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Security report for healthyworkinglives.scot

NHS Health Scotland · Healthcare · United Kingdom

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

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Healthy Working Lives is a public health initiative under NHS Health Scotland and Public Health Scotland, focused on improving workplace health, safety, and wellbeing across Scotland. The website serves as an information portal targeting employers and workplace health professionals, offering guidance, training, and resources to support healthy working environments. The organization is well-established with a domain registered since 2015, reflecting a stable presence in the public health sector. Technically, the website employs a modern but straightforward technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and FontAwesome, running on an Umbraco CMS platform. The site is moderately performant, mobile-optimized, and accessible, with good SEO practices and clear navigation. Hosting is inferred to be with serverworld.uk based on DNS data. Cookie consent mechanisms are implemented, supporting privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC, which are recommended for enhanced protection. No incident response or security policy information is published, and no vulnerability disclosure mechanism is evident. The WHOIS data is transparent and consistent with the organization's identity, supporting legitimacy. No suspicious or malicious indicators were found. Overall, the website demonstrates a solid business credibility and technical foundation with room for security improvements. The risk profile is low given the public health nature and lack of sensitive data exposure. Strategic enhancements in security headers, DNSSEC, and published security policies would further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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 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';…

  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. 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

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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
77
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
65

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

Healthy Working Lives operates as a government-backed public health service focused on workplace wellbeing in Scotland. Its market position is strong within the public sector, leveraging NHS branding and Public Health Scotland affiliation. The business model centers on providing free guidance, training, and resources to employers, supporting workforce health and safety compliance. The target audience includes employers of all sizes and workplace health professionals. The organization benefits from stable funding and partnerships within the Scottish health ecosystem. Growth indicators include ongoing content updates and training offerings. The partnership ecosystem includes Public Health Scotland and local health boards. Strategic observations highlight the importance of maintaining digital trust and expanding outreach through enhanced digital tools.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and cookie consent implemented. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents gaps that could be exploited. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected, and forms appear secure with client-side validation. The lack of published incident response contacts or vulnerability disclosure policies limits transparency and readiness. GDPR compliance is supported through privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a public information site but should be enhanced to meet best practices and regulatory expectations.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and preparedness.
  4. Establish a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Regularly review and update cookie consent mechanisms and privacy policies to maintain GDPR compliance and user trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
NHS Health Scotland
Description
Healthy Working Lives provides workplace health, safety and wellbeing information for employers in Scotland.
Key services
Workplace guidance, Training, Resources, Support for keeping people in work
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.5.1, Bootstrap, FontAwesome 6
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a public health information portal for workplace health in Scotland.
  2. Content is well structured with clear navigation and relevant sections.
  3. Cookie consent modal is implemented with options to accept/reject non-essential cookies.
  4. No visible contact phone numbers or physical addresses; contact is via email links to Public Health Scotland.
  5. No social media links detected in the HTML content.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. WHOIS data shows domain is registered to NHS Health Scotland with no privacy protection.
  8. No advertising or tracking scripts detected beyond cookie consent scripts.
  9. Site uses Umbraco CMS and standard web technologies like jQuery and Bootstrap.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Umbraco CMS with a front-end stack including jQuery 3.5.1, Bootstrap, and FontAwesome 6. The site uses Google Fonts for typography and includes custom CSS and JavaScript for styling and functionality. Hosting is managed via serverworld.uk nameservers. Performance is moderate with no major issues detected, and the site is mobile responsive with accessibility considerations such as skip links and ARIA labels. SEO is supported by meta tags and Open Graph properties, though no JSON-LD structured data was found. Technical debt appears low, but modernization opportunities include adopting newer JavaScript frameworks and enhancing security configurations.
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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