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Security report for vanschneider.com

House of van Schneider · Other · United States

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website vanschneider.com represents the personal brand of Tobias van Schneider, a creative director and designer with a background rooted in Germany and Austria, currently based in New York City. The site showcases his creative direction services and design portfolio, targeting creative professionals and potential clients seeking high-quality design and creative leadership. The business model is centered on personal branding and offering creative services, positioning Tobias as an independent creative professional with an international presence. Technically, the website is built on WordPress CMS, utilizing modern web fonts and the Yoast SEO Premium plugin to optimize search engine visibility. The site is hosted with a registrar RegistryGate GmbH and uses DNS servers from kasserver.com. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. The site employs HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate, but lacks DNSSEC and security headers, which are recommended for enhanced security. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates a reasonable posture with HTTPS enabled and domain transfer protection. However, it lacks explicit privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies, as well as incident response or vulnerability disclosure information. No contact emails or phone numbers were found, which may impact user trust and compliance with privacy regulations. No WAF or blocking mechanisms were detected, and the site content is fully accessible and safe for general audiences. Overall, the site scores moderately well in content quality and business credibility but has room for improvement in privacy compliance and security best practices. Strategic recommendations include adding comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, implementing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, and providing clear contact and incident response information to enhance trust and compliance.

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. 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 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';…

  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

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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
72
Security headers
30
Email security
60
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
61

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 business operates as a personal brand for Tobias van Schneider, focusing on creative direction and design services. The market positioning is that of a small, independent creative professional with a strong international background and presence in New York City. The business model relies on showcasing portfolio work and attracting clients through the website. There is no evidence of subsidiaries or parent companies. The site targets creative professionals and clients in need of design and creative leadership. The lack of explicit contact information and compliance documentation suggests a focus on portfolio presentation rather than direct e-commerce or large-scale client management. The partnership ecosystem is not evident from the data provided.

Security posture

The security maturity level is moderate. HTTPS is properly implemented, and the domain has clientTransferProhibited status, which prevents unauthorized transfers. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options indicates potential areas for improvement. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The site lacks formal incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms, which are important for security readiness. Compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a personal brand site but should be enhanced to meet higher standards.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement standard security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to mitigate common web attacks.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  4. Add clear contact information including business emails and phone numbers to enhance credibility and compliance.
  5. Establish an incident response plan and publish vulnerability disclosure information to demonstrate security maturity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
House of van Schneider
Description
I create, therefore I am. I'm Tobias van Schneider a designer born in Germany, raised in Austria & currently living and working in New York City.
Key services
creative direction, design services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.6, jQuery 3.7.1, Google Fonts (Merriweather)
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a personal brand site for Tobias van Schneider, a creative director and designer.
  2. Content is rich and professionally presented with strong branding and typography.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages found, indicating compliance gaps.
  4. No contact emails, phone numbers, or social media links explicitly found in the HTML content provided.
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  6. Site uses WordPress CMS with Yoast SEO plugin for SEO optimization.
  7. HTTPS is enabled and domain status clientTransferProhibited is set, improving security posture.
  8. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected; site content fully accessible.
  9. No advertising or tracking scripts detected in the provided content.
  10. No explicit or adult content detected; site is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses WordPress CMS version 6.8.1 with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin for SEO optimization. It loads jQuery 3.7.1 and uses Google Fonts along with several custom self-hosted web fonts. The site is hosted with DNS servers ns5.kasserver.com and ns6.kasserver.com, registered via RegistryGate GmbH. Performance is moderate with good mobile responsiveness and basic accessibility. The site lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC. The HTML and CSS appear valid and well-structured, supporting good SEO and user experience. There is no evidence of heavy third-party tracking or advertising scripts, indicating a clean technical environment. Opportunities exist to modernize security configurations and enhance privacy compliance.
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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