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Security report for 220soft.co.uk

220 Soft · Education · N/a

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

51/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The 220 Soft WorkSkills Initiative website is an educational platform focused on providing personalized online support and resources for job seekers, including those facing health challenges or low confidence. It offers guides, assessments, and data reporting tools to empower individuals and training providers in employment readiness and career development. The platform targets individuals new to the UK, NEET populations, and training organizations, positioning itself as a niche provider in the employment support education sector. Technically, the website employs standard web technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and the Slick Carousel library for content sliders. It uses Google Fonts for typography and is served over HTTPS, ensuring secure communication. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and clear navigation but lacks advanced accessibility features and security headers, which could be improved. From a security perspective, the site benefits from HTTPS but lacks visible security headers and privacy-related policies, which are critical for compliance and user trust. The WHOIS data is incomplete and malformed, indicating privacy protection or data unavailability, which slightly reduces domain trustworthiness. No forms or data collection mechanisms are evident, minimizing immediate data exposure risks. Overall, the site is professionally designed and content-rich but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance, security hardening, and transparent contact information to improve trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

8 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 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

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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
50
Average
51

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

220 Soft operates in the education sector, specifically targeting employment support and skills development. Its business model revolves around providing online learning resources, assessments, and administrative tools to individuals and training providers. The platform's competitive advantage lies in its tailored support for vulnerable populations such as NEET individuals and new UK arrivals. Revenue streams likely include subscriptions or licensing fees for training providers and possibly individual user access. The company appears small in size with no public parent or subsidiary affiliations. The absence of public contact details and privacy policies suggests a need for improved transparency to strengthen market credibility. Strategic partnerships or integrations are not evident from the data provided.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security posture with HTTPS enabled, ensuring encrypted data transmission. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options exposes the site to potential risks like clickjacking and MIME sniffing. No evidence of vulnerable libraries or exposed sensitive data was found in the HTML content. The lack of privacy and cookie policies indicates gaps in compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not present, limiting the site's readiness for security events. Overall, while basic security is in place, enhancements are necessary to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear user consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Add essential security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to harden the website against common web attacks.
  3. Publish contact information including security incident response contacts and consider adding a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience for all visitors.
  5. Regularly audit WHOIS and domain registration data to ensure transparency and maintain domain trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
220 Soft
Description
The 220 Soft WorkSkills Initiative is an online platform providing 24/7 personalised support for employment seekers, including those with health challenges or low confidence. It offers resources to overcome employment barriers and to develop essential skills for long-term career success, backed by an administration system that ensures measurable progress and value for money.
Key services
Employment support guides, Career coaching, Flexible learning and training solutions, Universal Employment Awareness guides, WorkSkills Initiative examination, Comprehensive data reporting and progress tracking
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Slick Carousel, Google Fonts (Roboto, Montserrat)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website provides comprehensive employment support and training resources.
  2. No visible privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided on the main page.
  4. No social media links detected.
  5. Uses HTTPS with no visible security headers in HTML source.
  6. No forms detected on the main page; no data collection fields visible.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected in the provided HTML.
  8. Content is well structured with clear navigation and calls to action.
  9. No advertising or affiliate marketing detected.
  10. WHOIS data is incomplete and malformed, limiting domain trust verification.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern but basic technology stack with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, including the Slick Carousel library for interactive content display. Google Fonts are used for typography, enhancing visual appeal. The site is mobile responsive and has good SEO meta tags. However, no CMS or advanced frameworks are detected, suggesting a custom or lightweight build. Performance appears moderate with no explicit indicators of optimization or CDN usage. The absence of analytics or tracking scripts indicates minimal data collection, which aligns with privacy but limits marketing insights. Technical debt appears low but opportunities exist to improve security headers, accessibility, and policy disclosures to reduce risk and enhance 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.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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