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Security report for airmalta.com

Air Malta Plc · Transportation · Malta

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Air Malta Plc was the national airline of Malta, operating for 50 years from 1974 until ceasing flight operations on March 30th, 2024. The website clearly communicates this cessation and directs customers to KM Malta Airlines as the new national carrier. The business model focused on passenger air transport services, representing Malta internationally. The website is built on GoDaddy Website Builder with React components, showing moderate technical maturity and good mobile optimization. However, the site lacks key compliance documents such as privacy policy and terms of service, and no security headers or incident response information are present. The security posture is moderate with room for improvement, especially in formalizing privacy and security policies. Overall, the website is professional and trustworthy but could enhance compliance and security transparency.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
40/ 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

5 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

    • 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

  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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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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
45
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
55

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

Air Malta held a significant market position as Malta's national airline for five decades, targeting air travelers and travel partners. The business model was centered on national passenger air transport, with a medium-sized operational scale. The transition to KM Malta Airlines indicates a strategic shift in the Maltese aviation sector. The website content is consistent with the company's history and market presence, showing clear branding and communication. The partnership with KM Malta Airlines is explicitly referenced, indicating a close business relationship. The absence of phone numbers and physical addresses online may reflect a focus on digital communication channels post-cessation.

Security posture

The website demonstrates basic security awareness with a cookie consent banner and PCI-DSS compliance warnings against sending sensitive credit card information via email. However, the lack of visible security headers, privacy policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates a low to moderate security maturity level. No HTTPS enforcement details were available in the provided data, which is critical for secure communications. The absence of security.txt or similar files limits transparency for security researchers. Overall, the security posture requires enhancement to meet modern compliance and best practice standards.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Implement and verify security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options.
  3. Add incident response contact information and a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  4. Ensure HTTPS is enforced site-wide and clearly indicated to users.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and provide clear navigation aids to improve user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Air Malta Plc
Description
Air Malta was the national airline of Malta, operating for 50 years from 1974 until ceasing flight operations on March 30th, 2024. It represented Malta globally and is succeeded by KM Malta Airlines as the new national airline.
Key services
Passenger air transport
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, React (implied by react_commonjs-external.js), Web fonts (Cantarell, Poppins), Service Worker, GoDaddy Website Builder
Frameworks
React
Platforms
GoDaddy Website Builder
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • Cookie consent banner with accept/decline options
  • No credit card or CVV info accepted by email (PCI-DSS compliance note)

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website announces cessation of Air Malta flight operations as of March 30, 2024.
  2. Redirects customers to KM Malta Airlines as the new national airline.
  3. Contact email provided for customer care with company domain.
  4. Explicit warning against sending credit card or CVV info via email for PCI-DSS compliance.
  5. Cookie consent banner present with accept and decline options.
  6. No privacy policy or terms of service found on the site.
  7. No visible phone numbers or physical addresses on the provided content.
  8. No social media links detected in the HTML content.
  9. Website built using GoDaddy Website Builder with React components.
  10. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses modern web technologies including React and web fonts, hosted likely on GoDaddy's platform. The presence of service workers indicates some level of progressive web app features. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization. However, the site lacks advanced SEO metadata beyond basic Open Graph tags. No analytics or tracking scripts were detected, suggesting minimal user tracking. The technical implementation is solid for a brochure-style site but could benefit from improved accessibility and security configurations.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 55/100Medium28 findingsView report
  2. 55/100Medium28 findingsView report
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