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Security report for totallylegal.com

Reach Work Ltd. · Other · United Kingdom

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

80/100

Risk levelLow

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

TotallyLegal, operated by Reach Work Ltd., is a specialized online job board focused on the legal sector, offering a comprehensive platform for legal professionals in the UK and internationally to find jobs, upload CVs, and receive job alerts. The site also serves recruiters with tools to post jobs and search candidates, positioning itself as a leading legal recruitment platform in the UK market. The website demonstrates a mature digital presence with professional design, clear navigation, and extensive content relevant to its target audience. Technically, the site leverages a modern tech stack including jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, reCAPTCHA, and the Madgex Job Board Platform. It shows good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, although performance is moderate likely due to multiple third-party scripts and advertising integrations. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and use of reCAPTCHA, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies. From a security and compliance perspective, the site includes privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms, indicating GDPR compliance. However, no dedicated security policy or incident response contacts are found. The absence of WHOIS data for the domain is a notable concern, reducing transparency and trustworthiness despite the professional appearance and business legitimacy of the site. Overall, TotallyLegal is a well-established, professional legal job platform with strong content and technical implementation. The main risk lies in the lack of domain registration transparency and limited public security governance information, which should be addressed to enhance trust and compliance posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 100 · Low
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

2 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 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. 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

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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
77
Security headers
60
Email security
77
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
80

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

TotallyLegal operates in the niche legal recruitment market, targeting legal professionals and recruiters primarily in the UK. Its business model centers on providing a job board platform with value-added services such as CV uploads and job alerts for candidates, and job posting and candidate search for recruiters. The company benefits from partnerships with legal recruiters and uses the Madgex platform to power its services. The presence of social media channels and content such as salary surveys and career guides indicates active engagement with its audience. The company appears medium-sized with a focused sector presence and a stable market position as a leading legal job site in the UK. Revenue streams likely include recruiter job postings, advertising, and premium services. The lack of WHOIS transparency is unusual but may be due to privacy protection or domain registration issues. The company should consider improving domain registration transparency and publishing more detailed security and compliance information to strengthen market trust.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms, which are positive security measures. Multiple security headers are not explicitly detected in the HTML, suggesting room for improvement in HTTP header security. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were identified in the content. The site uses third-party analytics and advertising scripts, which are common but require ongoing monitoring for vulnerabilities. The absence of a public security policy or incident response contact reduces transparency and preparedness perception. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by implementing recommended security headers, publishing security governance documents, and providing clear incident response contacts.

Recommendations

  1. Publish explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to improve browser security.
  2. Provide a dedicated security policy page and incident response contact information to increase transparency and preparedness.
  3. Investigate and resolve the absence of WHOIS domain registration data to improve domain trustworthiness.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance data protection officer contact visibility and GDPR compliance documentation.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Reach Work Ltd.
Description
TotallyLegal is the specialist legal job site for solicitors, lawyers, barristers, paralegals, legal PAs and legal executives. It offers the latest in-house and private practice legal jobs in the UK and worldwide.
Key services
Legal job search, Job alerts, CV upload and headhunting, Recruiter job posting and candidate search
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google reCAPTCHA, Amplitude Analytics, Madgex Job Board Platform, Spotler Search Analytics, DoubleClick for Publishers (Google Ads), SVG icons, HTML5
Frameworks
Madgex Job Board Platform
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA for forms
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure ad serving via Google DoubleClick

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Amplitude Analytics, Madgex AnalyticsSessions
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
Amplitude Analytics, Spotler Search Analytics, Madgex AnalyticsSessions
Marketing tools
Spotler Search, Amplitude
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and no blocking mechanisms.
  2. Strong focus on legal job market with extensive job listings and recruiter services.
  3. Use of multiple analytics and advertising technologies with consent management.
  4. No direct company contact emails found in HTML; phone contact present in footer.
  5. WHOIS data unavailable, which is a concern for domain transparency.
  6. Good SEO and accessibility practices observed.
  7. No security policy or incident response information publicly available.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and mature technical stack centered around the Madgex Job Board Platform, with extensive use of JavaScript libraries including jQuery and various analytics and advertising scripts. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO metadata and structured data (JSON-LD) for enhanced search engine understanding. Performance is moderate, likely impacted by multiple third-party scripts and ad networks. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Hosting provider details are not disclosed. The site uses Google Tag Manager and multiple analytics tools for user tracking and marketing insights, balanced with a cookie consent mechanism. Technical risks include reliance on multiple external scripts and the need for improved security header implementation.
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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