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Security report for bdo.ie

BDO Ireland · Finance · Ireland

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

85/100

Risk levelLow

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

BDO Ireland is a well-established chartered accountancy firm providing audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services to Irish and international markets. The company positions itself as a leading relationship-based firm with a local touch and global reach, supported by its parent company BDO Global. The website reflects a professional business model targeting corporate clients seeking financial and advisory services. The digital infrastructure incorporates modern analytics and marketing technologies such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, HubSpot, and Cookiebot, indicating a mature digital presence with attention to user privacy and consent management. The use of an accessibility widget further demonstrates commitment to inclusivity and compliance with accessibility standards. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforced and privacy mechanisms in place, although explicit security policies and incident response contacts are not publicly visible. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR requirements, though WHOIS data is privacy protected and unavailable for direct verification.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  1. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Medium

      DNSSEC Not Enabled

      DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

      What to do: Enable DNSSEC to prevent DNS spoofing attacks

      • CAPEC-142
      • RFC 4033
      • RFC 4035
    • Medium

      Domain Transfer Lock Not Enabled

      Domain can be transferred without authorization

      What to do: Enable domain transfer lock for security

  2. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  3. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Medium

      Privacy policy may not be GDPR compliant

      Privacy policy lacks explicit GDPR compliance elements

      What to do: Update privacy policy to explicitly address GDPR requirements and user rights

  4. 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.

    • Medium

      Missing X-XSS-Protection header

      Legacy XSS protection (deprecated but still recommended)

      What to do: Add "X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block"

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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
100
Security headers
70
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
85

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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Total records
17
Employees
0
Customers
0
Third parties
17
Weak passwords
24%

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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

BDO Ireland operates within the finance sector as a large professional services firm. Its market positioning is strong, leveraging the global BDO network to serve a broad client base. The business model focuses on delivering audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services, with revenue streams likely derived from these core offerings. The website's external links and partner domains confirm integration within the BDO global ecosystem. The firm uses advanced marketing and analytics tools to optimize client engagement and measure effectiveness. The absence of direct contact information in the analyzed content suggests contact details may be located on other pages or require user interaction. The company demonstrates a strategic approach to digital presence, balancing marketing, compliance, and user experience.

Security posture

The website exhibits a good security posture with enforced HTTPS, use of security storage permissions in consent management, and no visible exposure of sensitive data. The presence of multiple third-party scripts and analytics tools is managed through a consent mechanism, supporting GDPR compliance. However, the lack of explicit security policy documentation and incident response contacts is a gap that could be addressed to enhance transparency and readiness. No vulnerabilities or suspicious domains were detected in the provided content. The use of privacy protection in WHOIS is typical for professional firms and does not raise immediate concerns. Overall, the security maturity is solid but could benefit from more explicit public security governance information.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website to improve transparency and trust.
  2. Implement and verify comprehensive HTTP security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen protection against common web attacks.
  3. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  4. Ensure all cookies, especially those related to analytics and marketing, have Secure and HttpOnly flags where applicable.
  5. Consider establishing a public vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
BDO Ireland
Description
BDO Ireland is a chartered accountancy firm focused on Audit, Tax, Consulting and Advisory services for Irish and international markets. Local touch with a global reach.
Key services
Audit, Tax, Consulting, Advisory
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, HubSpot, Cookiebot, UserWay Accessibility Widget, Microsoft Application Insights, Cloudflare (implied by cookies)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced with anonymize IP in Google Analytics
  • Cookie consent with opt-in/out
  • Use of security storage in Google consent config
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Hotjar, Microsoft Application Insights, HubSpot Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick, Google AdSense
Tracking pixels
Cookiebot pixel, Google Analytics pixel, Hotjar pixel
Marketing tools
HubSpot, Hotjar, Cookiebot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website uses multiple modern analytics and marketing tools with consent management
  2. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the provided HTML snippet
  3. Cookie consent mechanism is comprehensive and GDPR compliant
  4. No visible security policy or incident response information
  5. WHOIS data is not available publicly, indicating privacy protection
  6. Website content is professional and relevant to finance/accountancy sector
  7. No signs of adult or questionable content
  8. Use of accessibility widget indicates attention to inclusivity
  9. No forms with visible fields detected in the provided HTML snippet
  10. Multiple external domains linked mostly related to analytics, marketing, and BDO global network
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Kentico CMS platform, leveraging a modern tech stack including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, HubSpot, and Cookiebot for analytics, marketing, and compliance. The site uses multiple font providers and an accessibility widget to enhance user experience. Performance is moderate with preloading of fonts and CSS assets, and mobile optimization is good. The technical implementation includes asynchronous loading of scripts and consent-based script injection, reflecting a mature approach to privacy and performance. There is no evidence of outdated or vulnerable libraries in the provided content. Opportunities exist to improve security header implementation and to provide more detailed technical documentation publicly.
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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