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Security report for branice.cz

Obec Branice · Government · Czech Republic

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 3 other checks.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Obec Branice is a small municipal government entity in the Czech Republic providing local governance and community information through its website. The site serves residents and visitors with news, official documents, contact details, and information about local organizations and services. The website is built on Joomla CMS with a moderate technical infrastructure and good mobile optimization. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS and CSRF protections but lacks advanced security headers and formal vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. Privacy compliance is limited due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professionally maintained, reflecting the municipality's official presence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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

9 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. 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

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  • Exposed services
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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
52
Security headers
65
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
25
Average
50

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 Obec Branice as a local government authority serving a small community. It offers transparency through published reports and official documents, supporting community engagement. The business model is public sector focused on information dissemination rather than commercial activities. The domain age and WHOIS data confirm legitimacy and consistency with the municipality's identity. There are no indications of partnerships or subsidiaries. The site’s content and structure support local residents primarily, with clear navigation and relevant services.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and includes CSRF tokens, indicating basic security awareness. However, it lacks important security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and HSTS, which could improve protection against common web attacks. No security.txt or incident response contacts are published, limiting transparency for vulnerability reporting. No tracking or advertising scripts reduce privacy risks but also indicate minimal user analytics. The absence of cookie consent mechanisms suggests incomplete GDPR compliance. Overall, the security posture is moderate but can be improved with standard best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance site security.
  3. Create and publish a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and incident response.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards for broader user inclusivity.
  5. Consider integrating basic analytics with privacy-respecting configurations to better understand user engagement.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Obec Branice
VAT number
CZ00249564
Registration number
00249564
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Obec Branice
Description
Obec Branice is a municipality located in the Písek district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is a small village with mostly family houses, with historical roots dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries. The website provides information about the municipality, local government, organizations, kindergarten, news, and contact details.
Key services
Municipal news and updates, Local government information, Public forms and documents, Contact information and office hours, Information about local organizations and kindergarten
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Joomla CMS, jQuery, Awesomplete, Maximenu CK, DJ Image Slider, JCE Editor, Webcomponentsjs
Frameworks
Joomla
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • CSRF token present in scripts
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a municipal government site for Branice, Czech Republic.
  2. Content is in Czech language and relevant to local residents.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies explicitly found on the site.
  4. No visible security.txt or incident response contacts.
  5. Uses Joomla CMS with common extensions and scripts.
  6. No advertising or tracking services detected.
  7. Contact information is clearly presented with phone, email, and physical address.
  8. Site is accessible without WAF or blocking.
  9. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Joomla CMS with several common extensions such as DJ Image Slider and Maximenu CK for navigation. The tech stack includes jQuery and Awesomplete for UI enhancements. The site is hosted by Active24, a known Czech hosting provider. Performance is moderate with large banner images but overall good mobile responsiveness. The HTML is valid and includes meta tags for SEO but lacks structured data like JSON-LD or Open Graph tags. Accessibility is basic with some ARIA attributes but could be improved. No modern frontend frameworks detected, indicating a traditional CMS-based architecture.
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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