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Security report for henley.ac.uk

Henley Business School · Education · United Kingdom

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

79/100

Risk levelLow

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

Henley Business School is a well-established, triple-accredited educational institution specializing in business education including Masters, MBAs, executive education, apprenticeships, and undergraduate degrees. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image targeting students and business professionals seeking advanced education. The technical infrastructure incorporates multiple modern analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, and Facebook Pixel, indicating a mature digital presence. Security posture is generally good with HTTPS enabled and no visible sensitive data exposure; however, the absence of explicit security headers and privacy policies suggests room for improvement. Overall, the website is trustworthy and professionally maintained, but enhancing privacy compliance and security transparency would strengthen its risk profile.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 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

2 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
  2. 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
67
Security headers
65
Email security
88
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
79

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
123
Employees
0
Customers
69
Third parties
54
Weak passwords
5%

5 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Henley Business School holds a strong market position as a triple-accredited business school in the UK education sector. Its business model focuses on delivering a broad range of business education programs to a diverse audience including undergraduates and executives. The website's integration with multiple advertising and analytics platforms indicates active marketing and user engagement strategies. The lack of visible contact information and WHOIS data is typical for academic institutions using .ac.uk domains, which often have privacy protections. The school leverages social media channels extensively for outreach. There is no evidence of related or subsidiary domains in the provided data.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and asynchronous loading of tracking scripts to minimize performance impact. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are published, which limits transparency in security incident handling. The extensive use of third-party scripts increases the attack surface and necessitates regular audits. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies, which may expose the institution to regulatory risks under GDPR. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could benefit from enhanced policies and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen browser security.
  3. Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Provide clear and accessible contact information for security incidents and general inquiries to enhance trust and communication.
  5. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to mitigate risks from external dependencies.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Henley Business School
Description
Henley Business School is a triple-accredited business school. Whether its Masters or Executive Education, MBAs or apprenticeships, undergraduate degrees…
Key services
Masters programs, Executive Education, MBAs, Apprenticeships, Undergraduate degrees
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Siteimprove Analytics, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Bing Ads, Twitter Ads, Algolia Search, Typekit Fonts
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of analytics and tracking scripts with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Hotjar, Siteimprove Analytics, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Facebook Pixel, Bing Ads
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads, Bing Ads, Twitter Ads, Facebook Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Hotjar, Siteimprove Analytics
Marketing tools
Algolia Search
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-branded for an educational institution.
  2. No WHOIS data available, likely due to .ac.uk domain privacy policies.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found in the provided HTML snippet.
  4. Extensive use of third-party analytics and marketing scripts.
  5. No visible contact emails or phone numbers in the provided content.
  6. No forms detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  8. No explicit security headers detected in the HTML content.
  9. Content is safe and appropriate for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack including Google Tag Manager, Algolia Search, Hotjar, and multiple social media tracking pixels, indicating a sophisticated digital marketing and analytics setup. Fonts are served via Adobe Typekit, enhancing branding consistency. The site is mobile optimized with good accessibility and SEO practices evident from meta tags and structured Open Graph data. Performance is moderate, likely impacted by multiple external scripts. No CMS or hosting provider information is explicitly detected. The site uses asynchronous script loading to improve page load times. There is no evidence of technical debt or deprecated technologies in the provided HTML snippet.
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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