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Security report for book.events

Other · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Book.Events is a local event ticketing and information platform focused on Portsmouth and Southsea areas. It provides users with the ability to browse and purchase tickets for local events, festivals, and entertainment activities. The website positions itself as a niche provider serving local residents and visitors interested in cultural and entertainment events. The business model revolves around online ticket sales and event promotion, targeting a geographically focused audience. The platform demonstrates consistent branding and a professional online presence with a clear focus on local event engagement. Technically, the website employs modern frontend technologies including React and integrates Google Analytics for traffic monitoring. Hosting of images on Amazon S3 indicates use of cloud infrastructure for media delivery. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design elements and basic accessibility features. SEO practices are adequately implemented with proper meta tags and Open Graph data to enhance social sharing and search visibility. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and includes a CSRF token in the meta tags, indicating some attention to security best practices. However, there is a lack of explicit security headers and no visible vulnerability disclosure or incident response information. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a privacy policy and terms of service, but no cookie consent mechanism is present. WHOIS data is limited due to privacy protection and unsupported TLD, which slightly reduces trust but is common for many domains. Overall, the website presents a moderate security posture with room for improvement in privacy compliance and security transparency. The business appears legitimate and focused on its local market niche. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, implementing cookie consent, and providing clearer contact and incident response information to improve trust and compliance.

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

6 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
67

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 book.events, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
1
Employees
0
Customers
1
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

1 subdomain 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

Book.Events operates in the local event ticketing sector, serving the Portsmouth and Southsea community. Its competitive advantage lies in its geographic focus and curated event listings, which cater to local interests. The business model is primarily transactional through ticket sales, supplemented by event promotion services. The platform leverages partnerships with event organizers to provide up-to-date listings. Growth indicators include verified Google Analytics traffic showing substantial user engagement. The company maintains a straightforward digital presence without complex partnerships or subsidiaries. Strategic observations suggest potential expansion by integrating more comprehensive marketing tools and enhancing user engagement features to increase market share.

Security posture

The current security maturity level of Book.Events is moderate. The site uses HTTPS and includes CSRF protection tokens, which are positive indicators. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents a gap that could expose the site to certain web-based attacks. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Compliance with GDPR is partially addressed via a privacy policy, but the lack of a cookie consent mechanism and incident response contact information indicates room for improvement. The site does not provide a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file, which limits transparency and incident response readiness. Overall, the security culture appears basic and would benefit from formalizing security policies and enhancing technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner and explicit cookie policy to improve GDPR compliance and user privacy transparency.
  3. Publish clear contact information for security incidents and consider adding a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file to enhance incident response readiness.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerable components are included.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct periodic security training to foster a stronger security culture.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
Buy tickets online to popular local events and festivals, book.events is the place to see and attend what's on in Portsmouth and surrounding areas
Key services
Event ticket sales, Event listings, Event information and promotion
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Google Analytics, Font Awesome, jQuery
Frameworks
React
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • CSRF token present in meta tag

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is focused on local event ticketing and information for Portsmouth and Southsea.
  2. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on the main page or footer.
  3. Privacy policy and terms of service pages are present and linked in footer.
  4. No cookie consent banner or explicit cookie policy detected.
  5. Use of modern frontend technologies including React and Google Analytics.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. No explicit security headers detected in provided data.
  8. WHOIS data is limited and privacy protected, typical for many domains.
  9. No signs of adult or questionable content; content is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using React, indicating a modern JavaScript frontend framework. It uses Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking. Font Awesome provides iconography, and jQuery is also loaded, likely for legacy or specific UI interactions. Images are hosted on Amazon S3, suggesting cloud-based media delivery. The site is responsive and mobile-friendly with a moderate performance profile. Meta tags and Open Graph data are well implemented for SEO and social sharing. However, no CMS or backend platform is explicitly identified. The absence of security headers and cookie consent mechanisms indicates technical debt in security and privacy compliance. Opportunities exist to modernize security practices and improve user privacy controls to align with current standards.
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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