ASTRAL Recruiting is a Latvian-based recruitment agency specializing in personnel selection, headhunting, and career consulting services. The company targets both employers and job seekers primarily in Latvia and the Baltic region, offering a platform for job vacancy listings and CV submissions. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image with clear navigation and relevant content for its audience. Technically, the site uses modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks, including Google Tag Manager and TinyMCE, and is mobile-optimized with moderate performance. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC. Privacy compliance is basic with cookie consent and terms of service present but no explicit security or incident response policies. WHOIS data is consistent and transparent, supporting the legitimacy of the domain and business.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
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
10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Network security
Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.
Critical
Critical Service Exposed: MySQL
Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server
What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN
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"
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DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
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
72
Security headers
20
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
35
Average
49
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 · found on this site
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
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
Add-on
Leaked records that mention astralrecruiting.com, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
The company operates in the recruitment sector with a business model focused on connecting employers with qualified candidates through professional personnel selection and headhunting. It leverages a digital platform to publish vacancies and facilitate CV submissions, enhancing user engagement. The presence of multiple client logos indicates a solid partnership ecosystem and market presence. The company is relatively new (founded in 2022) but benefits from a team with over 15 years of experience. Revenue streams likely include recruitment fees and consulting services. The website's multilingual support and regional job listings suggest a growth-oriented strategy targeting Baltic countries.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, it lacks implementation of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which could mitigate common web attacks. There is no published security policy or incident response contact, which limits transparency in handling security incidents. The absence of DNSSEC reduces DNS security. No vulnerable libraries or insecure forms were detected. Overall, the security posture is adequate for the business type but could be improved to enhance trust and compliance.
Recommendations
Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS integrity and security.
Implement standard security headers (CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options) to protect against common web vulnerabilities.
Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
Consider adding a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosures.
Enhance privacy compliance by providing more detailed data protection information and explicit GDPR compliance statements.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
ASTRAL Recruiting
Description
ASTRAL Recruiting is a personnel recruitment expert company offering services such as personnel selection, headhunting, career consultations, CV audits, and job vacancy listings primarily in Latvia and the Baltic region.
Key services
Personāla atlase (Personnel selection), Headhunting, Career consultations, CV and LinkedIn profile audits, Job vacancy listings
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent
Technology
Stack
Google Tag Manager, jQuery Mousewheel, TinyMCE, Slick Carousel, Typeahead.js
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good
Security
Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
HTTPS enabled
No exposed sensitive data in HTML
Secure forms with POST method
Analytics and tracking
Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic
Advertising
Transparency
basic
Site quality
Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high
Key observations
Website is professionally designed and content-rich for recruitment services.
Clear segmentation for employers and job seekers.
Multiple job vacancies listed with detailed info.
Cookie consent banner present and functional.
No explicit privacy or security policy pages beyond basic terms and cookie notice.
No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure.
No explicit data protection officer contact found.
Social media presence on Facebook and LinkedIn.
No suspicious or malicious content detected.
WHOIS data consistent and domain not privacy protected.
Technical notes
Notes
The website uses a modern tech stack including Google Tag Manager for analytics, TinyMCE for rich text editing, and jQuery Mousewheel for UI enhancements. The responsive design is likely based on Bootstrap, providing good mobile optimization and navigation clarity. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts and optimized assets. The hosting environment uses DNS servers from hostnet.lv, indicating regional hosting. No CMS was explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured navigation. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with ARIA roles and better keyboard navigation support.
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.
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