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Security report for rics.org

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors · Real Estate · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a globally recognized professional body specializing in land, real estate, construction, and infrastructure standards. Established in 1868 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, RICS provides accreditation, standards, training, and consultancy services to professionals and organizations worldwide. The website reflects a mature, well-established organization with a clear focus on professional services and industry leadership. Technically, the site employs modern frameworks such as Bootstrap 5, ensuring responsive design and good accessibility. Security posture is strong with HTTPS enforcement and appropriate security headers, although explicit security policies and incident response contacts are not prominently published. Privacy compliance is well addressed with comprehensive privacy and cookie policies including consent mechanisms. Overall, the website demonstrates high professionalism, trustworthiness, and business credibility, suitable for a large enterprise in the real estate and professional services sector.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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

4 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 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"

    • 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. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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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  • 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
97
Security headers
20
Email security
85
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
75

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

RICS holds a leading market position as a professional accreditation and standards body in the real estate and construction sectors. Its business model revolves around membership services, training, consultancy, and publication of standards. The organization targets professionals, government bodies, and consumers requiring trusted surveying and property services. The website content and structure support this positioning with clear service offerings and global reach. The presence of ISO 9001 certification and consistent branding further reinforce its competitive advantage. The organization appears to maintain a strong partnership ecosystem and a strategic focus on quality and compliance.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented, including Content Security Policy and Strict-Transport-Security. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a dedicated security policy or incident response contact page suggests room for improvement in transparency and readiness. The lack of a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file limits external reporting channels. Privacy policies are comprehensive and GDPR compliant, indicating good data protection practices. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by publishing explicit security governance documents and incident response contacts.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security governance and controls.
  2. Establish and publicize an incident response contact or abuse email address.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  4. Enhance transparency around data retention policies related to analytics and tracking.
  5. Regularly review and update security headers and SSL configurations to maintain best practices.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
RICS is a global professional body promoting and enforcing the highest international standards in the valuation, management and development of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.
Key services
Professional accreditation, Standards and guidance, Training and education, Consultancy and advisory services, Research and publications
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap 5.1.3, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Secure cookies
  • Content Security Policy implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. WHOIS data is unavailable or privacy protected, limiting domain registration transparency.
  3. Strong presence of privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms.
  4. No explicit security policy or incident response contact page found.
  5. Professional and consistent branding with high content quality.
  6. Use of modern web technologies and frameworks.
  7. Good security header implementation and HTTPS enforcement.
  8. Moderate use of analytics and tracking with privacy compliance.
  9. Contact information is clearly available including emails, phone, and physical addresses.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and stable technology stack centered on Bootstrap 5 for responsive design, with standard HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. No specific CMS was detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Performance is moderate, with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is well addressed through proper meta tags and structured content. The site is hosted on an unknown provider with no WAF or blocking detected, allowing full content accessibility. Technical debt appears low, but opportunities exist to improve security transparency and incident response readiness.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 73/100Medium27 findingsView report
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