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Security report for propertyweek.com

Property Week · Real Estate · United Kingdom

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

80/100

Risk levelLow

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

Property Week is a leading UK-based real estate media platform providing comprehensive news, analysis, and market insights focused on commercial and residential property sectors. The website targets real estate professionals, investors, developers, and industry stakeholders, offering subscription services, events, and sponsored content. Technically, the site is built on WordPress, leveraging modern web technologies including jQuery, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, and OneSignal for marketing and analytics. The infrastructure includes Amazon AWS for media hosting, ensuring scalability and reliability. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforcement, security headers, and CAPTCHA protections on forms, though there is room for improvement in publishing explicit security policies and incident response information. Overall, the website demonstrates a mature digital presence with good privacy compliance and extensive user tracking for marketing purposes. The WHOIS data is incomplete or privacy protected, but the website's professional appearance and trust signals support its legitimacy.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
95/ 100 · Low
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

2 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 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. 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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  • Security score drift

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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
67
Security headers
65
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
95
Average
80

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention propertyweek.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
252
Employees
0
Customers
252
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
14%

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Property Week holds a strong market position as a trusted source of real estate news and analysis in the UK. Its business model revolves around content publication, subscription services, and event hosting, targeting a professional audience in the real estate sector. The company leverages partnerships with advertising networks and marketing platforms to monetize its content. The presence of sponsored content and client solutions indicates diversified revenue streams. The website's extensive social media presence and SEO optimization contribute to its competitive advantage. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers were found, which is typical for media outlets relying on web forms and social channels for communication. The lack of WHOIS transparency is likely due to privacy protection, which is justified for this business type.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security posture with HTTPS enabled and multiple security headers implemented, including HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and Content-Security-Policy. Forms are protected with Google reCAPTCHA v2 to mitigate automated abuse. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a publicly available security policy or incident response contact reduces transparency. There is no evidence of a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file. Overall, the site follows best practices for web security but could enhance trust by publishing explicit security and incident response information.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and compliance.
  2. Provide clear incident response contact information to facilitate vulnerability reporting.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file.
  4. Enhance website accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience.
  5. Regularly review and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Property Week
Description
The latest property news, events and valuations from the commercial property market. Property Week covers property investment, residential and commercial.
Key services
News articles, Market analysis, Events and conferences, Subscription-based digital editions, Sponsored content and client solutions
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, OneSignal, Hotjar, Google Ads, Google Analytics, WordPress
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security headers
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with CAPTCHA (Google reCAPTCHA v2)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, HubSpot Analytics, Hotjar
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google AdSense, DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Hotjar
Marketing tools
HubSpot, OneSignal
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional real estate news and media platform
  2. Content is rich, well-structured, and updated with recent articles
  3. Strong use of modern web technologies and analytics
  4. No signs of malicious content or security issues
  5. WHOIS data is incomplete or privacy protected
  6. Good privacy and cookie policy presence with consent mechanisms
  7. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers found in HTML
  8. Social media presence is strong and consistent
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the WordPress CMS platform, utilizing a modern tech stack including jQuery, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, OneSignal, and Hotjar for analytics and marketing. Media assets are hosted on Amazon AWS S3 buckets, ensuring reliable content delivery. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and SEO practices, including structured data (JSON-LD) and Open Graph metadata for social sharing. Performance is moderate, with deferred JavaScript loading and caching mechanisms in place. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. The technical infrastructure supports a professional media publication with scalable and secure hosting.
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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