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Security report for maccreanorlavington.com

Maccreanor Lavington · Real Estate · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Maccreanor Lavington is a professional architecture and urbanism firm operating from London and Rotterdam, offering design and planning services. The website presents a well-structured portfolio of projects and clear contact information, targeting clients and professionals in the real estate and urban development sectors. The firm positions itself as an established medium-sized business with a consistent brand and professional online presence. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern libraries and CDN hosting, ensuring good performance and mobile optimization. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and anonymized analytics, but lacks some security headers and cookie consent mechanisms. The absence of WHOIS data reduces transparency but does not detract significantly from the site's legitimacy. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
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

6 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
    • 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

    • 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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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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
65
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
65

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 company operates in the real estate and architectural design sector, serving clients in the UK and the Netherlands. Its business model revolves around providing architectural and urban planning services, supported by a portfolio showcasing diverse projects. The firm leverages digital marketing tools like Google Analytics and maintains social media channels on Instagram and LinkedIn to engage with its audience. The presence of physical offices and company registration details enhances credibility. Growth indicators include a regularly updated portfolio and journal. No direct partnerships or subsidiaries were identified from the website content.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with HTTPS enforced and anonymized IP tracking in analytics. However, it lacks explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which could improve protection against common web attacks. No incident response or security policy pages are published, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are present. The absence of a cookie consent mechanism indicates partial GDPR compliance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could benefit from enhancements to headers and privacy compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to enhance protection.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie policy to improve GDPR compliance.
  3. Publish an incident response and security policy page to demonstrate security maturity.
  4. Consider creating a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Improve accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to maintain a strong security posture.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Maccreanor Lavington Limited
Registration number
4944069
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Maccreanor Lavington
Description
We are architects and urbanists based in London and Rotterdam.
Key services
Architecture, Urbanism, Planning, Design
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, jQuery, Plyr video player, Flickity, Masonry, Swiper
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled with anonymized IP in Google Analytics
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF detected
  2. Professional architecture firm website with portfolio and contact info
  3. No cookie consent banner or explicit GDPR compliance indicators
  4. WHOIS data unavailable, possibly due to domain registration status or privacy
  5. Uses modern web technologies and good SEO practices
  6. No visible security headers detected in provided data
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses WordPress CMS with Yoast SEO plugin, Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager for analytics and marketing. It employs modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Plyr for video playback, Flickity for carousels, Masonry for grid layouts, and Swiper for sliders. Hosting is via Azure CDN, contributing to fast load times and good performance. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and uses preloaded fonts for better rendering. SEO is well addressed with meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. No major technical debt or outdated libraries were detected. However, security headers are missing, and cookie consent is absent, which are areas for improvement.
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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