The Wilderness Yet website represents a small, niche folk music trio based in the UK, offering live performances and music sales primarily through physical and digital media. The site is well designed with multimedia integration including Bandcamp and YouTube embeds, and maintains active social media channels. Technically, the site is built on the EditMySite platform, uses modern analytics tools, and enforces HTTPS, but lacks some security headers and formal privacy/cookie policies. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain is a notable concern, potentially indicating recent registration or privacy protection, which slightly impacts trustworthiness. Overall, the site is functional and professional but would benefit from enhanced compliance and security transparency.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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
10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Email security
SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.
Critical
No email authentication configured
Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing
What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately
High
No SPF record found
SPF helps prevent email spoofing
What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"
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"
This scan found 27 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.
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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
62
Security headers
20
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
55
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 thewildernessyet.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The business operates in the media and entertainment sector, targeting folk music enthusiasts and festival audiences primarily in the UK. Their revenue streams include live gigs and sales of music albums on physical formats and digital downloads. The website supports marketing efforts through embedded media and email subscription forms powered by Mailchimp. The lack of company-specific contact details beyond a generic Gmail address suggests a small-scale operation. The site’s integration with multiple external folk clubs and venues indicates a networked presence within the folk music community. Growth potential lies in expanding digital sales and increasing direct fan engagement.
Security posture
The website benefits from HTTPS encryption and includes Google and Norton Safe Web verifications, indicating basic security hygiene. However, it lacks explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy or HSTS, which could improve protection against common web attacks. No evidence of vulnerability disclosure or incident response policies is present, and the site does not provide privacy or cookie policies, which are important for GDPR compliance. The use of third-party analytics and marketing tools is standard but requires careful data protection management. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be significantly improved with formal policies and enhanced technical controls.
Recommendations
Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
Implement a cookie consent mechanism to comply with EU regulations.
Add security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen site security.
Establish and publish an incident response contact or security policy to handle potential security issues.
Monitor domain registration status and consider using a company domain email address for official communications to enhance credibility.
Site observations
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
The Wilderness Yet
Description
The Wilderness Yet is a folk trio combining the acclaimed talents of folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditional fiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes. They perform down-to-earth folksongs and tunes from the English and Irish folk traditions.
Key services
Live music performances (tours and gigs), Music album sales (physical and digital), Media content (videos, embedded music players)
Website is a professionally designed folk music band site with rich multimedia content.
No privacy or cookie policies found, which is a compliance gap.
WHOIS data is missing, raising questions about domain registration status.
Uses standard web analytics and marketing tools.
No security headers detected in HTML source; HTTPS is used.
Contact email is a generic Gmail address, not a company domain email.
No phone numbers or physical addresses found.
Social media presence is strong with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube links.
No evidence of security incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on the EditMySite platform, leveraging jQuery and Backbone.js for frontend interactivity. It integrates Google Analytics and Snowplow for user tracking and performance monitoring. The site uses embedded Bandcamp and YouTube players for media content delivery. Hosting appears to be managed by EditMySite’s CDN infrastructure. Performance is moderate with responsive design and mobile optimization evident. However, the site lacks advanced accessibility features and some SEO enhancements could be made. The absence of security headers and formal privacy mechanisms indicates technical debt in security and compliance areas. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business needs but has room for modernization and security hardening.
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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