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Security report for welbilt.uk

Welbilt M.E. - FZE · Hospitality · United Arab Emirates

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

Security score

78/100

Risk levelLow

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

Welbilt EMEA operates as a major player in the commercial kitchen equipment sector, representing multiple well-known brands such as Convotherm, Delfield, Frymaster, Garland, Lincoln, and Merrychef. The company targets hospitality and foodservice professionals across the EMEA region, offering sales, service, warranty registration, and educational resources. The website reflects a professional B2B business model with a strong brand presence and comprehensive resource offerings. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including jQuery, Bootstrap, Usercentrics for consent management, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, and Microsoft Application Insights for analytics and monitoring. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, with a moderate performance profile. Privacy compliance is well addressed through visible privacy and cookie policies with active consent mechanisms. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses consent management but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies or incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain is a notable concern, slightly reducing trust in domain legitimacy despite the professional website. Overall, Welbilt EMEA's website is a well-constructed digital asset supporting its business operations with minor areas for security and transparency improvement. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing security policies, and clarifying domain registration details to improve trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
70/ 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 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 Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • 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
30
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
70
Average
78

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

Welbilt EMEA holds a strong market position as a large enterprise in the hospitality sector, leveraging a portfolio of established brands to serve commercial kitchen equipment needs. Their business model focuses on B2B sales, service, and customer education, targeting hospitality professionals across multiple countries primarily in the EMEA region. The company benefits from a broad partnership ecosystem with brand-specific websites and service platforms. Growth indicators include active resource hubs and virtual showrooms, indicating investment in digital engagement. The lack of public WHOIS data suggests a need for improved transparency or domain management practices. Overall, the company demonstrates a mature business with a clear focus on market leadership and customer support.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and a consent management platform in place, supporting GDPR compliance. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents a gap in defense-in-depth. No security or incident response policies are published, and no vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are evident, limiting transparency and readiness perception. The lack of contact emails for security or abuse reporting further reduces incident response preparedness. No vulnerabilities or sensitive data exposures were detected in the site content. Enhancing security headers, publishing policies, and providing clear incident contacts would significantly improve the security posture and compliance alignment.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy page and provide incident response contact information such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Improve domain registration transparency by ensuring WHOIS data is available or justified with privacy protection explanations.
  5. Enhance trust signals by adding verified contact emails and certifications related to security and compliance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Welbilt M.E. - FZE
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Welbilt M.E. - FZE
Description
Welbilt brands: Cleveland, Convotherm, Delfield, Frymaster, Garland, INDUCS, Kolpak, Koolaire, Lincoln, Manitowoc Ice, Merrychef, Multiplex, Servend and Welbilt
Key services
Sales of commercial kitchen equipment, Service and warranty registration, Resource provision including document finder, masterclass, videos, virtual showrooms
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Usercentrics CMP, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, Microsoft Application Insights
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management platform for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager), Microsoft Application Insights, HubSpot Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
HubSpot, Microsoft Application Insights
Marketing tools
HubSpot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. Content is business-focused and relevant to hospitality industry.
  3. Multiple well-known brand links and social media presence.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are implemented with consent mechanism.
  5. No contact email found, only phone and physical address.
  6. WHOIS data is missing, which is a concern for domain legitimacy.
  7. Good technical implementation with modern libraries and analytics.
  8. No explicit security headers detected in HTML response.
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or security policy pages found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technology stack featuring jQuery and Bootstrap for UI, integrated with Usercentrics for cookie consent management, Google Tag Manager and HubSpot for marketing and analytics, and Microsoft Application Insights for telemetry. The site is well-structured with responsive design and accessibility features, supporting good SEO practices. Performance is moderate with gzip compressed assets and asynchronous script loading. No CMS was explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Hosting provider details are not evident from the HTML content. Technical risks are minimal but could be reduced further by adding security headers and improving domain registration transparency.
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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