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Security report for yparecruit.com

YPA Recruit · Other · Malta

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

43/100

Risk levelHigh

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

YPA Recruit is a Malta-based recruitment agency specializing in office support, administration, and executive roles. The company positions itself as a consultative recruitment partner offering personalized hiring solutions. The website reflects a small-sized business with a clear focus on the local Maltese market. The site uses Joomla! CMS and standard web technologies, including Bootstrap and jQuery, with Google Analytics integrated for visitor tracking. The technical infrastructure is moderate in performance and mobile optimized, though accessibility and SEO could be improved. Security posture is basic with HTTPS enabled but lacks security headers and formal policies such as privacy or cookie consent. No contact emails or phone numbers are explicitly provided on the homepage, which may impact user trust and compliance. Overall, the website is professional and functional but requires enhancements in privacy compliance and security best practices.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
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

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • 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';…

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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
0
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
43

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 business operates as a licensed employment agency in Malta, targeting both employers and job seekers. Its business model revolves around consultative recruitment services primarily for office and executive roles. The company maintains a professional online presence with detailed job vacancy listings and a consistent brand image. However, the absence of explicit contact details and privacy-related policies may limit user engagement and trust. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries from the website content. The company appears to be a small local player with a focused niche in the Maltese recruitment market.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS, which is a fundamental security requirement. However, it lacks important security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web vulnerabilities. There are no visible signs of exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries in the HTML content. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. No incident response or security contact information is provided, which may hinder vulnerability reporting and incident management. Overall, the security posture is basic and would benefit from implementing standard security headers, formal privacy and cookie policies, and a vulnerability disclosure mechanism.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance web security.
  3. Provide clear contact information including company emails and phone numbers to improve trust and user engagement.
  4. Establish an incident response policy and provide security contact channels (e.g., security@ or abuse@ emails).
  5. Consider adding a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and improve security transparency.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
YPA Recruit
Description
YPA Recruit is a consultative based Recruitment Agency offering professional and personal recruitment solutions primarily within office support, administration, and executive roles.
Key services
Recruitment for office support roles, Recruitment for administration roles, Recruitment for executive roles
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Joomla!, jQuery, Bootstrap, Google Analytics, Google Fonts
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided on the homepage.
  4. Uses Joomla! CMS with standard libraries and Google Analytics for tracking.
  5. Job vacancies are prominently displayed with detailed descriptions.
  6. Licensed employment agency status is clearly stated in the footer.
  7. No visible security headers detected in the provided data.
  8. No forms detected on the homepage; contact methods not explicit.
  9. No social media links found in the HTML content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Joomla! CMS with Bootstrap and jQuery libraries, indicating a standard and widely supported technology stack. Google Fonts and Google Analytics are used for typography and visitor tracking respectively. The site is mobile optimized and has a moderate performance profile. However, there is room for improvement in accessibility and SEO optimization. The lack of security headers and privacy mechanisms suggests technical debt in security and compliance areas. No advanced frameworks or platforms beyond Joomla! and Bootstrap are detected. The site does not appear to use a CDN or advanced caching mechanisms based on the provided data.
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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