customer support and security incident response contacts.
  5. Review and optimize security headers and enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or 1.3).
  6. Conduct a full security audit to identify and remediate any other vulnerabilities or compliance gaps.
  7. Improve website content quality and SEO metadata to replace placeholder tags with meaningful information.
  8. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility to improve user experience and compliance.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Salesforce Commerce Cloud (Demandware) and uses multiple third-party scripts for analytics, marketing, and cookie consent. The site loads Google Fonts and uses Cloudflare as a CDN. Performance data is missing or zero, indicating potential slow loading or incomplete measurement. The HTML content is structured but contains placeholder meta tags and lacks structured data markup. Mobile optimization is basic, and accessibility features are minimal. The absence of HTTPS and modern TLS protocols is a significant technical risk. The site uses JavaScript heavily for tracking and analytics, including Demandware analytics, Google Tag Manager, and CQuotient. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern but requires critical security and content improvements.
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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