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Security report for applegate.co.uk

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.businessmagnet.co.uk is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare security block, which prevents any meaningful content analysis. The domain WHOIS lookup failed with an error indicating the domain name violates Nominet UK naming rules and cannot be registered. Consequently, no registrar, creation, or expiry data is available, severely limiting trust and legitimacy assessments. The site presents only a Cloudflare block page requesting cookie enablement and indicating the visitor has been blocked due to security triggers. No business, contact, or policy information is accessible. From a technical perspective, the site uses Cloudflare as a security and hosting provider, with Cloudflare Insights analytics scripts present. However, no CMS, frameworks, or other technologies can be identified due to the block. Security headers and SSL configuration details are not available. The lack of accessible content and metadata results in a very low AI score and poor website quality indicators. Security posture is weak in terms of transparency and accessibility, though the presence of Cloudflare WAF indicates some level of protection. The absence of privacy policies, cookie consent mechanisms, contact details, and business information further detracts from compliance and credibility. Overall, the site is not currently usable for business or user engagement. Strategic recommendations include resolving the Cloudflare block to restore access, implementing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, publishing clear contact and incident response information, and ensuring proper domain registration and legitimacy to improve trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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. 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
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

  2. 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 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';…

  3. 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

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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
37
Security headers
35
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
57

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

Due to the Cloudflare block and invalid domain registration, no substantive business intelligence can be derived. The domain www.businessmagnet.co.uk is not registered per Nominet, indicating potential issues with domain legitimacy or configuration. No company name, services, market positioning, or partnerships are identifiable. The presence of Cloudflare suggests a security-conscious hosting approach, but the inability to access content prevents analysis of business model, revenue streams, or customer segments. No related or partner domains were found beyond Cloudflare domains.

Security posture

The website is protected by Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall, which currently blocks access to the content, indicating active security measures against potential threats. However, the block also prevents legitimate access and analysis. No security headers or SSL details are available from the provided data. There is no evidence of privacy compliance, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. The security posture is thus incomplete and opaque, with a low security score due to lack of accessible information and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Resolve Cloudflare WAF blocking issues to allow legitimate user access and content visibility.
  2. Register a valid domain name compliant with Nominet UK naming rules to establish legitimacy.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance indicators.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security incident response channels.
  5. Implement and expose security headers and ensure robust SSL/TLS configuration.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. The website content is blocked by Cloudflare security service with a block message and cookie requirement. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Content quality
poor
Branding
inconsistent

Technology

Stack
Cloudflare, JavaScript

Analytics and tracking

Services
Cloudflare Insights
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights
Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is inaccessible due to Cloudflare block.
  2. No WHOIS data available due to domain registration error.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  4. No contact information or business details available.
  5. Page is a standard Cloudflare block page with minimal HTML content.
  6. Cloudflare Insights analytics script is present.
  7. No visible forms, social media links, or external business links except Cloudflare domains.
  8. No security headers or SSL configuration details available from provided data.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is currently served behind Cloudflare, which provides CDN, security, and analytics services. The HTML content is minimal and consists solely of a Cloudflare block page requesting cookie enablement and indicating a security block. JavaScript is used for cookie alerts and Cloudflare challenge scripts. No CMS, frameworks, or other technologies are detectable. Performance, SEO, accessibility, and mobile optimization cannot be assessed due to lack of content. The domain is invalid per WHOIS, indicating a critical technical and legitimacy issue.
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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