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Security report for helenadolby.co.uk

Helena Dolby · Other · Australia

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

53/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Helena Dolby is a small, Australia-based lifestyle photographer specializing in nature and travel photography. The website serves as a professional portfolio showcasing her work, targeting general audiences interested in lifestyle and travel imagery. The business operates primarily through service offerings in photography, with additional presence in wedding photography via a partner domain. Technically, the website is built on the Squarespace platform, leveraging its CMS and hosting infrastructure, with a moderate performance profile and good mobile optimization. The site uses HTTPS with a solid SSL configuration but lacks some advanced security headers and HSTS enforcement. Privacy and cookie policies are absent, indicating room for compliance improvements. Contact information is clearly presented, enhancing business credibility. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but could benefit from enhanced security and privacy practices.

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 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

    • 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

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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
62
Security headers
35
Email security
40
DNS health
45
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
53

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 business occupies a niche market in lifestyle and travel photography, leveraging a strong visual portfolio to attract clients. Its competitive advantage lies in high-quality imagery and a consistent brand presence across social media platforms such as Instagram, Behance, and Pinterest. Revenue streams likely include commissioned photography projects and sales via an associated shop domain. The target customer segment includes individuals and businesses seeking lifestyle and travel photography services. The partnership with a wedding photography domain suggests diversification within related photography services. Growth indicators include active social media engagement and a well-maintained portfolio site. Strategic observations highlight the importance of expanding privacy and security compliance to meet evolving digital standards.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is properly implemented, ensuring encrypted communications. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and HSTS reduces the overall security posture. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The lack of a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy indicates limited incident response readiness. Compliance gaps exist due to missing privacy and cookie policies, which are critical under GDPR and similar regulations. The security culture appears minimal but adequate for a small business portfolio site. Enhancing security headers and compliance documentation would significantly improve the security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to enforce HTTPS usage and prevent protocol downgrade attacks.
  4. Create and publish a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and incident response.
  5. Improve accessibility features to broaden audience reach and comply with accessibility standards.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Helena Dolby
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Helena Dolby
Description
UK based lifestyle photographer with a love of nature and travel.
Key services
lifestyle photography, nature photography, travel photography
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Squarespace, Typekit fonts, JavaScript, CSS, JSON-LD structured data
Frameworks
Squarespace
Platforms
Squarespace
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data detected

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional photography portfolio hosted on Squarespace
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found
  3. Contact information is clearly provided including email and phone
  4. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information present
  5. No signs of adult or explicit content
  6. No WAF or blocking detected, full content accessible
  7. WHOIS lookup failed due to querying subdomain instead of base domain
  8. Website uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration
  9. Additional security headers could improve security posture
  10. Social media presence is strong with Instagram, Behance, Pinterest links
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Squarespace platform, utilizing its CMS capabilities and CDN hosting. The tech stack includes Typekit fonts and standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Performance is moderate with good mobile responsiveness and SEO optimization evident through proper meta tags and structured data. The site lacks advanced analytics or tracking scripts, indicating minimal user tracking. Technical debt appears low due to the managed platform but opportunities exist to modernize security configurations and enhance accessibility. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional portfolio site with room for security and compliance improvements.
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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