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UpGuard Security Report
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Security rating · scale 0–950 · grades A–F

GOV's UpGuard security rating is A (807 / 950), which is excellent. 2 of 53 external checks are currently failing, mostly in DNS and Encryption.

Strong

No failing checks in Website Security, Email, Network, Data leakage, IP/Domain Reputation, and Vulnerability Management.

Open risk

Failing checks: CAA not enabled; Weak cipher suites supported in TLS 1.2.

Incidents

Most recent coverage: Companies House Data Leak, published March 18, 2026.

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Security overview

UpGuard continuously monitors GOV's externally observable security posture across Website Security, Email, Network, DNS, Encryption, Data leakage, IP/Domain Reputation, and Vulnerability Management. The rating reflects only what can be verified from outside the organization. It is not an audit of internal controls.

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GOV data breaches, leaks & security incidents

Confirmed breaches, data leaks, cyber attacks, and hacking incidents involving GOV, with sources and dates.
Module last updated November 8, 2026.

Detailed external checks

The evidence behind the rating. 53 checks across 8 categories, 2 currently failing. Failed checks are listed first.

Website Security

  • Server information header not exposed

    Ensuring the server information header is not exposed reduces the ability of attackers to exploit certain vulnerabilities.

  • X-Powered-By header not exposed

    Information about specific technology used on the server is obscured.

  • CSP implemented without insecure active sources

    The Content Security Policy does not allow any insecure active sources.

  • CSP implemented without broad sources

    A Content Security Policy is implemented to help protect against XSS and clickjacking attacks.

  • Referrer policy is not unsafe-url

    The website's Referrer Policy is not configured to allow unsafe information to be sent in the referrer header.

  • ASP.NET version header not exposing specific ASP.net version

    Ensuring the ASP.NET version header is not exposing a specific version makes it harder for attackers to exploit certain vulnerabilities.

  • ASP.NET version header not exposed

    Ensuring the ASP.NET version header is not exposed makes it harder for attackers to exploit certain vulnerabilities.

  • CSP implemented without insecure passive sources

    The Content Security Policy does not allow any insecure passive (img/media) sources.

  • CSP implemented without unsafe-eval

    A Content Security Policy is implemented to help protect against XSS and clickjacking attacks.

  • X-Content-Type-Options is not nosniff

    Browsers are prevented from interpreting files as a different MIME type to what is specified in the Content-Type HTTP header. This helps mitigate MIME confusion attacks.

  • No unmaintained page detected

    The page appears to be maintained.

Email

  • Strict SPF filtering - not using +all

    Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record strictly enforces specific domains allowed to send email on its behalf.

  • SPF syntax correct

    Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record passes basic syntax checks.

  • SPF ptr mechanism not used

    Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record does not include the ptr mechanism.

Network

  • No ports are open

    No open ports were detected.

DNS

  • CAA not enabled

    The domain does not contain a valid Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) record. A CAA record indicates which Certificate Authorities (CAs) are authorized to issue certificates for a domain.

  • No subdomain takeover vulnerability detected

    No dangling DNS records that could lead to subdomain takeover were detected.

  • DNSSEC enabled

    DNSSEC records prevent third parties from forging the records that guarantee a domain's identity.

Encryption

  • Weak cipher suites supported in TLS 1.2

    Weak cipher suites can potentially be broken by a well resourced attacker, and should not be supported by the server unless very old devices or browsers must be supported.

  • Certificate not found on our revoked certificate list

    The site's certificate chain was checked against our list of revoked certificates.

  • SSL available

    SSL is supported for this site.

  • HTTP requests are redirected to HTTPS

    All HTTP requests are redirected to HTTPS.

  • Hostname matches SSL certificate

    The site's hostname matches the SSL certificate.

  • SSL has not expired

    SSL certificate has not expired.

  • Trusted SSL certificate

    The certificate presented by this domain was issued by a trusted certificate authority.

  • HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) enforced

    With HSTS enforced, people browsing this site are less susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.

  • No insecure SSL/TLS versions available

    No insecure SSL/TLS versions are available for this site.

  • SSL certificate chain present in server response

    A complete SSL certificate chain was presented by the server for this domain.

  • SSL chain certificates do not expire within 20 days

    SSL intermediate and root certificates do not expire within 20 days.

  • SSL expiration period shorter than 398 days

    The SSL certificate presented by the server has an expiration period shorter than 398 days.

  • SSL has more than 20% of its valid period remaining

    SSL certificate does not expire in less than 20% of its total valid period.

  • Strong SSL algorithm

    Industry standard SHA-256 encryption in use.

  • Domain is included on the HSTS preload list

    Being included on the preload list gives the highest level of protection against MITM attacks for users of all major browsers.

  • Strong public certificate key length

    The site's public certificate provides at least 112 bits of security strength.

Data leakage

  • No open cloud storage service detected

    No cloud storage service configured to allow anonymous file listing was detected.

  • Domain index is not a listable directory

    The domain index is not a listable directory.

IP/Domain Reputation

  • Not a suspected malware provider

    This website does not appear to contain malicious code.

  • No reports of botnet activity in the last 30 days

    This IP/domain has not been reported as a source of botnet activity in the last 30 days.

  • No reports of brute force login attempts in the last 30 days

    This IP/domain did not appear on any list of IPs and domains known to perform brute force login attempts in the last 30 days.

  • No reports of malware distribution in the last 30 days

    This IP/domain has been reported for distributing malware in the last 30 days.

  • No reports of unsolicited scanning in the last 30 days

    This IP/domain has not been reported for performing unsolicited scanning in the last 30 days.

  • Not suspected of unwanted software

    This website does not appear to be attempting to install unwanted software.

  • Not a suspected phishing page

    This site does not appear to be a forgery or imitation of another website.

  • No reports of phishing activity in the last 30 days

    This IP/domain has not been reported as a phishing site in the last 30 days.

  • No reports of botnet activity in the last 90 days

    This IP/domain has not been reported as a source of botnet activity in the last 90 days.

  • No reports of brute force login attempts in the last 90 days

    This IP/domain did not appear on any list of IPs and domains known to perform brute force login attempts in the last 90 days.

  • No reports of malware distribution in the last 90 days

    This IP/domain has been reported for distributing malware in the last 90 days.

  • No reports of unsolicited scanning in the last 90 days

    This IP/domain has not been reported for performing unsolicited scanning in the last 90 days.

  • No reports of phishing activity in the last 90 days

    This IP/domain has not been reported as a phishing site in the last 90 days.

Vulnerability Management

  • Not vulnerable to CVE-2014-0160 (Heartbleed)

    A bug in OpenSSL's implementation of the TLS heartbeat extension allows access to portions of memory on the targeted host e.g. cryptographic keys and passwords.

  • Not vulnerable to CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE)

    The server does not support SSLv3, and is not vulnerable to the POODLE attack.

  • Not vulnerable to CVE-2015-0204 (FREAK)

    The server does not offer RSA_EXPORT cipher suites, so clients are not vulnerable to the FREAK attack.

  • Not vulnerable to CVE-2015-4000 (Logjam)

    The server is using strong Diffie-Hellman parameters and is not vulnerable to the Logjam attack.

Company info

Company
GOV
Domain
gov.uk
Employees
200
Location
London, United Kingdom
CEO
Steve Barclay
Industry
Government
Last updated
November 8, 2026

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