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Security report for britishjobs.co.uk

CV-Library Ltd · Other · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

67/100

Risk levelMedium

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

British Jobs is an online job search platform focused on the UK market, offering job listings, CV registration, job alerts, and recruitment advertising services. The site is powered by CV-Library Ltd, a recognized recruitment service provider. The platform targets job seekers and recruiters, providing a streamlined user experience for job searching and application. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including Google Analytics, Bing Ads, and Criteo for tracking and marketing, with good mobile optimization and performance. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, though explicit security headers and incident response information are lacking. The WHOIS data for the domain is unavailable due to domain naming rules violation, which slightly impacts trust but does not detract from the professional presentation and functionality of the site. Overall, British Jobs presents a credible and functional job search service with room for improvement in security transparency and WHOIS consistency.

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

5 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. 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

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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
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 britishjobs.co.uk, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
771
Employees
0
Customers
771
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains affected

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Brand lookalikes

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Tracked
3
Registered
3
Resolving
3
High or critical
0

Last checked 2026-06-20

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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

British Jobs operates as a medium-sized online recruitment platform in the UK, leveraging the established brand and infrastructure of CV-Library Ltd. Its business model revolves around providing job seekers with access to thousands of live job listings and enabling recruiters to advertise vacancies and search CV databases. The platform's competitive advantage lies in its integration with CV-Library and its comprehensive job search tools including alerts and company directories. Revenue streams likely include recruiter advertising fees and premium job posting services. The target customer segments are UK-based job seekers and recruitment agencies. The partnership ecosystem includes major advertising and analytics providers such as Google and Bing. The company demonstrates a stable market presence with consistent branding and professional content.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and a cookie consent banner indicating GDPR awareness. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and lack of published security policies or incident response contacts suggest areas for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The use of multiple third-party tracking scripts increases the attack surface and requires ongoing monitoring. Compliance with privacy regulations appears basic but adequate. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by formalizing security policies and improving header configurations.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy page and provide clear incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate risks from vulnerable libraries or tracking tools.
  4. Enhance privacy compliance by detailing data retention policies and user rights related to personal data.
  5. Resolve WHOIS domain registration inconsistencies by verifying domain ownership and ensuring accurate WHOIS records.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
CV-Library Ltd
Description
British Jobs is a job search platform allowing users to search thousands of live jobs, upload CVs, and apply quickly. It offers job alerts, company directories, and recruiter services.
Key services
Job search, CV registration, Job alerts, Company directory, Recruitment advertising
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Bing Ads UET, jQuery, Autocomplete libraries, Lazyload
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of async/defer for scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Bing UET, Criteo
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Bing Ads, Google Ads
Tracking pixels
Bing UET, Criteo
Marketing tools
Criteo
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. Content is focused on UK job search and recruitment services.
  3. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage or footer.
  4. Privacy, cookie, and terms policies are present and linked.
  5. Use of multiple third-party analytics and advertising scripts.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
  7. WHOIS data unavailable due to domain naming error, reducing domain trust score.
  8. Website is mobile optimized and uses modern frontend technologies.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern frontend stack with asynchronous loading of JavaScript libraries to optimize performance. It integrates multiple analytics and advertising platforms including Google Analytics, Bing UET, and Criteo for user tracking and marketing. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and accessibility considerations such as skip links and ARIA labels. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format for enhanced search engine indexing. However, no CMS or hosting provider information was explicitly detected. Performance is moderate with room for improvement in caching and resource optimization. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party scripts which require continuous security monitoring.
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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