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Security report for abta.com

ABTA · Hospitality · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

ABTA is a leading UK-based association representing travel agents and tour operators, providing expert travel advice, consumer protection, and complaint resolution services. The website is well-structured, content-rich, and targets both consumers and industry professionals. It offers extensive resources including travel tips, industry news, events, and sustainability guidance. The digital infrastructure is built on Drupal 10, leveraging modern analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and TikTok Pixel. The site is mobile-optimized and demonstrates good SEO and accessibility practices. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, though some security headers are not explicitly detected in the HTML. WHOIS data is unavailable, which slightly impacts trust but the website's professional presentation and clear branding support its legitimacy. Overall, the site is a reliable resource for travel industry stakeholders and consumers alike.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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

5 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 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
95
Security headers
20
Email security
85
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
72

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention abta.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
278
Employees
0
Customers
278
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
8%

5 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

ABTA operates as an essential entity within the hospitality and transportation sectors, focusing on membership services for travel agents and tour operators. Its business model centers on providing industry guidance, consumer protection, and training events. The organization maintains partnerships with related service providers such as travel money and insurance platforms. The website's comprehensive content and clear navigation indicate a mature digital presence. The absence of public WHOIS data suggests privacy protection or alternative domain registration practices, which is not uncommon but warrants verification. ABTA's market position as a leading UK travel association is reinforced by its extensive resources and industry engagement.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and employs cookie consent mechanisms, indicating a baseline commitment to security and privacy compliance. However, explicit security headers like X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options are not visible in the HTML source, which could be improved to enhance protection against clickjacking and MIME sniffing attacks. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. The use of third-party analytics and marketing scripts introduces a moderate level of user tracking, balanced by privacy policies and consent banners. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure information are not publicly available, suggesting an area for improvement in transparency and security readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify comprehensive security headers including X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen browser security.
  2. Publish a clear vulnerability disclosure policy and security contact information to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  3. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies to mitigate risks from external libraries.
  4. Enhance visibility of contact information including verified company emails and phone numbers to improve business credibility.
  5. Maintain and update privacy and cookie policies to ensure ongoing GDPR compliance and user trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
ABTA
Description
ABTA is the leading association of travel agents and tour operators, providing expert travel advice, guidance, protection and help in resolving travel complaints.
Key services
Travel advice, Travel protection, Complaint resolution, Industry events and training, Sustainability guidance
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, TikTok Pixel, FontAwesome, Promise Polyfill, html2canvas, Civic Cookie Control
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of cookie consent mechanism

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, TikTok Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
TikTok Pixel
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and content-rich.
  2. No signs of adult or malicious content.
  3. Uses modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  4. WHOIS data is unavailable, which reduces trust score slightly.
  5. Privacy and cookie policies are present and comprehensive.
  6. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML snippet provided.
  7. Social media presence confirmed via Twitter handle @abtatravel.
  8. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page.
  9. No explicit security or incident response policies found on the site.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, indicating a robust and scalable infrastructure. It integrates multiple analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and TikTok Pixel, enabling comprehensive user behavior tracking and marketing optimization. The site uses standard web technologies including FontAwesome for icons and polyfills for browser compatibility. Performance appears moderate with asynchronous loading of scripts and mobile optimization in place. Accessibility features such as skip links and responsive design contribute to a positive user experience. Opportunities exist to improve technical security configurations and to verify hosting provider details for a complete infrastructure assessment.
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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