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Balmoral Healthcare Recruitment · Healthcare · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Balmoral Healthcare Recruitment operates as a nursing agency based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializing in providing nursing and healthcare staffing solutions. The company serves a broad range of healthcare providers including Health Trusts, residential homes, hospices, and private clinics, offering both permanent and temporary nursing placements. The website positions Balmoral Healthcare as a reputable and established player in the Northern Ireland healthcare staffing market, targeting nurses, auxiliaries, and student nurses seeking employment opportunities. From a technical perspective, the website employs legacy technologies such as jQuery 1.4.2 and Google Analytics for visitor tracking. The site structure is basic with limited modern web development frameworks or CMS detected. Performance and mobile optimization are moderate to basic, with room for improvement in accessibility and SEO practices. No content blocking or WAF mechanisms were detected, indicating open accessibility. Security posture reveals some concerns including the use of outdated JavaScript libraries and absence of visible security headers. The lack of privacy and cookie policies also indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. Contact information is clearly presented, and the site displays a QMS certification mark, enhancing trust. However, the WHOIS lookup failed due to domain naming rules violations, raising questions about domain registration legitimacy. Overall, the website is functional and serves its business purpose but requires technical modernization and enhanced security and privacy compliance measures. The domain registration concerns warrant further investigation to ensure legitimacy and trustworthiness.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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 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';…

  3. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

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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
47
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
50

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

Balmoral Healthcare Recruitment is positioned as a specialized healthcare staffing agency focused on the Northern Ireland market. Its competitive advantage lies in its established reputation and comprehensive service offerings for both healthcare providers and nursing professionals. The business model revolves around recruitment and placement services, generating revenue through staffing contracts and registrations. The target customer segments include healthcare institutions and nursing job seekers. The company maintains partnerships with related healthcare service domains and a web design firm, indicating a modest but functional partnership ecosystem. Growth indicators are not explicitly stated but the volume of placements and client diversity suggest steady operations. Strategic observations include the need for digital modernization and enhanced compliance to maintain competitive positioning.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is moderate with notable gaps. The website uses outdated jQuery 1.4.2, which may expose it to known vulnerabilities. No security headers such as Content Security Policy or HSTS were detected, reducing protection against common web attacks. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates non-compliance with GDPR and related data protection regulations. Incident response readiness is not evident as no security or abuse contact channels are provided. Data protection practices appear minimal, and there is no evidence of a designated Data Protection Officer. Overall, the security culture appears basic, with room for significant improvement to meet modern standards and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Upgrade all JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to current secure versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  2. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements and consent mechanisms.
  3. Add and configure security headers including Content Security Policy, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Establish and publish incident response contact information such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  5. Conduct a full domain registration audit to resolve WHOIS inconsistencies and ensure domain legitimacy.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Balmoral Healthcare Recruitment
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Balmoral Healthcare Recruitment
Description
Balmoral Healthcare is a nursing agency in Belfast offering nursing jobs in Northern Ireland to nurses and healthcare professionals. They provide staffing solutions for Northern Ireland's Health Trusts, residential homes, specialist care centres, hospices, private clinics, and prisons. They offer both permanent and temporary nursing placements.
Key services
Permanent nursing positions, Temporary nursing placements, Client staffing services, Registration and vetting of healthcare professionals
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.4.2, Google Analytics (ga.js), HTML 4/Transitional with XHTML namespace, CSS stylesheets
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • No visible vulnerable libraries beyond outdated jQuery version

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF detected.
  2. WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain naming rules violation error.
  3. Website content is focused on nursing jobs and healthcare staffing in Northern Ireland.
  4. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  5. Use of outdated jQuery library presents potential security risk.
  6. No visible security headers detected in provided data.
  7. Contact information is clearly provided including phone, email, and physical address.
  8. Social media presence on Facebook and Twitter is active.
  9. Website uses Google Analytics for tracking with no visible cookie consent mechanism.
  10. Certifications include a QMS Certification Mark displayed in footer.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using legacy web technologies including XHTML namespace and jQuery 1.4.2, which is outdated and poses security risks. Google Analytics is used for visitor tracking without visible cookie consent mechanisms. The site lacks modern CMS or frameworks, indicating potential technical debt. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is basic with meta tags present but no advanced structured data or Open Graph tags detected. Hosting provider details are not discernible from the content. Overall, the technical infrastructure is functional but dated, requiring modernization to improve security, performance, and compliance.
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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