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Security report for dki.lv

Danish Cultural Institute · Non-profit · Latvia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Danish Cultural Institute website serves as a regional cultural promotion platform focused on Denmark's cultural presence in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It offers information about cultural projects, events, internships, and collaborations in various artistic fields such as music, film, theatre, and literature. The website targets a general audience interested in cultural exchange and international cooperation within the Baltic region. The business model is non-profit and government/non-profit sector oriented, emphasizing cultural diplomacy and partnership building. Technically, the website is built on WordPress CMS, utilizing common plugins like Yoast SEO and Instagram Feed for content management and social media integration. The site demonstrates moderate performance and good mobile optimization, with basic accessibility features. SEO practices are well implemented with proper meta tags and structured data, enhancing discoverability. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and includes a cookie consent banner indicating GDPR compliance. However, it lacks advanced security headers and a dedicated security policy or incident response information. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. The absence of WHOIS data limits domain registration trust analysis, but the website's professional presentation and official social media presence support its legitimacy. Overall, the website presents a trustworthy and professional cultural institute platform with good content quality and compliance posture. Strategic improvements in security headers, accessibility, and explicit security policies would enhance its security maturity and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
40/ 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.

    • 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

  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
    • 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';…

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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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
40
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 Danish Cultural Institute positions itself as a key cultural promoter for Danish and international culture in the Baltic states. Its competitive advantage lies in its governmental and non-profit backing, enabling collaborations across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The business model focuses on cultural exchange, event organization, and educational internships, targeting cultural institutions, artists, and the general public interested in Danish culture. Growth indicators include active social media engagement and multilingual content. The partnership ecosystem includes regional and international cultural organizations, as evidenced by linked partner domains. Operationally, the institute maintains a small but focused presence with consistent branding and quality content.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, reflecting GDPR awareness. However, it lacks implementation of key security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options, which are recommended to mitigate common web threats. No explicit vulnerability disclosure or incident response contacts are provided, limiting transparency in security management. The absence of a security.txt file and detailed security policies suggests room for improvement in security culture and readiness. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected, indicating a generally secure environment. Enhancing security headers and publishing incident response information would strengthen the security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to improve protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a security policy and incident response contact information to enhance transparency and readiness.
  3. Add a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure.
  4. Improve accessibility features to meet higher standards and broaden user inclusivity.
  5. Maintain regular WHOIS data monitoring and ensure domain registration details are accessible and consistent with business identity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Danish Cultural Institute
Description
The Danish Cultural Institute collaborates with partners in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in creating and producing cultural co-creative projects, organising events and promoting contributions to festivals and exhibitions in the field of music, film, theatre, art, design, architecture and literature.
Key services
cultural projects, events organisation, festival contributions, internships
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO, jQuery, Instagram Feed plugin
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • cookie consent banner

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a cultural institute site promoting Danish culture in Baltic states.
  2. Content is well structured with multilingual support (English primary).
  3. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins for SEO and social media integration.
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage; contact via team page and forms.
  5. Cookie consent banner present indicating GDPR awareness.
  6. No visible security.txt or explicit security policy pages.
  7. WHOIS data unavailable due to query limit error.
  8. No signs of adult or questionable content.
  9. External links mostly to partner organizations and social media.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress platform with a modern tech stack including jQuery and SEO plugins like Yoast. It uses external CDNs for performance optimization and integrates social media feeds. The site demonstrates moderate loading performance and good mobile responsiveness. Technical debt appears low with valid HTML and CSS, but accessibility could be improved. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business goals effectively but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and accessibility improvements.
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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