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Security report for leiths.com

Leiths School of Food and Wine Limited · Education · United Kingdom

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS and GDPR outside view.

Security score

77/100

Risk levelLow

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

Leiths Education is a well-established culinary school based in the United Kingdom, offering a wide range of professional and enthusiast cookery courses including diplomas, masterclasses, online courses, and professional development programs. With a history dating back to 1975, the institution has a strong market position and reputation for quality culinary education. The website reflects this maturity with excellent content quality, clear navigation, and consistent branding targeting aspiring chefs and food lovers of all ages. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with WooCommerce and Elementor, integrating modern analytics and marketing tools while maintaining good performance and mobile optimization. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and some best practices, though improvements such as DNSSEC and security headers are recommended. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with a cookie consent mechanism but lacks a visible privacy policy. Overall, the domain registration data aligns well with the business claims, supporting high legitimacy and trustworthiness.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
85/ 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

3 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
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

  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

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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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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
80
Email security
75
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
85
Average
77

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

Leiths Education operates in the education sector, focusing on culinary arts training. Its business model includes in-person and online courses, professional development, and recruitment services through Leiths List. The company targets a broad audience from schoolchildren to professional chefs, leveraging a strong brand legacy and industry connections. The partnership with an online platform (leithsonline.com) extends its reach. The website's use of multiple marketing and analytics tools indicates a mature digital marketing strategy. The absence of explicit privacy and security policies suggests areas for compliance improvement. The company appears medium-sized with a focused niche and a stable market presence.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security baseline with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data. It uses reCAPTCHA and consent management for privacy compliance. However, the lack of DNSSEC, security.txt, and some security headers indicates room for enhancement. No incident response or security contact information is provided, which could impact responsiveness to security issues. The use of multiple third-party scripts requires ongoing vigilance to avoid vulnerabilities. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be strengthened to meet higher compliance standards and improve trust.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service accessible from the website footer.
  3. Implement a security.txt file and disclose vulnerability disclosure procedures to improve transparency.
  4. Add recommended security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Leiths School of Food and Wine Limited
Description
Leiths Education offers professional and enthusiast cookery courses, both in-person and online, for aspiring chefs and food lovers.
Key services
Culinary Diploma, Professional Development Courses, Culinary Masterclasses, Online Cookery School, Partner School Curriculums, Leiths List recruitment service
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 7.0, WooCommerce 10.8.1, Elementor 4.1.3, Google Tag Manager, Matomo Analytics, jQuery 3.7.1, Font Awesome, Breeze Prefetch, Complianz GDPR plugin
Frameworks
WordPress, WooCommerce
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of reCAPTCHA script
  • Consent management via Complianz GDPR plugin

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Matomo, Microsoft Clarity
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Matomo
Marketing tools
Complianz GDPR plugin
Transparency
good

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-structured
  2. Strong branding and consistent messaging about culinary education
  3. Use of multiple analytics and marketing tools with consent management
  4. No visible privacy policy or terms of service pages found in provided content
  5. Contact phone number clearly displayed and linked social media accounts present
  6. No security.txt or explicit security policy found
  7. Domain registration data supports business legitimacy
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS with WooCommerce for e-commerce functionality and Elementor for page building. It integrates Google Tag Manager, Matomo, and Microsoft Clarity for analytics and user behavior tracking. The site uses jQuery and Font Awesome libraries and employs Breeze for prefetching links to improve performance. The site is mobile optimized and accessible with good SEO metadata including Open Graph and JSON-LD structured data. Hosting and DNS are managed via Tucows Domains Inc. and domaincontrol.com nameservers, likely GoDaddy infrastructure. Performance is moderate with room for optimization. The technical stack is mature and well-maintained but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and privacy documentation.
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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