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Security report for liturgyoffice.org

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) · Government · United Kingdom

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

Security score

42/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The Liturgy Office website serves as the official online presence for the Department for Christian Life and Worship under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. It provides liturgical resources, calendar information, prayers, and news relevant to the Catholic community in England and Wales. The site targets clergy, church members, and religious scholars, positioning itself as a trusted resource within the religious non-profit sector. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on service and information dissemination. Technically, the website employs basic web technologies including HTML5, CSS, Google Fonts, and Google Tag Manager for analytics. The site lacks a modern CMS and advanced frameworks, indicating a relatively simple infrastructure. Performance and mobile optimization are basic, with room for improvement in accessibility and SEO. No forms or user input fields reduce complexity and security risks. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS (assumed but not explicitly confirmed), but lacks DNSSEC and security headers, which are recommended for enhanced protection. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. The WHOIS data is transparent and consistent with the organization's identity, supporting legitimacy. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected. Overall, the website is a reliable and safe resource with good business credibility but requires improvements in privacy compliance, security hardening, and technical modernization to enhance user trust and regulatory adherence.

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 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';…

  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

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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
15
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
42

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 Liturgy Office operates as a small, specialized non-profit entity within the religious sector, affiliated with the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Its market position is authoritative for liturgical matters in England and Wales. The business model focuses on providing free resources and information rather than revenue generation. The target audience includes clergy, church members, and religious educators. The organization benefits from strong partnerships with official Catholic bodies, enhancing its credibility and reach. Growth indicators are stable given the long domain age and consistent content updates. The partnership ecosystem includes official Catholic websites, reinforcing its trusted network.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level. The absence of forms reduces attack vectors, and no sensitive data exposure was found. However, the lack of DNSSEC and security headers weakens domain and web application security. The missing privacy and cookie policies represent compliance risks under GDPR. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not evident, which could delay mitigation of security issues. The use of Google Tag Manager introduces moderate user tracking, which should be transparently disclosed. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a low-risk informational site but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory standards.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  2. Implement standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to harden the website against common attacks.
  3. Develop and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to ensure GDPR compliance and improve user trust.
  4. Conduct a security audit to identify any hidden vulnerabilities and establish an incident response plan including dedicated security contact channels.
  5. Modernize the website's technical stack to improve performance, accessibility, and mobile responsiveness, enhancing overall user experience and SEO.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW)
Description
The Liturgy Office serves the Department for Christian Life and Worship of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, providing resources, information, and advice related to Catholic liturgy, calendar, prayers, and rites.
Key services
Liturgical calendar and resources, Prayer and spirituality materials, News and events related to Catholic liturgy, Formation materials for Roman Missal and Lectionary
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager (gtag.js), HTML5, CSS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • No forms detected that collect user input
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an official resource for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. No forms or user input fields detected, reducing attack surface.
  4. Use of Google Tag Manager indicates some level of user tracking.
  5. No DNSSEC enabled, which is a security improvement opportunity.
  6. WHOIS data is transparent and domain is long-standing.
  7. No security headers detected in provided data; potential security enhancement needed.
  8. Content is safe and appropriate for general audiences.
  9. No social media links detected in the HTML content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a simple technology stack with HTML5, CSS, Google Fonts, and Google Tag Manager for analytics. There is no evidence of a CMS or advanced frameworks, indicating a static or minimally dynamic site. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is basic with minimal meta tags and no structured data or Open Graph tags detected. The hosting provider is not explicitly identified beyond the registrar information. The site would benefit from modernization including responsive design improvements, enhanced accessibility, and SEO optimizations to increase reach and usability.
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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