JH Shouksmith & Sons Ltd · Energy · United Kingdom
Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Network security, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.
JH Shouksmith & Sons Ltd is a well-established UK-based mechanical and electrical contracting company with over 200 years of family-led experience. The company specializes in delivering comprehensive mechanical and electrical packages for construction projects ranging from £50k to over £7m. Their services include plumbing, heating, air conditioning, fire alarms, security, data, PV, and plantroom installations. The business targets construction industry clients across the UK and maintains a strong market position supported by multiple industry certifications and a professional online presence. Technically, the website is built on the SeeCMS platform and utilizes a range of JavaScript libraries including jQuery, Slick Slider, and FontAwesome. The site is moderately optimized for performance and mobile devices, with basic SEO and accessibility features. Hosting is provided by NetHosted Ltd, consistent with the domain registration data. Analytics are implemented via Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, with moderate user tracking. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and shows no signs of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries, though it lacks visible security headers and explicit security policies. The use of an outdated jQuery version and absence of cookie consent mechanisms indicate areas for improvement. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is present, which could be enhanced to improve security posture. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and aligned with the company's business claims. Recommendations include updating JavaScript libraries, implementing security headers, adding cookie consent mechanisms, and publishing terms of service and security policies to strengthen compliance and trust.
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NIS2 Art. 21(2)
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.
6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.
Port 21 (FTP) is publicly accessible - FTP - Often unencrypted file transfer
What to do: Consider restricting access to FTP or implementing strong authentication
TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.
Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1
What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions
SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak
What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key
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.
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
Prevents clickjacking attacks
What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"
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Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
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.
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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.
Partial scans
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
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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