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Security report for valcontrols.com

Val Controls · Energy · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Val Controls is a company specializing in the manufacture and development of intelligent valve positioners and controllers, targeting industrial sectors such as oil & gas, mining, and power plants. The website positions the company as a world leader in this niche, offering safer, environmentally friendly, and cost-efficient solutions. The business model is primarily B2B, leveraging an e-commerce platform with quote request capabilities to facilitate customer engagement and sales. Technically, the website is built on the Shopify platform using a modern theme (Impact 5.3.0) and employs contemporary web technologies including JavaScript ES modules, Google Tag Manager, and hCaptcha for form security. The site is hosted on Shopify's CDN, ensuring fast performance and excellent mobile optimization. SEO and accessibility practices are implemented at a good level, with structured data enhancing search engine understanding. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses hCaptcha to protect forms, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies. No privacy or cookie policies were detected, and no direct company contact emails or phone numbers are visible, which limits transparency. The WHOIS lookup failed to retrieve domain registration data, raising concerns about domain legitimacy and ownership verification. Overall, the website demonstrates solid technical implementation and business presentation but has notable gaps in privacy compliance, security transparency, and domain legitimacy. Strategic improvements in these areas would enhance trustworthiness and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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

5 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.

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, LinkedIn, Google Ads

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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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
57
Security headers
75
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
70

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

Val Controls operates in the industrial valve control market, serving sectors such as energy, mining, and power generation. The company leverages a B2B business model with a focus on manufacturing and product development. The website's integration of a quote request system indicates a tailored sales approach for industrial clients. The use of Shopify as an e-commerce platform suggests a modern digital sales channel. The absence of WHOIS data and direct contact details may impact customer trust and market credibility. The company appears to maintain a consistent brand presence and targets professional industrial customers seeking intelligent valve solutions.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses hCaptcha to mitigate automated form abuse, indicating a baseline security posture. However, the absence of security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. No published security or incident response policies were found, limiting transparency and preparedness communication. The lack of vulnerability disclosure mechanisms or security.txt files further constrains security maturity. The missing WHOIS data introduces uncertainty about domain ownership, which is a critical trust factor. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires enhancements to meet best practices and compliance standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add standard security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) to strengthen web security defenses.
  3. Provide clear company contact information including verified emails and phone numbers to enhance transparency.
  4. Publish security policies and incident response procedures to demonstrate security governance.
  5. Register the domain properly and ensure WHOIS data is available to establish domain legitimacy and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Val Controls
Description
World leading manufacturer and developer of intelligent valve positioners and controllers for markets like oil & gas, mining, power- and industrial plants. Cooperation with Val Controls is your link to a safer, environment friendly and more cost-efficient solution.
Key services
Manufacture of intelligent valve positioners, Development of valve controllers, Sales and cooperation for safer and cost-efficient industrial solutions
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Shopify, JavaScript ES modules, Google Tag Manager, Shopify Payments, hCaptcha, Liquid templating (Shopify)
Frameworks
Shopify theme Impact 5.3.0
Platforms
Shopify e-commerce platform
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of hCaptcha for form protection
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Shopify Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Marketing tools
Shopify Payments, Shopify Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally designed Shopify e-commerce site for industrial valve control products
  2. No WHOIS registration data available, domain may be unregistered or privacy protected
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages found
  4. Contact information only via embedded contact form, no direct emails or phone numbers visible
  5. Uses modern web technologies and Shopify platform
  6. No visible security headers detected in provided data
  7. No security or incident response policies published
  8. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found
  9. Good mobile optimization and SEO metadata present
  10. External domains mostly Shopify CDN and related services
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Shopify, utilizing a modern theme and leveraging Shopify's CDN for hosting, resulting in fast load times and excellent mobile responsiveness. The tech stack includes JavaScript ES modules, Google Tag Manager for analytics, and hCaptcha for form security. Structured data (JSON-LD) is implemented for SEO benefits. The site uses standard Shopify payment integrations and digital wallet capabilities. No technical debt or deprecated libraries were detected in the provided data. Opportunities exist to enhance security headers and privacy compliance features to reduce risk and improve regulatory adherence.
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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