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Security report for inkdistribution.co.uk

Ink Distribution Ltd · Media · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, DNS health and 2 other checks.

Security score

54/100

Risk levelMedium

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

INK Distribution Ltd operates as a specialized magazine distributor in the United Kingdom, focusing on ethical, spiritual, and niche magazine titles. The company serves retailers and publishers by supplying a broad catalog of magazines and sourcing requested titles not currently in their inventory. The website presents a professional and consistent brand image with clear navigation and relevant content tailored to its target audience of retailers, publishers, and magazine readers. Technically, the site is built on WordPress using the Genesis Framework and employs jQuery and Google Fonts, indicating a moderately modern infrastructure. Performance and mobile optimization are basic but functional. From a security perspective, the website benefits from HTTPS encryption but lacks important security headers and privacy compliance mechanisms such as privacy and cookie policies. No contact information for security incidents or data protection officers is provided, which limits transparency and compliance with GDPR best practices. The WHOIS data for the domain is unavailable due to domain naming rule violations, raising concerns about domain registration legitimacy, although the website content itself appears legitimate and professional. Overall, the site is accessible and functional with good content quality and business credibility but requires improvements in privacy compliance, security headers, and domain registration transparency to enhance trustworthiness and regulatory adherence. Strategic recommendations include implementing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, adding security headers, improving mobile and accessibility features, and clarifying domain registration details.

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

9 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

  2. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Weak SPF Policy

      SPF record has permissive policy allowing any server to send email

      What to do: Use -all or ~all qualifier for better email security

  3. 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';…

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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
45
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
54

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

INK Distribution Ltd occupies a niche position in the magazine distribution market, specializing in ethical, spiritual, and specialist magazines. Their business model revolves around supplying magazines to retailers and supporting publishers by sourcing titles. The company targets retailers and publishers as primary customers, with a focus on ethical and specialist content that differentiates them from general distributors. The website content and structure suggest a small-sized enterprise with a focused market presence in the UK media sector. There is no evidence of parent companies or subsidiaries. The absence of analytics and tracking tools indicates a privacy-conscious or low-marketing digital strategy. The company’s partnership ecosystem is not explicitly detailed on the site, and no social media presence is linked, which may limit broader market engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS enabled, ensuring encrypted communications. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. No evidence of vulnerability disclosures, incident response contacts, or security certifications was found, indicating limited formal security governance. The lack of privacy and cookie policies also suggests non-compliance with GDPR requirements. The WHOIS data irregularity introduces an additional risk factor regarding domain legitimacy. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires enhancements in policy transparency, header implementation, and incident readiness to meet industry best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Add essential security headers (Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to enhance web security.
  3. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and designate a data protection officer if applicable.
  4. Improve mobile optimization and accessibility to enhance user experience across devices.
  5. Clarify domain registration details and resolve WHOIS inconsistencies to strengthen domain legitimacy and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ink Distribution Ltd
Description
INK Distribution is a magazine distribution company offering a wide range of magazines including monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, and other magazines. They serve retailers and publishers by supplying magazine titles and sourcing requested titles.
Key services
Magazine distribution, Magazine sourcing, Retailer support, Publisher support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, WordPress, Genesis Framework, Google Fonts
Frameworks
Genesis Framework
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible with full content and no blocking detected.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found on homepage content.
  4. Terms and Conditions page exists under publishers section.
  5. No security headers detected in provided data.
  6. Uses WordPress CMS with Genesis Framework and jQuery.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
  8. No social media links explicitly found in the HTML content.
  9. Content is focused on magazine distribution with ethical and spiritual magazine titles.
  10. No signs of adult or explicit content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with the Genesis Framework, utilizing jQuery and Google Fonts for frontend functionality and styling. The site uses a responsive slider plugin and custom CSS for layout and design. Performance is moderate with no explicit indicators of slow loading but could benefit from optimization. Mobile responsiveness is basic, with some CSS media queries to hide elements on small screens. Accessibility features are minimal but present. SEO optimization is basic, with meta description and canonical tags but no Open Graph or Twitter Card metadata. No analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. The hosting provider is not identifiable from the data. Overall, the technical infrastructure is standard for a small business website but could be modernized and optimized for better 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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