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Security report for bureau-accountants.co.uk

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in DNS health, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.bureau-accountants.co.uk is currently inaccessible and displays a generic 'Site not found' error page indicating that the site is not published or the domain is not assigned. There is no visible business information, contact details, or content describing the company's services or market position. The domain WHOIS lookup failed due to a Nominet UK naming rules violation, suggesting the domain is invalid or misconfigured. This severely limits the ability to assess the business or technical maturity of the entity behind the domain. Technically, the site lacks any detectable CMS, frameworks, or modern technologies and does not present any security headers or HTTPS enforcement, indicating a minimal security posture. Privacy and compliance policies are absent, and no contact or incident response information is available. Overall, the site appears to be either abandoned, misconfigured, or not yet launched, resulting in a very low trust and credibility rating.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. DNS health

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

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: mx.bureau-accountants.co.uk.cust.a.hostedemail.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

  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

      SSL Certificate Expires Soon

      SSL certificate expires in 13 days

      What to do: Renew SSL certificate before expiration

      • NIS2 21(2)(h)
      • IR 2024/2690 9.2(c): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 9.2(c): Cryptography
      • NIST SC-17: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-17: Public Key Infrastructure Certificates

  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 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';…

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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
59
Security headers
45
Email security
55
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
60

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 content and absence of WHOIS data, no meaningful business intelligence can be derived. There is no indication of market positioning, competitive advantages, or business model insights. The domain's invalid status and lack of published content suggest the business is either non-operational or the website is under construction. No partnerships or related domains are identified. The absence of contact information and certifications further limits business credibility.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is minimal to non-existent. The site does not enforce HTTPS, lacks security headers, and does not provide any privacy or cookie policies. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present. The domain's invalid WHOIS status raises concerns about legitimacy and domain management practices. Overall, the security maturity is very low, exposing the entity to risks if the site were to become operational without proper controls.

Recommendations

  1. Register and configure a valid domain name compliant with Nominet UK rules.
  2. Publish a functional website with clear business information, contact details, and trust indicators.
  3. Implement HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate and configure essential security headers.
  4. Add privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies to ensure compliance with GDPR and other regulations.
  5. Establish incident response and vulnerability disclosure processes to improve security posture and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. The website displays a 'Site not found' error page indicating the site is not published or domain is not assigned. No WAF challenge detected but content is blocked/inaccessible. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Content quality
poor
Branding
inconsistent

Technology

Performance
moderate
Mobile
poor
Accessibility
poor
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
30/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is inaccessible and shows a 'Site not found' error page.
  2. No business or contact information is present on the site.
  3. No metadata, structured data, or SEO elements detected.
  4. No forms, scripts, or external links found in the HTML content.
  5. No security headers or HTTPS enforcement detected from provided data.
  6. WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain naming rule violation.
  7. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  8. No analytics or advertising technologies detected.
  9. Content safety is rated safe due to lack of content.
  10. Overall website quality and professionalism is poor.
Technical notes

Notes

The website currently serves only a static error page with minimal HTML and no detectable scripts, forms, or external resources. No CMS or frameworks are identified. The lack of HTTPS and security headers indicates poor technical implementation. Performance and accessibility cannot be properly assessed due to the lack of content. The domain's invalid status per WHOIS lookup suggests technical misconfiguration at the DNS or registrar level. Modernization and proper domain registration are required before further technical evaluation.
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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