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Security report for oriontravel.co.uk

Orion Travel Coaches Limited · Transportation · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Orion Travel Coaches Limited is a small transportation company based in Manchester, UK, specializing in coach hire services for corporate events, family trips, and group travel. The company offers a fleet of vehicles ranging from minibuses to luxury coaches equipped with modern amenities. Their website reflects a professional and consistent brand presence with clear contact information and social media engagement. Technically, the site uses a proprietary Coach Manager platform with common web technologies like jQuery and Modernizr, delivering moderate performance and basic mobile optimization. Security posture is moderate with some best practices like anti-forgery tokens in login forms but lacks visible security headers and privacy compliance features. The absence of WHOIS data due to domain naming rules limits domain trust analysis, but the presence of company registration details and contact info supports legitimacy.

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

7 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 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 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

    • 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
47
Security headers
45
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
60

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 holds a strong market position as a premier coach hire provider in Manchester and the North West UK. Their business model focuses on service provision for group transportation with a target audience including corporate clients, schools, and families. Revenue streams likely derive from coach hire bookings and ticket sales through partner platforms. The partnership with Distinctive Systems Ltd for software and Mayne Bushub for ticketing indicates a collaborative ecosystem. Growth indicators include a maintained social media presence and a professionally maintained website. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance compliance and security posture to strengthen market trust.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with secure login forms and no exposed sensitive data in HTML. However, the lack of HTTP security headers such as CSP, HSTS, and X-Content-Type-Options, and absence of privacy and cookie policies indicate compliance gaps. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, limiting transparency. The site does not appear to use advanced bot protection or analytics tracking, reducing attack surface but also limiting user behavior insights. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small business but requires improvements to meet GDPR and modern security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add and enforce HTTP security headers including Content Security Policy, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Verify and enforce HTTPS with strong TLS configurations to ensure secure communications.
  4. Establish and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to enhance transparency and incident response readiness.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and frameworks to mitigate vulnerabilities and improve technical robustness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Orion Travel Coaches Limited
Registration number
06886540
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Orion Travel Coaches Limited
Description
Orion Travel Coaches Ltd is a Manchester-based coach hire company offering luxury coaches, mini coaches, and minibuses for corporate events, family get-togethers, holidays, and day trips across the UK. They provide vehicles seating 29 to 98 people with amenities such as air-conditioning, toilets, tables, wifi, and televisions. The company emphasizes experienced drivers with local knowledge and reliable, punctual service.
Key services
Coach hire, Mini coach hire, Minibus hire, Corporate event transport, Family and group travel, Day trips and holidays
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Modernizr, DatePicker jQuery plugin, Font Awesome
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of anti-forgery tokens in login form
  • Login form with password masking
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

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 fully accessible with no blocking or WAF detected.
  2. No privacy or cookie policy pages found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. Terms and Conditions page is present and linked.
  4. Contact information is prominently displayed including phone, email, and physical addresses.
  5. Login form uses anti-forgery tokens and password masking but no visible CAPTCHA or advanced bot protection.
  6. Social media presence on Twitter and Facebook is active and linked.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected in provided HTML.
  8. Website uses proprietary Coach Manager software by Distinctive Systems Ltd.
  9. No explicit security headers or advanced security features detected in HTML content.
  10. WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain naming rules error, limiting domain trust analysis.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a proprietary Coach Manager platform by Distinctive Systems Ltd, utilizing jQuery, Modernizr, and datepicker plugins. The design is professional with consistent branding and good content relevance. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is basic with meta tags present but no advanced structured data or Open Graph tags detected. Hosting provider details are not evident from the HTML. The site lacks modern security headers and advanced analytics or marketing tools, indicating a relatively simple technical infrastructure suitable for a small business but with room for modernization and security enhancements.
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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