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Security report for clickguardian.app

Click Guardian · Technology · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Click Guardian is a UK-based technology company specializing in click fraud detection and protection services for PPC advertising campaigns on platforms such as Google Ads and Bing Ads. Established in 2015 and operating under the parent company Further Forward Innovation Ltd., it offers subscription-based SaaS solutions designed to monitor, detect, and automatically block fraudulent clicks from competitors, bots, and malicious users. The company positions itself as a market leader in the UK with a strong focus on protecting advertising budgets and improving campaign ROI for businesses. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including Alpine.js for frontend interactivity, PostHog and Google Tag Manager for analytics, and Intercom for customer engagement. Hosting and asset delivery leverage Amazon S3 and Cloudflare CDN, ensuring fast performance and global availability. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, reflecting a mature digital infrastructure. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses security best practices such as asynchronous loading of trusted third-party scripts and CAPTCHA challenges via Cloudflare Turnstile. However, explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy are not visibly declared, and there is no public security policy or incident response information, which could be improved. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a comprehensive privacy policy, but lacks a visible cookie consent mechanism. Overall, Click Guardian presents a professional and trustworthy online presence with strong business credibility and technical maturity. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and security transparency would further enhance its risk posture and customer trust.

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

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 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

  3. 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 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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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
75
Security headers
60
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
71

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

Click Guardian operates in the niche market of digital advertising fraud prevention, targeting businesses that invest in PPC campaigns on Google and Bing. Its competitive advantage lies in automated real-time detection and blocking of fraudulent clicks, supported by advanced fingerprinting and VPN/TOR detection technologies. The business model is subscription-based with tiered pricing plans catering to small businesses, professionals, enterprises, and agencies, including a free trial to encourage adoption. The company maintains a strong partnership ecosystem, including its parent company Further Forward Innovation Ltd., and uses a dedicated SaaS platform (v2.clickfraud.app) for customer management. Growth indicators include a well-structured website, active social media presence, and a comprehensive help center. The company’s focus on UK clients and clear contact channels supports a localized yet scalable business approach.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security maturity level with enforced HTTPS, use of CAPTCHA challenges, and secure loading of third-party scripts. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents a gap in defense-in-depth. There is no publicly available security policy or incident response plan, which limits transparency and preparedness communication. GDPR compliance is indicated via a comprehensive privacy policy, but the lack of a cookie consent banner suggests partial compliance. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not publicly visible. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by publishing dedicated security documentation and implementing additional HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and explicitly declare HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen browser security.
  2. Add a visible cookie consent banner to comply fully with EU cookie laws and improve privacy compliance.
  3. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response information on the website to enhance transparency and customer trust.
  4. Consider creating and hosting a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Further Forward Innovation Ltd.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Click Guardian
Description
UK's Leading Click Fraud Protection Service - Stop Competitors, Bots & People Excessively Clicking on Your Ads.
Key services
Click fraud detection, Automated blocking of fraudulent clicks, Real-time monitoring, VPN, TOR, Proxy detection, Multi-device support, Email reporting
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Alpine.js, PostHog analytics, Google Tag Manager, Intercom, Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha, Bing UET, Statamic CMS
Frameworks
Alpine.js
Platforms
Google Ads, Bing Ads
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Cloudflare Turnstile captcha
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure external scripts loaded with async and crossorigin attributes

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), PostHog
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads, Bing Ads
Tracking pixels
Bing UET, PostHog, Intercom
Marketing tools
Intercom, PostHog
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 challenges.
  2. Professional and consistent branding with clear business focus on click fraud protection.
  3. Comprehensive pricing plans with clear feature sets and free trial offers.
  4. Use of modern JavaScript frameworks and analytics tools.
  5. Contact information is clearly presented including phone, email, and physical address.
  6. No explicit cookie consent banner detected, which may be a compliance gap.
  7. No dedicated security policy or incident response information publicly available.
  8. Good SEO and accessibility practices observed.
  9. Multiple external trusted domains used for scripts and assets.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technology stack featuring Alpine.js for reactive UI components, PostHog for behavioral analytics, Google Tag Manager for tag management, and Intercom for customer support chat. Hosting leverages Amazon S3 for static assets and Cloudflare CDN for performance and security. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and focus-visible outlines. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph data, and structured JSON-LD schema for organization and aggregate ratings. Performance is fast with asynchronous script loading and preloading of critical CSS. Technical risks are minimal, though the absence of explicit security headers and cookie consent mechanisms represent areas for modernization and compliance improvement.
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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