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Security report for agerpres.ro

Agerpres – Agenția Națională de Presă · Media · Romania

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Agerpres is the Romanian National News Agency providing up-to-date national and international news, multimedia content including photos and videos, and press monitoring services. It operates a subscription-based news feed service and maintains a strong presence in Romanian media. The website is professionally designed with consistent branding and multilingual support, targeting a broad audience interested in reliable news. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies such as Bootstrap and Cloudflare CDN, ensuring good performance and security. The security posture is solid with HTTPS and Cloudflare protection, though DNSSEC is not enabled and explicit security policies are not published. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant. Overall, the site is trustworthy, well-maintained, and serves as a key media resource in Romania.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

8 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

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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

  2. 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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
60

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

Agerpres holds a strong market position as Romania's official national news agency, established since 2002. Its business model includes free news content and subscription-based services for press monitoring and news feeds. The agency leverages partnerships with other media outlets and maintains active social media channels. Its revenue streams likely include subscriptions, advertising, and government funding. The target audience includes general public, media professionals, and institutions requiring reliable news. The company demonstrates growth through digital content diversification and multimedia offerings. Trust indicators include official recognitions and consistent domain registration.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, Cloudflare CDN and security services, and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, the absence of DNSSEC and lack of published security policies or incident response contacts represent areas for improvement. The site uses modern libraries without known vulnerabilities and does not expose forms that collect sensitive data without protection. Privacy compliance is addressed but could be enhanced with explicit consent mechanisms. Overall, the security risk is low but can be further improved by adopting additional security headers and transparency in security practices.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information.
  3. Implement and enforce Content-Security-Policy and other security headers like X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Add explicit cookie consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Agerpres – Agenția Națională de Presă
Description
Cele mai noi ştiri interne, externe şi multimedia oferite de Agenţia Natională de Presa AGERPRES.
Key services
News reporting (national and international), Photojournalism (Foto Agerpres), Video content (Video Agerpres), Press monitoring services, Subscription-based news feed (Flux Agerpres)
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap, Tiny Slider, Font Awesome, Bootstrap Icons, Cloudflare CDN and security, Google Tag Manager, Histats analytics
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Cloudflare for DDoS and WAF protection
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Histats, Google Analytics (via GTM), Cloudflare Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Histats
Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights, Google Analytics (via GTM)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional national news agency with comprehensive news coverage.
  2. Content is well-structured, multilingual support present (Romanian, English, Hungarian).
  3. Use of modern web technologies and CDN for performance and security.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are present and accessible.
  5. No signs of malicious or adult content.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information published.
  7. No DNSSEC enabled, which is a minor security gap.
  8. Contact information is clearly provided with official email and phone.
  9. Social media presence is strong and linked.
  10. Subscription services are gated and require login.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, Tiny Slider for carousels, Font Awesome and Bootstrap Icons for UI elements, and Cloudflare for DNS and CDN services. Google Tag Manager and Histats are used for analytics and tracking. The site is mobile optimized with good navigation clarity and SEO practices. Performance is moderate, likely influenced by multimedia content and external scripts. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. The infrastructure is robust but could benefit from further security enhancements and performance tuning.
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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