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Security report for brooke-taylors.co.uk

Brooke-Taylors · Real Estate · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 3 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Brooke-Taylors is a well-established UK-based legal firm offering a broad range of personal and commercial legal services including family law, estate planning, property law, and employment law. The firm targets individuals and businesses primarily in Derbyshire, leveraging over 150 years of expertise to maintain a trusted market position. Their website reflects a professional and consistent brand image with clear service descriptions and user-friendly navigation. Technically, the site is built on Joomla CMS with Yootheme and UIkit frameworks, incorporating modern JavaScript libraries and third-party integrations such as Tawk.to for live chat and Google Tag Manager for analytics. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled and CSRF protections, though improvements in security headers and explicit privacy policies are recommended. Overall, the website demonstrates a solid digital presence with moderate tracking and compliance mechanisms, supporting a high level of business credibility.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
73/ 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

3 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

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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

  3. 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

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  • Security score drift

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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
70
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
73
Average
73

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

The firm operates in the legal services sector with a focus on real estate and family law, serving a local UK market. Their business model is professional services with revenue likely derived from client consultations and legal case work. The partnership with Lovedays Solicitors suggests a strategic alliance to broaden service offerings or geographic reach. The website's content and structure indicate a mature business with a clear target audience of individuals and small businesses requiring legal assistance. The absence of privacy and terms pages is a compliance gap but does not detract significantly from their market credibility. The firm’s long domain registration and consistent WHOIS data reinforce legitimacy and operational stability.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and includes CSRF tokens, indicating basic security hygiene. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options in the HTML source is a notable gap that could expose the site to certain web-based attacks. The use of multiple third-party scripts increases the attack surface and necessitates vigilant monitoring. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy is present, limiting transparency in incident response. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be enhanced by implementing recommended headers and publishing security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Publish a clear privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  3. Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure or security contact to enhance incident response readiness.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to minimize risks from external dependencies.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct performance optimizations to improve user experience and SEO.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Brooke-Taylors Solicitors
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Brooke-Taylors
Description
With over 150 years of expertise, Brooke-Taylors provides trusted legal support in family law, property, wills, probate, and business law.
Key services
Family Law, Estate Law, Property Law, Commercial Services, Employment Law
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, JSON-LD, Google Tag Manager, Tawk.to live chat, Cookie Script, WebComponentsJS, UIkit, Yootheme framework, Joomla CMS
Frameworks
UIkit, Yootheme
Platforms
Joomla
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • CSRF token present in scripts
  • Use of secure third-party chat (Tawk.to) with crossorigin attribute
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
Cookie Script, Tawk.to live chat
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional legal services provider in Derbyshire, UK
  2. Content is well structured with clear service offerings
  3. Use of modern web technologies and CMS (Joomla with Yootheme and UIkit)
  4. Presence of live chat and cookie consent indicates user engagement and compliance efforts
  5. No privacy policy or terms of service pages found, which is a compliance gap
  6. Security headers could be improved
  7. No visible contact emails but phone and postal address are present
  8. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and long-term operation
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Joomla CMS with Yootheme and UIkit frameworks, leveraging modern JavaScript modules and JSON-LD structured data for SEO. Integration with Google Tag Manager and Tawk.to indicates a focus on analytics and customer engagement. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design elements. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in script loading and caching. The technical stack is mature but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and accessibility improvements to reduce technical debt and future-proof the platform.
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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