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Verifiable review

What we checked on the Shift5 site

https://shift5.io/

Declared goal

A general review

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October 20, 2026·evidence captured during the analysis

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1

Diagnose

What we were able to measure

We reviewed 10 of the 23 linked pages, at 1280 px and 390 px. Everything we say below comes from these captures, and each statement has the measurement it comes from underneath it.

Screenshot of the first screen of the page, as it looked when we read it, in a 1280×800 window.
Screenshot of the first screen of the page, as it looked when we read it, in a 390×844 window.

First screen at 1280×800 and at 390×844, as it looked when we read it. Where the first screen ends depends on the window size. Open them at full size to see it.

First screen at 1280×800 and at 390×844, as it looked when we read it. Where the first screen ends depends on the window size. Open them at full size to see it.

What you can leave as it isSee
Other things we observed, none of which point to a problem.See
What its forms ask forSee
What we checked and what was left outSee
The measurements, one by oneSee

We ran 6 checks. Complete: 2. Partial: 3. Not measured: 1. With that, we flag 2 changes for you.

2

Decide

What you can decide

Each one is a change you can make, with the measurement it comes from and how to check that it is done. In stage 3 we tell you in what order we would make them.

They are not ordered by urgency. Which one you work on first is a decision this report does not make.

Found in the review, with no demonstrated relation to what you asked for.

  • Act

    Name the buttons on this page

    Why we say this —Several pages have buttons with no text and no accessible name. It appears on 10 of the 10 pages we reviewed.

    Someone using a screen reader, or an AI agent, can't tell what each one does.

    You will know it is done whenevery button has text or an aria-label that says what it does.

    It appears on all 10 pages we reviewed.

    Where: /, /cyber-ew/, /predictive-maintenance/, /compliance/, /research/, /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/, /insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/, /insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/, /insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/, /insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/

    The measurement: axe-core checks the page as it loads. We don't see buttons that appear after a click, and we don't measure whether their name is clear.

    You can confirm it with the browser's accessibility inspector: the button shows no name

    What we do not know about this check: Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.

    The evidence

  • Act

    Name the links on this page

    Why we say this —Several pages have links with no text and no accessible name. It appears on 10 of the 10 pages we reviewed.

    Someone using a screen reader, or an AI agent, can't tell where each one goes.

    You will know it is done whenevery link has text, an aria-label or an image with alt text that says where it goes.

    It appears on all 10 pages we reviewed. · at both widths

    Where: /, /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/, /insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/, /insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/, /insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/, /insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/, /cyber-ew/, /predictive-maintenance/, /compliance/, /research/

    The measurement: axe-core checks the page as it loads. We don't measure whether their name is clear, and we don't follow the link.

    You can confirm it with the browser's accessibility inspector: the link shows no name

    What we do not know about this check: Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.

    The evidence

What the evidence does not allow you to decide

Found in the review, with no demonstrated relation to what you asked for.

  • On all 10 pages we reviewed, there are external domains that load before anyone touches anything. On the page with the most, there are 3.

    They showed up in the first load. We could not determine whether this page shows a consent notice, so we do not know whether any of this would have changed after answering it. If that matters for what you are going to decide, check it by hand before acting.

    These external domains are contacted before anyone has been able to answer the notice.

    They are: download-video-ak.vimeocdn.com, player.vimeo.com, www.gstatic.com.

    It appears on all 10 pages we reviewed. · at both widths

    Where: /, /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/, /insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/, /insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/, /insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/, /insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/, /cyber-ew/, /predictive-maintenance/, /compliance/, /research/

    Check before you touch it: we do not measure this.

    What we do not know about this check: Partial. This check only covers the domains the page called while loading. We do not judge whether what the page does with those domains is lawful.

    The evidence

3

Act

What to do, and in what order

2 changes, in the order we would make them. If you are only going to change one thing, change the first one.

Where this order comes from: three things we measured — how much it overlaps with what you asked us for, whether we could check it fully or only partly, and on how many of the 10 reviewed pages it appears. What we checked fully goes before what we checked partly. We do not measure how much each change costs, so if the first is expensive and the third is one line, start with the third.

Give each button a name

How to check it: You can confirm it with the browser's accessibility inspector: the button shows no name

All 10 pages · the card

Give each link a name

How to check it: You can confirm it with the browser's accessibility inspector: the link shows no name

All 10 pages · the card

What you can leave as it is

We looked at this in full and found nothing to fix.

  • Observed forms
  • Metadata and shareability

Other things we observed, none of which point to a problem.

There are 14 facts.

  • We counted 5 images on the pages we reviewed.
  • The main heading of / says: “O p / I n t e l l i g e n c e”.
  • The main heading of /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/ says: “S 5 / I n s i g h t s”.
  • The main heading of /insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/ says: “S 5 / I n s i g h t s”.
  • And 7 more.
  • 10 of the 10 pages we reviewed have a title, a description and sharing data.

  • Metadata and shareability

    We looked at it on every page we read and found nothing to flag.

  • Observed forms

    We looked at it on every page we read and found nothing to flag.

What its forms ask for

A form without a title inside the form itself. If there is a heading just above it but outside it, we do not count it.

  • The “Perfect. Just a few more questions so we can route your inquiry.” form asks for 7 details. 5 of them are required. It is on /, /cyber-ew/ and on 3 more pages.
  • A form without a title of its own asks for 1 detail, and it is required. It is on /, /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/ and on 8 more pages.

Why it matters: Every detail asked for before getting an answer is one more decision for whoever fills it in.

We counted what the form asked for when it opened; it may ask for more as you go. We only see the forms the page declares as forms.

What we checked and what was left out

This report looks at this site at 390 pixels wide, with the same checks we run on desktop. There are three things specific to mobile that we do not check yet: the size of what has to be tapped, whether the phone zooms in on the page when a field is tapped, and what text size is left afterwards. That we do not name them does not mean they are fine: it means we have not looked at them.

We read 10 pages on desktop, and all of them could also be read on mobile.

Consent notice: we could not determine whether there was one on 10 of the 10 pages of this review. On those pages, what we describe is what loaded before we responded to anything; if the notice exists, content that only appears afterwards may be missing.

We read 10 of the 23 pages we found linked from the one you gave us. We start with the pages in the main navigation; footer links go last. Besides the page you gave us, we read up to 10 more pages per diagnostic. Here we reached that limit.

What we did and on what

We read 10 pages on October 20, 2026. We have 3 findings, in 2 groups.

How we chose which pages to read. We followed the links on shift5.io and found 77 anchors. 49 were repeated and 2 pointed outside the site.

We ran 6 checks. Complete: 2. Partial: 3. Not measured: 1.

  • https://shift5.io/
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/
  • https://shift5.io/insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/
  • https://shift5.io/cyber-ew/
  • https://shift5.io/predictive-maintenance/
  • https://shift5.io/compliance/
  • https://shift5.io/research/

We ran 6 checks. Complete: 2. Partial: 3. Not measured: 1.

With that, we flag 2 changes. In 1 case, the evidence does not allow you to decide.

Where we did not look

Each abstention with its cause and its scope. Absence of observation is not absence of the problem.

  • Links whose destination we could not determine · on 10 pages we read

    We cannot tell which are links that lead nowhere and which are buttons that work — tabs and dropdowns are written the same way. We do not claim that any of them is broken.

  • Computed accessibility

    Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.

  • Navigation and links

    Partial. We checked links with no declared destination, but we did not follow any, so we do not detect a link that leads to a page that does not exist.

  • First screen and calls to action

    Not measured. A fixed layer sat over the first screen, and we cannot separate what is underneath.

  • Third parties and consent

    Partial. This check only covers the domains the page called while loading. We do not judge whether what the page does with those domains is lawful.

  • Comparison with a reference population

    We do not yet compare this site with any reference corpus.

LIMITS OF THIS REVIEW

  • These observations are limited to the reviewed pages listed above.

  • The pages we did not read are not in these observations: nothing this report says refers to them.

  • What we count as a link or button: links, buttons, controls that submit a form, and anything that declares a link or button role. If something acts as a control without declaring itself one, we do not see it.

  • We measure contrast against the reference the check itself comes with: 4.5 to 1 for normal text and 3 to 1 for large text. It is not a threshold of our own. We do not measure text placed over an image or a gradient: the check cannot determine the background color, and those cases do not reach these observations.

  • This review looked at the site in its light version. If the site changes its appearance when the computer or phone is in dark mode, that version has not been looked at, and what we say here about contrast does not apply to it.

  • This review was done from the Netherlands, within the European Union. A visitor from outside the European Union may not see the same thing: some sites change depending on where they are requested from.

  • Fixed layers are measured in each of the windows used in this review. At another window size, the part of the first screen that is covered changes, and a layer that covers nothing in one window may cover something in another.

  • We do not count images declared as decorative: an image is declared decorative with alt="", and that is a choice made by whoever put it there. We trust that declaration; we do not check whether the image really is decorative.

  • When we review the declared type of a field, we go by its name and its label. We do not check what is typed into it, so a field whose name does not announce what it expects can go by without us flagging it.

  • We did not get to read 1 linked page.

    They were linked from the pages we reviewed. They are not part of these observations.

  • You wrote “A general review” as your goal. We could not relate what you wrote to what we know how to check, so we ordered the report without taking it into account. That is a limit on our side.

  • This review abstains on 6 points. Each one, with its cause and its scope, is under “Where we did not look”.

The measurements, one by one

On all 10 pages we reviewed there are buttons that don't say what they do.

F1 · Computed accessibility

These are buttons with no text and no accessible name: not a word inside, no aria-label, no title. On screen they are usually an icon.

It appears on 10 of the 10 pages we reviewed. Among them: /, /cyber-ew/, /predictive-maintenance/. Plus 7 more.

axe-core checks the page as it loads. We don't see buttons that appear after a click, and we don't measure whether their name is clear.

The count for each page

  • https://shift5.io/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/cyber-ew/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/predictive-maintenance/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/compliance/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/research/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/ · 2
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/ · 2
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/ · 2
  • https://shift5.io/insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/ · 2
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/ · 2

Where it is

.fields-close_desktop

About this check: Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.

If you decide to change it: Add visible text or an aria-label that says what the button does. We have not tested the change, so we do not know what else is affected.

On all 10 pages we reviewed there are links that don't say where they go.

F1 · Computed accessibility

These are links with no text and no accessible name. On screen they are usually a logo, an icon or an image without alt text.

It appears on 10 of the 10 pages we reviewed. Among them: /, /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/, /insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/. Plus 7 more.

at both widths

axe-core checks the page as it loads. We don't measure whether their name is clear, and we don't follow the link.

The count for each page

  • https://shift5.io/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/cyber-ew/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/predictive-maintenance/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/compliance/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/research/ · 1

Where it is

.footer-logo

About this check: Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.

If you decide to change it: Add text, an aria-label, or alt text on the link's image that says where it goes. We have not tested the change, so we do not know what else is affected.

On all 10 pages we reviewed, there are external domains that load before anyone touches anything. On the page with the most, there are 3.

F6 · Third parties and consent

They showed up in the first load. We could not determine whether this page shows a consent notice, so we do not know whether any of this would have changed after answering it. If that matters for what you are going to decide, check it by hand before acting.

They are: download-video-ak.vimeocdn.com, player.vimeo.com, www.gstatic.com.

It appears on 10 of the 10 pages we reviewed. Among them: /, /insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/, /insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/. Plus 7 more.

at both widths

The count for each page

  • https://shift5.io/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-advanced-rf-enabled-gps-threat-detection/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-technology-innovation-leader-onboard-ot-platforms/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-secures-99-million-contract-to-further-support-army-next-generation-command-and-control/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/unlocking-predictive-maintenance-for-unsensored-systems/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/insights/shift5-achieves-commercial-solutions-for-classified-csfc-listing/ · 1
  • https://shift5.io/cyber-ew/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/predictive-maintenance/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/compliance/ · 3
  • https://shift5.io/research/ · 3

Where it is

network

About this check: Partial. This check only covers the domains the page called while loading. We do not judge whether what the page does with those domains is lawful.

No fix proposed: this is a decision worth consulting on.

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Provenance

The instrument this review was written with.

Artifact versionartifact.v15
Resolution baseCaptured
CapturedOctober 20, 2026, 14:36 UTC
Page setcs-1adb0764-55ad-4887-8af6-be6b9ccab68c
Instrumentcopy-familias.v32 · spine seis-secciones.v1 · surface superficie:170f193889028958
Field definitioncenso-de-formularios.v1 · we do not count: hidden, submit, button, reset, image and the anti-spam tokens · the fields marked aria-hidden · the search fields: they do not ask for details about the person; they are a navigation control · the fields that appear while typing or in later steps: they are not guessed
Selection rulenot recorded

These versions identify the instrument, not the exact wording: the same version can cover later wording corrections.

Requested addresshttps://shift5.io/
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