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Security report for berkabarnews.com

PT Ardh Global Indonesia · Media · Indonesia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Berkabarnews.com is an Indonesian regional news website operated by PT Ardh Global Indonesia, founded in 2020. It provides news coverage across multiple categories including politics, economy, lifestyle, and regional news focused on Riau and surrounding areas. The website uses a custom or unknown CMS with a technology stack including jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and MGID advertising network. The site is hosted behind Cloudflare DNS but lacks advanced security headers and cookie consent mechanisms. While the domain registration is consistent and legitimate, the website could improve its privacy compliance and security posture. Overall, it serves as a basic but functional news portal targeting a general Indonesian audience.

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. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

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

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. 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

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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
60
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
61

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 website positions itself as a regional news media outlet with a focus on Riau and Indonesian national news. Its business model relies on advertising revenue, primarily through MGID. The lack of visible contact information and limited privacy compliance features suggest a small to medium-sized operation. The domain registration aligns with the business claims, indicating a trustworthy entity. The website's content is relevant and updated, but technical and security improvements could enhance user trust and compliance with regulations.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and has domain transfer protection enabled, which are positive security indicators. However, it lacks DNSSEC, security headers like CSP, HSTS, and cookie consent banners, which are important for modern web security and privacy compliance. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are found. The use of third-party advertising and tracking scripts increases the attack surface and privacy risks. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to improve domain security and prevent DNS spoofing.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and HSTS.
  3. Add a cookie consent banner and update privacy policy to reflect GDPR and local privacy laws compliance.
  4. Publish clear contact information and security incident response contacts.
  5. Conduct a security audit of third-party scripts and reduce unnecessary tracking to enhance privacy.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
PT Ardh Global Indonesia
Description
Berkabarnews.com is an Indonesian news media website providing news coverage in various categories including Ekonomi, Politik, Hiburan, Regional, Lifestyle, Internasional, Sport, Travel, Nasional, Hukum, and Riau.
Key services
News publishing, Advertising space, Video content via embedded YouTube
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.4, Superfish menu, Tipsy tooltips, Fancybox, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics (gtag.js), MGID advertising scripts, Cloudflare DNS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
55/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Domain status clientTransferProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Cloudflare Insights
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Ad networks
MGID
Tracking pixels
Cloudflare Insights
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a regional Indonesian news portal with multiple news categories.
  2. Content is mostly in Indonesian language.
  3. No privacy or cookie consent banners detected.
  4. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on homepage.
  5. Advertising is served via MGID network.
  6. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager are used for tracking.
  7. Mobile redirection to a mobile subpath is implemented via JavaScript.
  8. No structured data (JSON-LD or Open Graph) found in HTML head.
  9. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy found.
  10. WHOIS data shows domain is registered to a local Indonesian company.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses legacy jQuery 1.4 and common JavaScript libraries for UI enhancements. Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are integrated for analytics. MGID scripts serve advertisements and retargeting. The site lacks modern frameworks or CMS indicators, suggesting a custom-built or older platform. Mobile optimization is basic with a JavaScript redirect to a mobile subpath. Performance is moderate with multiple external scripts. Accessibility and SEO optimizations are minimal. Hosting details are not explicit but DNS is managed by Cloudflare.
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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