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Security report for zellamid.com

Zell Materials GmbH · Manufacturing · Germany

Partial score · DNS & email only

40/100

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

Zell Materials GmbH is a medium-sized manufacturing company specializing in engineering plastics, offering a range of products including general purpose materials, special performance materials, and high performance materials. The company operates primarily in the manufacturing sector and serves industrial and engineering clients. Their website provides product finders, material comparison tools, and a B2B webshop, indicating a mature digital presence tailored to professional customers. Technically, the website uses Apache server technology, ezPublish CMS, and includes JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and YUI. However, the absence of SSL/TLS encryption and DNS records significantly undermines the security posture and operational reliability of the domain. The site includes comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms, reflecting good privacy compliance practices. Security headers are minimal, and no explicit security or incident response policies are published. Overall, the website is professionally designed with consistent branding but requires urgent security improvements to protect users and enhance trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
Checks completed
6of 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

6 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

      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

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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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
0
Email security
50
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
40

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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 company is positioned as a specialized supplier within the engineering plastics manufacturing industry, leveraging its membership in the Klepsch Group to enhance credibility. Its business model focuses on B2B sales through direct distribution and an online webshop. The presence of product comparison and finder tools suggests a customer-centric approach to facilitate informed purchasing decisions. Marketing efforts include Google Analytics and DoubleClick retargeting, indicating active digital marketing strategies. The lack of publicly available contact emails and phone numbers on the site may limit direct customer engagement but is partially mitigated by contact forms. The company’s digital ecosystem includes partnerships with Klepsch Group and industry associations such as IAPD and EPDA, reinforcing its market position.

Security posture

The website currently exhibits a low security maturity level due to the absence of HTTPS, invalid or missing SSL certificates, and lack of DNS records including MX and NS records. Security headers are limited to X-Frame-Options with a non-standard allow-from directive, which may not be widely supported. No advanced security policies such as Content-Security-Policy or HSTS are implemented. The site does not expose sensitive data or show signs of vulnerabilities in the HTML content, but the lack of encryption exposes users to interception risks. Privacy compliance is strong with clear cookie consent mechanisms and privacy policies. Incident response and security policy documentation are absent, indicating a gap in security governance. Immediate remediation of SSL/TLS and DNS configurations is critical to improve security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a valid SSL/TLS certificate and enforce HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Configure proper DNS records including A, MX, NS, and TXT to ensure domain functionality and email delivery.
  3. Enable DNSSEC and CAA records to enhance domain security and certificate issuance control.
  4. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Publish a security policy and incident response plan on the website to improve transparency and preparedness.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on an Apache server and uses the ezPublish CMS platform, supplemented by JavaScript libraries including jQuery and YUI for UI components and autocomplete features. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are integrated for marketing and analytics purposes. The site is mobile responsive with multiple viewport meta tags and uses modern HTML5 elements. However, the lack of SSL/TLS and DNS records represents significant technical debt and operational risk. Performance metrics are unavailable, but the site includes cached CSS and JS resources indicating some optimization. Accessibility features are basic, with some support for older browsers via HTML5 shims. SEO is basic with meta description tags but no Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is functional but requires modernization and security hardening.
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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