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Security report for gotamedia.se

Gota Media AB · Media · Sweden

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

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Gota Media AB operates as a prominent Swedish media company focusing on local journalism and marketing services. The website positions the company as a key player in regional media with a portfolio of 16 news titles and over 900 employees, targeting local communities and businesses seeking marketing solutions. Their business model combines traditional journalism with modern marketing and brand advisory services, supported by a professional digital presence. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern SEO and analytics integrations, including Yoast SEO, Google Analytics via MonsterInsights, and Facebook Pixel for marketing insights. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and user experience, with clear navigation and consistent branding. Security-wise, the site enforces HTTPS, uses anti-spam and bot detection plugins, and provides a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR. However, explicit security headers and published security policies are absent, representing an area for improvement. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with privacy regulations, supporting the company's market credibility and digital maturity.

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

    • 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

  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 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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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
37
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
58

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

Gota Media AB holds a strong market position in the Swedish media sector, leveraging a large employee base and multiple news brands to serve local markets. Their competitive advantage lies in combining journalistic integrity with marketing expertise, offering clients both advertising space and strategic brand services. The company targets local businesses and communities, emphasizing democratic engagement and local relevance. Their digital ecosystem integrates advanced analytics and marketing tools, enabling data-driven decision-making. Partnerships with social media platforms and use of Vimeo for video content enhance their multimedia offerings. The absence of direct contact information on the homepage suggests a structured approach to customer engagement via dedicated subpages. The company appears to maintain privacy protection for domain registration, which is typical for media entities. No suspicious patterns or inconsistencies were detected, supporting a high legitimacy score.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and integration of anti-spam and bot detection services (CleanTalk). The cookie consent implementation is robust, offering granular user control over cookie categories, aligning with GDPR requirements. Google Analytics is configured with IP anonymization, enhancing privacy compliance. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options is a gap that could expose the site to certain web-based attacks. No security or incident response policies are published, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are present, limiting transparency in security governance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is good but could be strengthened by adopting additional HTTP security headers and publishing formal security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy page and provide clear incident response contact channels to enhance transparency and trust.
  3. Consider adding a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and plugins to minimize risks from vulnerable libraries.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance with accessibility standards and broaden user inclusivity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Gota Media AB
Description
Gotamedia. Källa för journalistik, din partner för lokal marknadsföring.
Key services
Local journalism, Local marketing and advertising, Media advisory services, Brand studio and creative services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO, CleanTalk Anti-Spam, Google Analytics (MonsterInsights), Facebook Pixel, jQuery, Vimeo video embedding
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Anti-spam plugin (CleanTalk)
  • Bot detection script from CleanTalk
  • Cookie consent banner with granular controls
  • Google Analytics anonymize IP enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via MonsterInsights), Vimeo tracking cookie
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Facebook Ads
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
MonsterInsights (Google Analytics plugin), CleanTalk Anti-Spam
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally maintained WordPress site for a Swedish media company
  2. Complies with GDPR cookie consent requirements with detailed cookie categories
  3. Uses multiple tracking and marketing tools with opt-in consent
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage; contact likely on subpages
  5. No explicit security or incident response policies published
  6. No terms of service page detected
  7. Good SEO and structured data implementation
  8. No signs of blocking or WAF challenges
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform, utilizing popular plugins such as Yoast SEO for search engine optimization and CleanTalk for anti-spam and bot detection. The integration of Google Analytics via MonsterInsights and Facebook Pixel indicates a mature approach to user behavior tracking and marketing analytics. The site uses jQuery and Vimeo for interactive and multimedia content. Performance is moderate with good mobile responsiveness and basic accessibility features. The site employs a cookie consent banner with detailed category controls, reflecting compliance with GDPR. Hosting details are not explicitly disclosed, but Cloudflare services are used for bot management. The technical implementation is solid with room for improvement in security headers and accessibility compliance. Overall, the infrastructure supports a professional and scalable digital presence.
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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