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Security report for villaresmetals.com.br

Villares Metals S.A. · Manufacturing · Brazil

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Villares Metals S.A. is a well-established Brazilian steel manufacturing company with a history spanning approximately 80 years. The company specializes in producing various types of steel including engineering, tool, stainless, high speed, valve steels, and specialty alloys. Their business model focuses on full-service steel production, from raw material selection to delivery, serving diverse industrial sectors such as aerospace, automotive, energy, and medical. The website reflects a mature digital presence with multilingual support, customer portals, and comprehensive corporate information. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern plugins and frameworks, ensuring good performance and SEO optimization. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforcement, cookie consent management, and CAPTCHA integration, though there is room for improvement in incident response transparency and security headers. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR regulations, supporting Villares Metals' market position as a reliable industrial steel producer.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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

4 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 Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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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
100
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
73

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

Villares Metals operates in the manufacturing sector with a focus on steel production for multiple industrial segments. Their competitive advantage lies in their extensive experience, research and development capabilities, and a broad product portfolio. The company leverages digital tools such as a customer portal and multilingual website to enhance client engagement. The presence of corporate governance and sustainability pages indicates a commitment to transparency and responsible business practices. The domain and hosting infrastructure align with the parent company voestalpine, suggesting integration within a larger corporate group. The company targets industrial clients requiring specialized steel products, positioning itself as a key supplier in energy, automotive, aerospace, and other heavy industries.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security foundation with HTTPS enabled and secure cookie settings. The use of Borlabs Cookie for consent management and Friendly Captcha for form protection indicates attention to privacy and bot mitigation. Google Tag Manager is implemented with opt-in consent, aligning with privacy best practices. However, the absence of a published incident response page or security.txt file limits transparency in vulnerability handling. Security headers beyond cookie settings are not explicitly identified, suggesting potential for enhancement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is good but could benefit from additional documentation and header hardening.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated vulnerability disclosure or security.txt page to improve transparency and trust.
  2. Add incident response contact information, such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Implement additional security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Enhance website accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience.
  5. Regularly review and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Villares Metals S.A.
Description
Villares Metals is a steel production company specializing in engineering steel, tool steels, stainless steels, high speed steels, valve steels, and specialty alloys. They provide full service from raw material selection to delivery, with a focus on research & development and laboratory analyses.
Key services
Steel production, Research & Development, Laboratory analyses, Mill sales, Customer portal, Supplier management
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, Contact Form 7, WPML (multilingual), Borlabs Cookie, Friendly Captcha, Google Tag Manager, jQuery
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with granular control
  • Use of CAPTCHA on forms
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Tag Manager with opt-in
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
good

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. Strong compliance with GDPR and cookie consent regulations.
  3. No critical security issues detected.
  4. Clear corporate identity and contact information.
  5. Use of modern web technologies and CMS.
  6. No suspicious or malicious content found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern tech stack including Yoast SEO, WPML for multilingual support, Contact Form 7 with Friendly Captcha, and Borlabs Cookie for GDPR compliance. The use of Bootstrap framework and jQuery supports responsive design and interactive elements. Hosting appears corporate with nameservers linked to voestalpine domains, indicating a managed environment. Performance is moderate with lazy loading images and optimized CSS. SEO is well addressed with canonical tags, Open Graph metadata, and structured JSON-LD data. The site is mobile optimized and accessible at a basic level. Technical risks are minimal but include reliance on third-party scripts which require ongoing maintenance.
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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