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Security report for oxford-golf.co.uk

Hinksey Heights Golf Ltd · Hospitality · United Kingdom

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in Network security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

41/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Hinksey Heights Golf Ltd operates the Hinksey Heights Golf Club located near Oxford, UK, offering a championship golf course alongside unique recreational activities such as footgolf, disc golf, and pitch & putt. The club targets local golfers, families, and visitors, providing memberships, visitor green fees, lessons, and event hosting services. The website is professionally designed with good content quality and clear navigation, supporting the club's community-oriented business model. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Analytics, and Facebook Pixel, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is moderate; HTTPS is implied but security headers are missing and no cookie consent mechanism is present, indicating room for improvement in compliance and security best practices. The WHOIS lookup failed due to domain naming issues, limiting domain legitimacy verification, but the website content and trust indicators suggest a legitimate business. Overall, the site scores well in business credibility and content quality but should enhance security and privacy compliance to strengthen trust and reduce risk.

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. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MSSQL

      Port 1433 (MSSQL) is publicly accessible - MSSQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MSSQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

  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 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

    • 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

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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
30
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
35
Average
41

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 · found on this site
  • 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 golf club holds a strong local market position as a community-focused sports and hospitality provider with a diverse offering beyond traditional golf, including footgolf and disc golf, appealing to a broad demographic. Revenue streams include memberships, visitor fees, equipment hire, food and beverage sales, event hosting, and gift vouchers. The club supports local charity initiatives, enhancing community engagement. Partnerships with booking platforms and gift voucher services indicate a well-integrated digital ecosystem. Growth potential exists in expanding digital marketing and improving online user experience. The absence of detailed company registration data limits full business intelligence but the operational maturity since 1996 suggests stability.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS usage and no visible exposed sensitive data. However, the absence of security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. The lack of a cookie consent mechanism may expose the club to GDPR compliance risks. No incident response or security policy information is published, indicating limited transparency in security governance. The use of multiple third-party tracking scripts increases the attack surface and privacy risk. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner and update privacy policies to explicitly address GDPR compliance and user data handling.
  3. Publish a clear incident response policy and provide dedicated security contact channels to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Regularly audit and minimize third-party scripts to reduce privacy risks and potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Verify and correct domain registration details to ensure domain legitimacy and improve trustworthiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Hinksey Heights Golf Ltd
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Hinksey Heights Golf Ltd
Description
Hinksey Heights Golf Club is located overlooking the city of Oxford and is home to a Championship Golf Course, 18 hole FootGolf course and Europe's first 18 hole RugbyGolf course. The club offers golf memberships, visitor green fees, and other activities including footgolf, disc golf, and pitch & putt. It also features a licensed bar called The 19th Hole and supports Oxford Children's Hospital.
Key services
Golf course access and bookings, Footgolf and disc golf, Pitch & putt, Golf lessons, Food and beverage services, Event hosting, Gift vouchers
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap CSS, jQuery, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Mailchimp, Google Maps API, Font Awesome
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by external scripts loaded via https)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Mailchimp
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 rich content about golf club services and activities.
  2. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
  3. WHOIS data unavailable due to domain naming error; domain legitimacy partially unverifiable.
  4. Privacy policy present but cookie consent mechanism missing.
  5. Multiple external tracking and analytics scripts present.
  6. Clear contact information and multiple trust indicators present.
  7. No security headers detected in provided data; SSL status unknown but HTTPS implied.
  8. No forms with personal data collection detected in HTML content.
  9. Website content is family-friendly and safe.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a Bootstrap framework with jQuery and integrates multiple third-party services such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Mailchimp, and Google Maps API. The site loads multiple external fonts and scripts, which may impact performance but provide rich functionality. Mobile responsiveness is good, and navigation is clear. However, no CMS or hosting provider information is evident. Performance is moderate with potential for optimization by reducing external dependencies. Accessibility features are basic, and SEO optimization is minimal but present through meta tags and Open Graph data. Technical debt appears low but security and privacy technical implementations need strengthening.
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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