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Security report for citadele.lv

Citadele · Finance · Latvia

Partial score · DNS & email only

71/100

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

Citadele is a well-established Latvian bank providing a comprehensive range of financial services to private individuals and businesses. Their offerings include digital banking, payment cards, loans, leasing, savings, investments, and insurance products. The website is professionally designed with consistent branding and clear navigation, targeting Latvian customers primarily. The bank maintains a strong digital presence with multi-language support and active social media channels. Technically, the site uses modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap, integrates Google Tag Manager for analytics, and employs responsive design for mobile optimization. Security-wise, the site enforces HTTPS, uses cookie consent mechanisms compliant with GDPR, and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, it lacks a dedicated security policy or incident response page and does not publish a vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file. Overall, the domain registration data aligns well with the website content, indicating legitimacy and trustworthiness.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
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

5 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 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: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

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

  2. 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
74
Email security
87
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
71

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention citadele.lv, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
4,729
Employees
6
Customers
4,704
Third parties
19
Weak passwords
28%

Latest record dated 2026-05-11 · 23 subdomains affected

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  • –login.citadele.lv2026-05-11
  • –login.citadele.lv2025-07-28
  • –login.citadele.lv2025-07-20
  • –login.citadele.lv2025-07-08
  • –login.citadele.lv2025-04-15

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Brand lookalikes

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Domains that imitate citadele.lv and could be used for phishing or spoofed email, tracked in OffSeq Breach.

Tracked
4
Registered
4
Resolving
4
High or critical
0

Last checked 2026-06-19

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  • ci•••••.lvMediumomission
  • ci••••••.lvLowhomoglyph
  • ci•••.adele.lvLowsubdomain

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Citadele operates in the banking and finance sector with a retail and corporate banking business model. It holds a significant market position in Latvia, offering a broad portfolio of financial products and digital services. The company leverages partnerships and subsidiaries such as Citadele Leasing and loyalty programs like C REWARDS to enhance customer engagement. The website content and linked domains reflect a mature and professional operation with clear customer focus and growth orientation. The bank targets private individuals and businesses, emphasizing convenience through digital channels and comprehensive financial solutions.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security posture with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place. Use of nonce attributes in scripts and absence of exposed sensitive data are positive indicators. However, the lack of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms represents gaps in transparency and readiness. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected in the HTML content. Security headers were not explicitly observed in the provided data, suggesting room for improvement. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by publishing dedicated security documentation and implementing additional HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and controls.
  2. Provide clear incident response contact information for reporting security issues.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file.
  4. Add HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  5. Regularly review and audit third-party scripts and tracking tools for vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Citadele
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Citadele
Description
Citadele is a bank offering financial services to private individuals and businesses, including digital banking, cards, loans, leasing, savings, investments, and insurance products.
Key services
Digital banking, Payment cards, Loans and leasing, Savings and investments, Insurance
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Google Tag Manager, Slick Slider
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with opt-in/out
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of nonce attributes in scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Comprehensive cookie consent mechanism implemented.
  3. Multiple language support with hreflang tags.
  4. Strong branding and consistent design.
  5. Use of modern JavaScript libraries and tracking tools.
  6. No exposed sensitive data or obvious vulnerabilities in HTML content.
  7. Contact information is clear and includes phone and physical address.
  8. No explicit security policy or incident response page found.
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and widely adopted technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and Slick Slider for UI components. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and marketing tracking. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and aria attributes. Performance is moderate, with some preloading of fonts and asynchronous loading of scripts. SEO is supported by proper meta tags, Open Graph tags, and JSON-LD structured data describing the organization and website. No CMS was explicitly detected. Hosting provider details were not available. The technical implementation is solid with opportunities to enhance security headers and performance optimizations.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 71/100Medium23 findings · partial scanView report
  2. 71/100Medium23 findings · partial scanView report
  3. 65/100Medium27 findingsView report
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