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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., the national airline of Malta, ceased flight operations on March 30th, 2024 after 50 years of service. The website serves primarily as an announcement platform informing visitors of the cessation and directing them to KM Malta Airlines, the new national airline. The business model was focused on passenger air transport, representing Malta internationally. The website content is basic, with limited contact information and no privacy or terms of service policies published. Technically, the site is built on the GoDaddy Website Builder platform, using modern web fonts and JavaScript frameworks such as React. The site includes a cookie consent banner but lacks advanced analytics or tracking tools. Security posture is moderate with no visible security headers or incident response policies, and no WHOIS data was provided for domain legitimacy analysis.

Scanned

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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  • Security score drift

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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, serving a medium-sized operation in the transportation sector. The cessation of operations and transition to KM Malta Airlines indicates a strategic shift in Malta's air transport services. The website targets air travelers and partners, providing essential contact via email but lacking phone or physical address details. The absence of privacy and terms policies suggests limited digital maturity in compliance and governance. The partnership with KM Malta Airlines is clearly indicated, highlighting a transition in national airline services.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS implied but no explicit security headers detected in the provided data. There is no published privacy policy, terms of service, or incident response plan, which are critical for compliance and trust. The cookie consent banner indicates some awareness of privacy regulations, but GDPR compliance cannot be confirmed. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found. The lack of phone contact or multiple communication channels limits incident response readiness. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate with room for significant improvement.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance security posture.
  3. Develop and publish an incident response and vulnerability disclosure policy to demonstrate security readiness.
  4. Ensure SSL/TLS is properly configured and enforced site-wide.
  5. Enhance contact information with phone numbers and physical addresses to improve business credibility and customer support.
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 until ceasing flight operations on March 30th, 2024. It served as Malta's representative airline on the global stage. The website announces the cessation and introduces KM Malta Airlines as the new national airline.
Key services
Passenger air transport
Content quality
basic
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, React (inferred from react_commonjs-external.js), Web fonts (Cantarell, Poppins), Service Worker, Manifest for PWA
Frameworks
GoDaddy Website Builder
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
45/100
Good practices seen
  • Service Worker registered
  • Cookie consent banner present

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
basic
User experience
basic
Content relevance
basic
Navigation
basic
Professionalism
basic
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 information limited to a single customer care email.
  4. No privacy policy or terms of service found.
  5. Cookie consent banner present with accept/decline options.
  6. No phone numbers or physical addresses found.
  7. No social media links detected.
  8. Website built using GoDaddy Website Builder platform.
  9. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  10. No analytics or tracking scripts clearly identified.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using GoDaddy Website Builder with modern JavaScript and React components, indicating a contemporary but basic technical infrastructure. The use of web fonts and service workers suggests some level of performance optimization and PWA readiness. Hosting is via GoDaddy's infrastructure. The site is moderately optimized for mobile devices and has basic SEO elements such as meta tags and Open Graph data. However, the lack of advanced analytics, tracking, or security headers indicates technical debt and potential risks. Performance is moderate, with no explicit indicators of slow loading or errors. Accessibility features are basic but present.
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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