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Security report for responsive-engineering.com

Responsive Engineering · Manufacturing · United Kingdom

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, Network security and 2 other checks.

Security score

47/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Responsive Engineering is a well-established contract manufacturing company based in the North East of England, specializing in large, complex fabrications primarily serving the Energy, Defence, and Rail sectors. The company operates from a large facility and offers a comprehensive range of manufacturing services including machining, welding, cutting, fabrication, pressing, assembly, inspection, testing, and coating. Their market position is that of a trusted regional manufacturer with certifications such as ISO 9001 and NQA UKAS, indicating a commitment to quality and compliance. The website reflects a professional business presence with good content quality and clear navigation tailored to industrial clients. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with common libraries such as jQuery, Slick Slider, and Fancybox, and uses Matomo for analytics, indicating a moderate level of digital maturity with some privacy-conscious choices. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly but lacks some advanced accessibility features. Performance is moderate with room for improvement in technical infrastructure, especially regarding security headers and DNSSEC. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and has domain transfer protections but lacks DNSSEC and explicit security headers, which are recommended for enhanced security. There is no visible privacy or cookie policy, which is a compliance gap, especially under GDPR. The presence of a suspicious external script from ever-track-51.com warrants review. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could be improved with better policy disclosures and technical safeguards. The overall risk assessment is moderate with a good business credibility score but some privacy and security compliance gaps. Strategic recommendations include implementing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms, enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, auditing third-party scripts, and considering a vulnerabi…

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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. 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

  2. Network security

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

    • High

      High-Risk Service Exposed: FTP

      Port 21 (FTP) is publicly accessible - FTP - Often unencrypted file transfer

      What to do: Consider restricting access to FTP or implementing strong authentication

      • 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

  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

    • 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
15
Email security
85
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
47

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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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Responsive Engineering operates in the manufacturing sector with a focus on contract fabrication for energy, defence, and rail industries. Their business model centers on providing turnkey manufacturing services through a single portal, supported by dedicated project managers. The company targets industrial clients requiring complex and large-scale fabrication solutions. Their market positioning is strengthened by certifications and compliance with modern slavery and anti-bribery policies, indicating strong governance. The company actively promotes apprenticeships and community engagement, signaling investment in workforce development. The partnership ecosystem includes affiliations with certification bodies and compliance registers. Growth indicators include recent news on awards and gender pay gap reporting, reflecting transparency and corporate responsibility.

Security posture

The security maturity level of Responsive Engineering's website is moderate. HTTPS is enforced, and domain transfer protections are in place, which are fundamental security measures. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options represents missed opportunities to harden the site against DNS spoofing and clickjacking attacks. The lack of explicit privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. The use of Matomo analytics suggests some privacy awareness, but the presence of an external script from a suspicious domain (ever-track-51.com) could pose risks if not properly vetted. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not evident, which could delay mitigation of security issues. Overall, the site demonstrates basic security hygiene but requires enhancements to meet higher compliance and security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  3. Add essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Audit and remove or replace suspicious third-party scripts, particularly from ever-track-51.com.
  5. Develop and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to improve incident response readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Registration number
04617703
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Responsive Engineering
Description
Responsive Engineering specialises in large, complex fabrications and turnkey manufacturing services for the Energy, Defence, and Rail sectors from their 33,300m² facilities in the North East of England.
Key services
Machining, Specialist Welding, Cutting, Fabrication, Pressing, Assembly, Inspection, Testing, Coating
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Slick Slider, Fancybox, Matomo Analytics, Yoast SEO
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. No privacy or cookie policy pages found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. Use of Matomo analytics indicates some privacy-conscious tracking.
  4. Presence of certifications and compliance badges adds trust.
  5. External script from ever-track-51.com is suspicious and should be reviewed.
  6. No visible forms on the homepage; contact via email and phone provided.
  7. No explicit security headers detected in the HTML content.
  8. DNSSEC not enabled, which is a security improvement opportunity.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.9.4, utilizing common JavaScript libraries including jQuery, Slick Slider, and Fancybox for UI enhancements. SEO is managed via the Yoast SEO plugin, with structured data implemented in JSON-LD format for improved search engine understanding. Analytics are handled by Matomo, a privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and uses modern CSS variables and gradients. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts to improve page load times. However, the site lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC, which are technical risks. The presence of an external script from a non-mainstream domain introduces potential security concerns. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from modernization in security and performance optimization.
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.

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