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Security report for eyalliance.org.uk

Early Years Alliance · Education · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS and Security headers.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Early Years Alliance is a large, well-established membership organization focused on supporting early years professionals in England. The website presents a professional and comprehensive digital presence built on WordPress with Elementor, offering extensive resources, training, policy information, and membership services. The technical infrastructure includes modern web technologies and integrates analytics and cookie consent tools to comply with privacy regulations. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS and anti-forgery tokens, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain registration issues, which raises some concerns about domain legitimacy despite the professional website content. Overall, the site is trustworthy and serves its target audience effectively but would benefit from enhanced transparency in privacy and security disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 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

4 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
    • 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

  2. 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';…

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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
49
Security headers
35
Email security
93
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
72

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 Early Years Alliance holds a strong market position as the largest early years membership organization in England, serving over 14,000 members. Its business model revolves around membership fees, insurance offerings, training programs, and advocacy campaigns. The organization targets early years educators, childcare providers, and related professionals. The website ecosystem includes related subdomains for membership management and careers, indicating a mature digital strategy. The absence of explicit contact details and privacy policy pages suggests areas for improvement in customer engagement and compliance transparency. The organization operates in the education and non-profit sectors with a large operational scale.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS with a good SSL configuration and uses cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR requirements. It includes anti-forgery cookies to protect against CSRF attacks. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces the overall security posture. No vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are published, limiting transparency for security issues. The WHOIS data anomaly is a notable risk factor, potentially indicating domain registration irregularities. Overall, the security maturity is moderate with room for improvement in headers, policies, and incident readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages prominently linked on the website.
  2. Implement and configure security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Add a security.txt file and publish incident response and vulnerability disclosure information.
  4. Provide clear company contact emails and phone numbers for support and security reporting.
  5. Investigate and resolve domain registration issues with Nominet UK to ensure domain legitimacy and trust.

Contact details published on the site

Registration number
GB
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Early Years Alliance
Description
The Early Years Alliance is the largest and most representative early years membership organisation in England. We represent 14,000 members and support them.
Key services
Membership and insurance, Advice and information, Training and qualifications, Policy and campaigns, Media and communications
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 7.0.1, Elementor 4.1.4, jQuery 3.7.1, Google Tag Manager, CookieYes cookie consent, Dotdigital sign-up widget, SearchWP plugin, GTranslate plugin
Frameworks
WordPress, Elementor
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent banner with customization
  • Anti-forgery cookie (__RequestVerificationToken)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
CookieYes
Marketing tools
Dotdigital
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 rich content and navigation
  2. Uses modern WordPress CMS with Elementor page builder
  3. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented with detailed cookie categories
  4. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML content
  5. No privacy policy or terms of service pages explicitly detected
  6. WHOIS data is unavailable and indicates domain registration issues
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found
  8. No explicit security policy or incident response information found
  9. Website uses multiple external domains related to subdomains and third-party services
  10. No suspicious or malicious domains detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress platform using Elementor for page building, supported by jQuery and various plugins for marketing, analytics, and multilingual support. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are integrated for traffic analysis. CookieYes provides a detailed cookie consent mechanism with multiple categories and user customization. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good SEO practices including structured data and Open Graph metadata. Performance is moderate with some optimization opportunities. No hosting provider details were identified. The technical stack is current but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and explicit compliance documentation.
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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