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Security report for personalsafety.ie

Personal Safety Ireland · Education · Ireland

High risk. 11 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.

Security score

30/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Personal Safety Ireland is a small educational organization based in Ireland that specializes in personal safety training programs for students, teachers, and frontline staff. Their offerings focus on communication, behaviour strategies, conflict resolution, and empowerment to ensure individuals feel safe in various environments. The website is built on WordPress using Oxygen Builder and integrates Google reCAPTCHA for form security. While the site is professionally designed with clear navigation and contact information, it lacks critical privacy and cookie policies, which impacts compliance and user trust. Security practices are basic, with no advanced headers or incident response information provided. Overall, the site is functional and credible but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance and security hardening.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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

11 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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"

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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
0
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
0
Average
30

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 targets educational institutions and workplaces in Ireland, offering tailored personal safety programs for different age groups and professional roles. Their business model revolves around delivering training courses, likely generating revenue through bookings and contracts. The presence of social media channels indicates efforts to engage with their audience and build trust. The lack of detailed business registration information and privacy policies suggests a small-scale operation focused on niche educational services. No partnerships or subsidiaries are evident from the website content.

Security posture

The security posture is basic with HTTPS enabled and Google reCAPTCHA implemented to protect forms from spam. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security robustness. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response policies are visible, which could hinder timely handling of security incidents. The site should improve its security framework and transparency to align with best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance site security.
  3. Develop and publish an incident response policy with clear contact channels for security issues.
  4. Regularly update WordPress core and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities and maintain security hygiene.
  5. Enhance transparency and trust by including business registration details and certifications if applicable.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Personal Safety Ireland
Description
Personal Safety Ireland provides personal safety education and training programmes aimed at empowering individuals with communication, behaviour, and conflict resolution skills to feel safe and confident in various environments.
Key services
Transition Year Student PSA Programme, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year PSA Programme, Teacher Training PSA Programme, Communication & Behaviour Strategies, Lone Worker Training, Front Line Staff Training
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, jQuery 3.7.1, Google reCAPTCHA v3, Oxygen Builder, Contact Form 7
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA v3 on forms

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google reCAPTCHA
Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a WordPress-based educational service site focused on personal safety training.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. Contact information is clearly presented including email, phone, and physical address.
  4. Social media presence includes Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn links.
  5. Security practices are basic with reCAPTCHA implemented but lack of security headers.
  6. No incident response or security policy information is provided.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected beyond reCAPTCHA.
  8. Site is accessible with no WAF or blocking detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern WordPress CMS with Oxygen Builder and Contact Form 7 plugins, supported by jQuery and Google reCAPTCHA v3. The site loads external fonts from Google Fonts and social media icons via SVG symbols. Performance is moderate with no explicit optimization indicators. Mobile responsiveness is good due to responsive meta tags and CSS. SEO is basic with standard meta tags but no Open Graph or structured data detected. Accessibility features are minimal. The technical stack is typical for small business websites but could be improved with enhanced SEO, accessibility, and security configurations.
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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