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Security report for blythmachinery.co.uk

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.blythmachinery.co.uk is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) block triggered by the visitor's IP ASN. The domain WHOIS lookup failed with an error indicating the domain name violates Nominet UK's naming rules, suggesting the domain may be invalid or improperly registered. Consequently, no actual website content, metadata, or business information is available for analysis. The site displays only an access denied error page with no contact or policy information, severely limiting any assessment of business operations or security posture. Technically, the site is protected by Cloudflare, but the blocking of ASN 24940 restricts access, indicating a restrictive security posture that may impact legitimate users. No security headers or SSL details could be assessed due to lack of content. The absence of privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies further reduces compliance confidence. From a security perspective, the domain's WHOIS data absence and naming violation raise legitimacy concerns. The lack of accessible content prevents evaluation of vulnerabilities or incident response readiness. Overall, the site scores very low on content quality, technical implementation, security posture, privacy compliance, and business credibility. Strategic recommendations include resolving domain registration issues with Nominet UK, reviewing Cloudflare WAF rules to avoid blocking legitimate traffic, publishing essential privacy and contact information, and conducting a comprehensive security audit once the site is accessible.

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. 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';…

  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

    • 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
37
Security headers
35
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
58

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 lack of accessible website content and absence of WHOIS data, detailed business intelligence is unavailable. The domain name suggests a machinery-related business possibly based in the UK, but no explicit business model, market positioning, or services can be confirmed. No contact details or certifications are present to validate business operations or partnerships. The restrictive domain status and WAF blocking may negatively impact customer trust and market presence.

Security posture

The current security posture is characterized by a strong perimeter defense via Cloudflare WAF, which blocks access from certain ASNs. However, this aggressive blocking may hinder legitimate users and indicates a lack of nuanced access control. The absence of security headers and SSL configuration details prevents further evaluation. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is available. The domain registration irregularities further reduce trustworthiness. Overall, the security posture is immature and requires significant improvements in transparency, accessibility, and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Resolve the domain registration issue with Nominet UK to ensure the domain is valid and properly registered.
  2. Review and adjust Cloudflare WAF rules to prevent blocking legitimate users and improve accessibility.
  3. Publish comprehensive privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to enhance compliance and user trust.
  4. Add clear contact information and security policies, including incident response contacts, to improve transparency.
  5. Conduct a full security audit and implement security best practices including security headers, SSL configuration, and vulnerability management.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. Access denied error 1005 page indicating Cloudflare WAF blocked access based on ASN. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Content quality
poor

Technology

Stack
Cloudflare

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is inaccessible due to Cloudflare WAF blocking access based on ASN 24940.
  2. No actual website content is available for analysis beyond the error page.
  3. No metadata, structured data, forms, or contact information found.
  4. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies detected.
  5. No security headers or SSL configuration details available.
  6. WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain naming rules violation error.
  7. External links are only to Cloudflare domains related to error handling and scripts.
  8. No business or branding information is present on the page.
  9. Content safety is rated safe as no adult or explicit content is present.
  10. Overall website quality and trustworthiness cannot be assessed due to lack of content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted behind Cloudflare, which provides CDN and security services. The presence of Cloudflare scripts and stylesheets confirms this. However, the site is currently inaccessible due to Cloudflare blocking based on ASN, resulting in an error 1005 page. No CMS or other frameworks are detectable from the limited HTML. The site lacks metadata, structured data, and SEO elements. Performance and accessibility cannot be assessed due to the blocked content. The technical infrastructure appears minimal and heavily reliant on Cloudflare, with no visible modernization or optimization indicators.
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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