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Security report for walcothousebath.com

Walcot House · Hospitality · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Walcot House is a hospitality business located in Bath, UK, operating a restaurant, private dining room, cocktail bars, and event spaces. The website is professionally designed using Squarespace and integrates a third-party reservation system (SevenRooms). The business targets general consumers seeking dining and event experiences. The site demonstrates good content quality and user experience but lacks explicit privacy, cookie, and terms of service policies. No direct contact emails or phone numbers are provided, though social media presence is active. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies and is mobile optimized, but security headers are minimal and WHOIS data is unavailable, which reduces domain trustworthiness. Overall, the site is functional and professional but could improve in privacy compliance and security best practices.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

7 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 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 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

    • 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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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
54
Security headers
35
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
62

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 positions itself as a local hospitality venue with multiple service offerings including dining, bars, private hire, and events. The business model relies on direct consumer engagement through reservations and event hosting. The integration with SevenRooms and presence on social media platforms indicates a focus on customer experience and marketing. The absence of detailed company registration or contact information on the site suggests a small to medium-sized enterprise with limited public corporate disclosures. Partnerships with gift voucher services and career portals indicate an organized business structure within the Walcot Group ecosystem.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and does not expose sensitive data in its HTML content. However, it lacks important security headers such as HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, and X-Frame-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web attacks. No vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are provided, and no privacy or cookie policies are present to indicate GDPR compliance. The use of third-party scripts like Google Tag Manager and SevenRooms introduces potential risk vectors that require regular auditing. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be significantly improved with standard security best practices and compliance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to enhance GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add security headers including HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to improve security posture.
  3. Publish clear contact information including emails and phone numbers for customer and security incident reporting.
  4. Establish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and integrations for vulnerabilities and ensure they follow security best practices.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Walcot House
Description
Set over two floors in an old bakery in Bath, Walcot House is home to a beautiful restaurant & private dining room, two cocktail bars and a club & event space.
Key services
Restaurant dining, Private dining room, Cocktail bars, Club and event space, Private hire, Event hosting
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Squarespace CMS, JavaScript, CSS, Google Fonts (Montserrat, Adobe Caslon Pro), Google Tag Manager, SevenRooms reservation system
Platforms
Squarespace
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL and resources)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Marketing tools
SevenRooms reservation system
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally designed hospitality venue site built on Squarespace.
  2. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual and reduces domain trust.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  4. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML content.
  5. Social media presence on Instagram and Facebook is active and linked.
  6. Reservation system uses SevenRooms external platform.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  8. No signs of adult or NSFW content.
  9. Security headers are minimal; HTTPS is used but HSTS and other headers missing.
  10. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Squarespace platform, leveraging its CMS capabilities and hosting infrastructure. It uses modern web fonts and JavaScript libraries, including Google Tag Manager for analytics and SevenRooms for reservations. The site is mobile optimized and has a clean, professional design with good navigation clarity. Performance is moderate, typical of CMS-hosted sites with external dependencies. The lack of advanced security headers and privacy policies indicates some technical debt in compliance and security hardening. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content.
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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