VERTICAL PRO is a specialized trade fair platform focusing on vertical professionals in industrial climbing, tree care, rescue, and climbing hall operations. The event attracts over 200 exhibitors from 30 countries, positioning itself as a key industry gathering in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The website provides comprehensive event information, exhibitor details, and visitor resources, reflecting a mature and professional digital presence. Technically, the site employs modern front-end technologies including Bootstrap, Algolia Autocomplete, and Usercentrics for cookie consent management, ensuring a responsive and user-friendly experience. Security-wise, while HTTPS is implied and cookie consent mechanisms are in place, the absence of visible security headers and lack of WHOIS data represent areas for improvement. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professionally maintained but would benefit from enhanced transparency in privacy policies and domain registration details.
Scanned ·
NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
68/ 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
4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
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
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 X-Frame-Options header
Prevents clickjacking attacks
What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"
This scan found 22 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.
Daily monitoring
Recommended
€25per month
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.
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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
70
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
72
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 vertical-pro.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
Breach holds no records for vertical-pro.com right now. New leaks arrive continuously, so monitoring on Breach alerts you if that changes.
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 trade fair organizer targeting vertical professionals in climbing and related sectors. Its competitive advantage lies in combining sport and professional climbing worlds under one event, attracting a diverse international exhibitor base. Revenue streams likely include exhibitor fees, ticket sales, and sponsorships. The partnership with Messe Friedrichshafen strengthens its market position. The website's clear navigation and event-focused content support effective customer engagement. Growth indicators include expanding exhibitor numbers and event dates. Strategic observations suggest opportunities in enhancing digital transparency and security to bolster stakeholder confidence.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS usage and a robust cookie consent framework via Usercentrics. However, the absence of explicit security headers (e.g., CSP, HSTS) and missing WHOIS registration data are notable gaps. No direct contact channels for incident response or security policies are evident, which could hinder timely vulnerability reporting and compliance. The site does not expose sensitive data or show signs of vulnerable libraries but should implement stronger security headers and publish clear privacy and security policies to improve compliance and trust.
Recommendations
Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages accessible from the homepage.
Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Provide explicit contact information for security incidents, including an abuse or security email address.
Verify and update WHOIS registration details to ensure domain legitimacy and transparency.
Conduct regular security audits of third-party scripts and dependencies to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Description
VERTICAL PRO is a trade fair platform for industrial climbing, tree care, rescue, and operators of climbing halls and high ropes courses, combining sport and professional climbing sectors. It hosts over 200 exhibitors from 30 countries presenting a wide spectrum of vertical professional services and products at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance.
Key services
Trade fair hosting, Exhibitor registration and support, Visitor information and ticketing, Industry networking and program events
HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL and external scripts)
Use of Usercentrics CMP for cookie consent
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic
Advertising
Marketing tools
Usercentrics CMP, Algolia Autocomplete
Transparency
good
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is a professional trade fair platform for vertical professionals.
Content is rich with event information, exhibitor details, and visitor resources.
No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the main HTML content.
Privacy and terms pages are not explicitly linked or found.
Cookie consent is managed via Usercentrics CMP.
WHOIS data is unavailable or domain not found in WHOIS database.
No security headers detected in provided data.
Use of modern front-end technologies and responsive design.
External links mostly to trusted domains related to event and partners.
Technical notes
Notes
The website uses a modern front-end stack with HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap framework, and JavaScript libraries including Algolia Autocomplete for search and Usercentrics for consent management. The site is mobile-optimized and features responsive design elements. Performance appears moderate with preloading of critical CSS and JS assets. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with enhanced ARIA roles and keyboard navigation support. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph data, and canonical links. Hosting provider and CMS are not explicitly identified. Technical risks include lack of security headers and incomplete WHOIS data which may affect trust and 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.
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