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Security report for ancaster.co.uk

Ancaster · Transportation · United Kingdom

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

81/100

Risk levelLow

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

Ancaster Group is a well-established automotive dealership group operating multiple sales locations across South & West London, Kent, and Surrey. They represent several major car brands including Nissan, Hyundai, MG, Renault, Dacia, and Genesis, offering new and used car sales, servicing, and parts. The company targets regional customers seeking automotive products and services, positioning itself as a comprehensive automotive provider in its market segment. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image with good content quality and user experience. Technically, the website is built on ASP.NET WebForms with modern front-end libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap, enhanced by Font Awesome icons and integrated third-party services like Cookiebot for cookie consent management, Google Tag Manager for analytics, and a customer review widget. The site is mobile-optimized and demonstrates moderate performance with good SEO and accessibility basics. Security-wise, HTTPS is enforced with standard security headers and anti-bot measures via Cloudflare Turnstile, though no explicit security policy or incident response information is published. The security posture is solid with no evident vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data, but the absence of a published security policy and vulnerability disclosure reduces transparency. Privacy compliance is strong, with comprehensive cookie consent and GDPR-aligned privacy policies. However, the WHOIS data for the domain is unavailable due to domain naming rules errors, limiting the ability to fully verify domain legitimacy. Despite this, the website content and branding suggest a legitimate and trustworthy business. Overall, Ancaster Group's digital presence is professional and secure, with room for improvement in transparency around security policies and incident response. The domain registration ambiguity warrants monitoring, but current operations appear stable and credible.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
95/ 100 · Low
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

2 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 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. 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
69
Security headers
65
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
95
Average
81

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

Ancaster Group operates as a regional multi-brand automotive dealership with a focus on new and used vehicle sales, servicing, and parts distribution. Their market positioning leverages multiple well-known automotive brands to attract a broad customer base in the South & West London, Kent, and Surrey areas. The business model is traditional automotive retail and service, supported by a network of 12 sales locations. Revenue streams likely include vehicle sales, service contracts, parts sales, and accessories. The company targets individual consumers and fleet customers within its geographic region. Ancaster maintains partnerships with automotive manufacturers and technology providers, as evidenced by embedded service platforms and third-party integrations. Growth indicators include a diversified brand portfolio and digital engagement through customer reviews and online offers. Strategic observations suggest a focus on customer experience and digital marketing to maintain competitive advantage in a mature market.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, standard security headers (HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Content-Security-Policy, Referrer-Policy), and anti-bot protections via Cloudflare Turnstile cookies. Cookie consent management is robust, supporting GDPR compliance. No exposed credentials or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analysis. However, the absence of a publicly available security policy, incident response plan, or vulnerability disclosure reduces transparency and may impact user trust. The site uses multiple third-party scripts which should be regularly audited to mitigate supply chain risks. Overall, the security measures are appropriate for the business type but could be enhanced by publishing formal security documentation and incident response contacts.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and user protections.
  2. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  3. Enhance website accessibility to meet higher WCAG standards for inclusivity.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Provide clear incident response contact channels to improve transparency and trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Ancaster Group
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ancaster
Description
Ancaster Group is an automotive dealership group representing Nissan, Hyundai, MG, Renault, Dacia, and Genesis across 12 sales locations in South & West London, Kent & Surrey. They offer new and used car sales, servicing, parts, and accessories.
Key services
New car sales, Used car sales, Vehicle servicing, Parts and accessories sales
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Font Awesome 6, Cookiebot, Google Tag Manager, Localise customer review widget, Autoconverse chatbot
Frameworks
ASP.NET WebForms
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with opt-in/out
  • Use of Cloudflare services (implied by cookies and scripts)
  • Anti-bot cookies (Cloudflare Turnstile)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Meta Platforms, Inc., Google, Microsoft, Adswizz
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Microsoft UET, Cookiebot, Cloudflare Turnstile
Marketing tools
Google AdSense, Google DoubleClick, Cookiebot, Localise customer reviews
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. Comprehensive cookie consent and privacy compliance mechanisms in place
  3. Use of multiple third-party analytics and marketing tools
  4. No explicit security policy or incident response contact found
  5. WHOIS data unavailable, limiting domain trust verification
  6. Professional automotive dealership website targeting UK regional market
  7. Good technical implementation with modern libraries and frameworks
  8. No adult or questionable content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a legacy ASP.NET WebForms platform supplemented with modern front-end technologies including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Font Awesome 6. It integrates multiple third-party services such as Cookiebot for consent management, Google Tag Manager for analytics, and customer review widgets to enhance user engagement. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and includes SEO best practices such as meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). Performance is moderate, with potential for improvement through optimization of script loading and resource management. Hosting details are not explicitly identified but Cloudflare services are implied. The technical stack is stable but may benefit from modernization to improve maintainability and performance.
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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