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Security report for bba-riga.com

The Baltic Bar Association · Government · Latvia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 3 other checks.

Security score

54/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Baltic Bar Association website presents a professional legal association focused on supporting advocates and legal professionals in the Baltic and European regions. The organization offers membership services, professional development, and legal representation. The website content is clear and relevant, targeting legal professionals and associated members. Technically, the site is built on WordPress using common libraries such as jQuery and Font Awesome, with moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is moderate but lacks important security headers and privacy compliance elements such as privacy and cookie policies. The WHOIS data is missing, raising concerns about domain registration legitimacy despite the professional appearance of the site. Overall, the site is functional and trustworthy in content but requires improvements in security and compliance to enhance trust and reduce risk.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

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.

    • 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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: YouTube, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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.

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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
62
Security headers
75
Email security
75
DNS health
55
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
54

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

The Baltic Bar Association operates as a small, important entity in the government and non-profit legal sector, providing services primarily to legal professionals in the Baltic region. Its business model is membership-based, focusing on professional development and legal support. The organization maintains clear contact information and a professional web presence but lacks visible certifications or security policies. The absence of WHOIS data and privacy policies suggests potential operational or compliance risks. The association appears regionally focused with no evident subsidiaries or partners beyond a webmaster domain. Growth opportunities may include enhancing digital trust and compliance to better serve members and stakeholders.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS usage and client-side form validation but lacks critical security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and HSTS. No incident response or security policy information is provided, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are found. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates GDPR compliance gaps. The missing WHOIS data further reduces trust in domain legitimacy. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate, with recommendations to implement security headers, server-side validation, and formal privacy and security policies to improve resilience and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to ensure GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Introduce server-side validation and anti-CSRF tokens for all forms to enhance security.
  4. Investigate and resolve WHOIS data absence to confirm domain registration legitimacy.
  5. Develop and publish a formal security policy and incident response plan accessible on the website.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Registration number
40008227043
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
The Baltic Bar Association
Description
The Baltic Bar Association is an independent legal institution and an open organisation supporting members of the Bar Council in their professional activities, organizing professional development, and fostering relationships with advocates in the Baltic and European regions, state-owned enterprises, and various national and foreign organizations.
Key services
Professional development of advocates, Legal support and advice, Representation in civil disputes, Arbitration and mediation services, Membership application and management
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Font Awesome, Google Fonts (Lato), FlipClock.js, EasyPieChart, jQuery Validate
Frameworks
WordPress (implied by wp-content paths), Minigo plugin/theme
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by https URLs in scripts and CSS)
  • Form uses client-side validation

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 is accessible with full content and no blocking detected
  2. WHOIS data unavailable, indicating possible domain registration issues
  3. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating compliance gaps
  4. Contact information is clearly provided with email, phone, address, and contact form
  5. No security headers detected, security posture can be improved
  6. Website uses WordPress with common plugins and libraries
  7. No analytics or tracking services detected, indicating minimal user tracking
  8. Content is professional and relevant to legal association services
  9. No advertising or marketing tools detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress with a custom or third-party theme/plugin named Minigo. It uses modern front-end libraries such as jQuery, Font Awesome, and Google Fonts. The site loads external resources from reputable CDNs and includes a YouTube video background. Performance is moderate with basic SEO meta tags but lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features. Mobile optimization is good, but accessibility could be improved. The absence of security headers and privacy compliance features indicates technical debt in security and compliance areas. Hosting provider details are not discernible from the data. Overall, the technical infrastructure is adequate for a small professional association but requires modernization and security enhancements.
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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