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Professional Training · Education · Ireland

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

Security score

26/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Professional Training is an established education provider based in Ireland, specializing in instructor-led IT and business training courses with offices in Dublin and Cork. The company offers a wide range of courses including IT training, business skills, consulting, and remote training options, targeting individuals and organizations seeking professional development in Ireland. The website is well-structured with clear navigation and search functionality, supporting a good user experience and mobile optimization. Technically, the site uses modern frontend technologies such as jQuery, Semantic UI, and Font Awesome, and integrates Google Analytics and Tag Manager for tracking. However, there is a lack of visible privacy and cookie policies, and no explicit security headers were detected, indicating room for improvement in privacy compliance and security posture. Overall, the site presents a professional image with clear contact information and structured data for SEO, but should enhance its privacy and security practices to align with best practices and regulatory requirements.

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
55
DNS health
65
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
0
Average
26

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 education sector, focusing on professional training services in IT and business domains. Its business model centers on delivering instructor-led courses both in-person and online, serving a national market in Ireland. The presence of offices in major cities and a comprehensive course catalog suggests a medium-sized operation with a stable market position. The website's integration with partner domains and use of structured data indicates a mature digital presence. However, the absence of privacy and cookie policies may impact customer trust and regulatory compliance. The company appears to maintain a focused partnership ecosystem and offers consulting services as an additional revenue stream.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS usage implied by URLs and no exposed sensitive data in the HTML. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security reduces its defense-in-depth capabilities. No incident response or security policy information is provided, and no dedicated security contact channels are visible. The use of third-party libraries is current but lacks explicit vulnerability management indicators. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies, which could expose the company to regulatory risks. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but requires enhancements to meet industry best practices and GDPR requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Establish and publish an incident response policy and provide dedicated security contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ emails.
  4. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments of third-party libraries and website components.
  5. Enhance transparency around data collection, retention policies, and user consent mechanisms to improve trust and compliance.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Professional Training Solutions Ltd.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Professional Training
Description
Professional Training, with offices in Dublin and Cork, Ireland is a provider of top quality business training courses, IT training courses and programming training courses.
Key services
IT Training Courses, Business Training, Consulting, Remote Training
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.6.0, Semantic UI 2.4.1, Font Awesome 5.15.3, Google Fonts (PT Sans), Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Frameworks
Semantic UI
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS indicated by JSON-LD URLs (https://)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

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

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website provides comprehensive IT and business training course listings
  2. Structured data is implemented for SEO and organization information
  3. No privacy or cookie policy pages found
  4. Contact information is clearly presented in header and footer
  5. Search functionality implemented with autocomplete and API backend
  6. No visible security or incident response policies
  7. Use of modern frontend libraries and frameworks
  8. No CMS or hosting provider information detected
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website employs a modern frontend technology stack including jQuery, Semantic UI, and Font Awesome, ensuring a responsive and interactive user interface. Google Fonts and Google Analytics integrations support branding and analytics needs. The site uses structured data (JSON-LD) for SEO and organization information, enhancing search engine visibility. Performance is moderate with deferred script loading and preloading of fonts and images. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design elements. However, no CMS or hosting provider information is evident, and accessibility features are basic. The absence of security headers and privacy policies indicates technical debt in security and compliance areas. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports business operations effectively but requires improvements in security and privacy implementations.
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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