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Security report for silverandcoaccountants.co.uk

Silver & Co Accountants · Finance · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Silver & Co Accountants is a well-established family-run accounting firm based in the Midlands, United Kingdom, serving businesses and individuals nationwide. The firm specializes in supporting new businesses, ensuring compliance with Making Tax Digital (MTD) and tax return requirements, providing finance function support, and managing estate and inheritance planning. Their market position is strengthened by numerous client referrals and a focus on sectors such as engineering, farming, and hospitality. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image aligned with their business services. Technically, the website is built on the Wix platform using Wix Thunderbolt and associated UI libraries, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security-wise, the site enforces HTTPS but lacks visible security headers and published security policies, which presents an area for improvement. Privacy and cookie policies are absent, and no explicit contact information is provided, limiting user trust and compliance visibility. Overall, the site is functional and professional but would benefit from enhanced privacy, security, and contact transparency to improve compliance and user confidence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

6 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. 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 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';…

  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

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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
69
Security headers
40
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
68

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 as a small-sized professional accounting service provider focused on the UK market, particularly the Midlands region. Their business model centers on personalized client support with an emphasis on compliance and financial planning. The absence of detailed contact information and privacy policies suggests a potential gap in digital maturity and regulatory compliance. The firm leverages Wix for its digital presence, indicating a preference for ease of use and cost-effective website management. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries from the website content or WHOIS data. The business appears to maintain a moderate market position with a focus on trust and reliability through client referrals.

Security posture

The website demonstrates basic security posture with HTTPS enabled, ensuring encrypted communications. However, the lack of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. No incident response or security policies are published, and no dedicated security contact channels are provided. The use of Sentry for error monitoring is a positive indicator of proactive error tracking. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates non-compliance with GDPR best practices, which is a significant compliance gap. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires enhancements to meet higher compliance and security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance web security.
  3. Provide clear and accessible contact information including company email and phone numbers for customer and security incident reporting.
  4. Establish and publish an incident response policy and designate contact channels for security issues (e.g., security@ or abuse@ emails).
  5. Improve accessibility features and SEO optimization to enhance user experience and search engine visibility.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Silver & Co Accountants
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Silver & Co Accountants
Description
Well established Family Firm supporting clients to Grow in the Midlands and Nationwide, Working with Businesses and Individuals who want to improve their business or personal estates whilst Ensuring Compliance with statutory. We have numerous client referrals and can help with New Businesses, Meeting MTD and Tax Return requirements, Support as a finance function and managing Estate and Inheritance Planning. We support all types of clients but in particular Engineering, Farming, and Hospitality
Key services
New Business support, Making Tax Digital (MTD) compliance, Tax Return requirements, Finance function support, Estate and Inheritance Planning
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Wix Thunderbolt, Wix UI Libraries, Sentry (error monitoring)
Frameworks
Wix platform
Platforms
Wix.com Website Builder
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced

Analytics and tracking

Services
Sentry (error monitoring)
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Sentry
Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website built on Wix platform with standard Wix technologies
  2. No visible privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in HTML content
  4. No security or incident response policies published
  5. Professional business description and branding present
  6. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Wix platform using Wix Thunderbolt and Wix UI libraries, which provide a modern and responsive framework. The site loads with moderate performance and includes polyfills for legacy browser support. Error monitoring is implemented via Sentry, indicating some level of operational monitoring. The site uses standard meta tags and Open Graph tags for social media integration but lacks JSON-LD structured data. Hosting is provided by Wix, a reputable hosting provider. The site is mobile optimized with basic accessibility features but could improve in SEO and accessibility compliance. No custom backend or advanced frameworks are detected, reflecting a straightforward technical infrastructure suitable for a small business website.
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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