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Māras Muižnieces Rīgas Mākslas skola · Education · Latvia

Partial score · DNS & email only

67/100

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

Māras Muižnieces Rīgas Mākslas skola is an established art school in Riga, Latvia, founded in 1985. It offers professional art education and various interest-based programs targeting students and the local art community. The website reflects a focused educational institution with clear event updates and program information, catering primarily to Latvian speakers. Technically, the site uses modern frontend libraries such as Normalize.css, Owl Carousel, and VenoBox, and includes cookie consent mechanisms indicating GDPR compliance awareness. The site is mobile optimized and well-structured, though no CMS or hosting details are evident. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS implied but lacking explicit security headers and public security policies. No WHOIS data was retrievable due to query limits, limiting domain trust verification. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but could improve security transparency and technical hardening.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
40/ 100 · High
Checks completed
6of 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

6 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

    • 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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
62
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
67

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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 school operates in the education sector, focusing on art education with a local market position in Riga. Its business model is centered on providing professional and interest-based art programs. The website content and structure indicate a small-sized institution with a consistent brand presence and active community engagement through events and news. There is no evidence of partnerships or subsidiaries. Revenue streams likely come from tuition and educational services. The absence of social media and analytics tools suggests a conservative digital marketing approach. The school maintains GDPR compliance and cookie consent, reflecting awareness of privacy regulations.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and implements cookie consent, which are positive security indicators. However, no explicit security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) were detected in the HTML content. There is no public security policy or incident response information available. Forms are minimal and lack visible CSRF tokens or advanced protections in the provided HTML. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found, but the lack of WHOIS data and security headers reduces overall security confidence. The site would benefit from enhanced security headers, published security policies, and incident response contacts to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Ensure all forms have CSRF protection and input validation to prevent injection attacks.
  4. Enhance WHOIS data availability or use a registrar that provides transparent domain registration information.
  5. Consider integrating analytics and marketing tools with privacy-compliant configurations to improve user insights and engagement.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Māras Muižnieces Rīgas Mākslas skola
Description
Māras Muižnieces Rīgas mākslas skola dibināta 1985.gadā. Skolā tiek īstenota viena profesionālās ievirzes un dažādas interešu izglītības programmas.
Key services
Professional art education, Interest-based education programs, Further education
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Normalize.css, Owl Carousel, VenoBox, Modernizr, CookieConsent (jsdelivr CDN)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by og:url https)
  • Cookie consent implemented

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content about the art school.
  2. No WHOIS data available due to query limit error.
  3. No explicit security headers detected in HTML content.
  4. Cookie consent is implemented indicating GDPR awareness.
  5. No visible contact phone numbers, but email and physical address present.
  6. No social media links found in the HTML content.
  7. No terms of service or security policy pages detected.
  8. No analytics or tracking scripts detected in the provided HTML.
  9. Website uses modern frontend libraries and is mobile optimized.
  10. Content is in Latvian language with some English meta tags.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern frontend stack with Normalize.css for CSS reset, Owl Carousel for carousels, VenoBox for lightbox functionality, and Modernizr for feature detection. CookieConsent is loaded from a CDN to manage cookie banners. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and clear navigation menus. No CMS or backend platform is identifiable from the HTML. Performance is moderate with no heavy scripts detected. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with ARIA roles and semantic HTML enhancements. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Hosting provider and SSL configuration details are not visible from the HTML content.
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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