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Security report for firsthost.lv

FirstHost · Technology · Latvia

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

FirstHost is a Latvia-based technology company specializing in high-performance web hosting, dedicated servers, and cloud VPS solutions primarily targeting European businesses. With over 18 years of experience and a client base exceeding 9,000, the company positions itself as a reliable and scalable IT infrastructure provider. Their services include dedicated servers, cloud hosting, domain registration, SSL certificates, and virtual desktop infrastructure, catering to enterprises seeking robust and flexible hosting solutions. The website reflects a mature digital presence with multilingual support and multiple currency options, indicating a broad regional focus. Technically, the website leverages modern web technologies including Bootstrap, jQuery, and various JavaScript libraries for enhanced user experience and performance. Integration with analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, and Yandex Metrika demonstrates a data-driven approach to customer engagement. The site is mobile-optimized and exhibits good SEO practices, contributing to its accessibility and reach. From a security standpoint, the site enforces HTTPS and uses reputable third-party services for live chat and analytics. However, explicit security policies, incident response details, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are absent, representing areas for improvement. The lack of WHOIS data due to query limits restricts full domain trust verification, though the website content and business indicators suggest legitimacy. Overall, FirstHost presents a solid business and technical profile with room to enhance transparency around security and compliance. Strategic improvements in security documentation and WHOIS data availability would strengthen trust and compliance posture.

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

7 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

  2. 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 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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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
65
Security headers
25
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
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

FirstHost operates in the competitive European hosting market with a focus on dedicated and cloud server solutions. Their business model revolves around providing scalable IT infrastructure services to enterprises and businesses requiring reliable hosting and virtual desktop solutions. The company benefits from a long operational history and a diverse client portfolio including government and corporate clients, which enhances its market credibility. Revenue streams likely include monthly subscriptions for hosting, dedicated servers, colocation, and value-added services like backup and SSL certificates. The presence of an affiliate program and reseller hosting indicates a channel-driven growth strategy. The multilingual website and multiple currency options reflect an intent to serve a broad European customer base. Strategic partnerships and client logos suggest strong regional integration and brand recognition.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to strong security posture with enforced HTTPS and use of secure third-party services. However, the absence of visible security headers and lack of published security policies or incident response contacts indicate gaps in transparency and formal security governance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The cookie consent mechanism is implemented, supporting privacy compliance. The lack of a security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy limits proactive security communication. Overall, the security maturity appears operational but could benefit from formalized policies and enhanced header configurations to mitigate risks and improve trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive security policy and incident response plan on the website.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection.
  3. Create and maintain a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Enhance privacy compliance by detailing GDPR adherence and data retention policies explicitly.
  5. Improve WHOIS data availability and transparency to strengthen domain trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
FirstHost
Description
FirstHost provides 300% faster webhosting than other hosting providers. They offer dedicated servers in Europe and virtual cloud servers in Latvia.
Key services
Dedicated servers, Cloud VPS, Web hosting, Domain registration, Colocation, Backup as a Service, Virtual office (VDI DaaS), SSL certificates, Server administration
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Fonts, jQuery, Bootstrap, Owl Carousel, Magnific Popup, Slick Slider, Popper.js, FontAwesome, Tawk.to live chat, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Yandex Metrika, Cloudflare Insights
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
Web
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of security-focused third-party services (Cloudflare Insights, Tawk.to)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM), Yandex Metrika, Facebook Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Yandex Metrika
Marketing tools
Facebook Pixel, Yandex Metrika
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and content-rich.
  2. Multiple language support and currency options indicate international targeting.
  3. Strong emphasis on cloud and dedicated server offerings.
  4. Active live chat and multiple contact channels enhance customer support.
  5. No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
  6. WHOIS data unavailable, limiting domain trust verification.
  7. Cookie consent banner present and functional.
  8. Privacy policy and terms of service are present but basic.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technology stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, jQuery for DOM manipulation, and various JavaScript libraries for UI components like carousels and popups. It integrates multiple analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, and Yandex Metrika, enabling detailed user behavior tracking and marketing optimization. The site loads efficiently with lazy loading for images and asynchronous script loading, contributing to fast performance. Mobile optimization is good, ensuring accessibility across devices. However, the CMS or backend platform is not explicitly identified. The technical implementation is solid but could improve accessibility features and security header configurations to align with best practices.
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.

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