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Security report for governance.sk

Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť · Government · Slovakia

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

59/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť is a Slovak non-profit organization dedicated to promoting good governance, public administration improvements, and fact-checking initiatives. The website serves as a platform for news, awards, and educational content targeting local governments, media, and the general Slovak public interested in governance issues. The organization holds a recognized position within Slovakia's governance and non-profit sector, offering services such as governance research, public administration awards, and fact-checking collaborations. Technically, the website is built on WordPress 4.9.3 with jQuery 1.12.4 and uses common web technologies like Google Fonts and Font Awesome. While the site is functional and moderately optimized for mobile, it uses outdated software versions that may expose it to security vulnerabilities. The site lacks advanced SEO and accessibility features but maintains a consistent and professional design with clear navigation. From a security perspective, the site benefits from HTTPS and some security measures like Wordfence integration but lacks visible security headers and uses outdated components. There are no privacy or cookie policies found, indicating potential GDPR compliance gaps. Contact information is clearly provided, but no incident response or security policy pages are present. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved significantly by updating software and implementing privacy compliance mechanisms. The overall risk assessment is moderate with no critical issues detected. Strategic recommendations include updating the CMS and libraries, implementing privacy and cookie policies, enhancing security headers, and improving GDPR compliance. These steps will strengthen the site's security, trustworthiness, and regulatory adherence, supporting the organization's mission and public credibility.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

  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
85
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
59

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 institute operates in the government and non-profit sectors, focusing on governance, public administration, and fact-checking. Its business model revolves around advocacy, research, awards, and public engagement rather than commercial revenue. The target audience includes Slovak municipalities, media, and citizens interested in governance. The organization leverages partnerships such as the donation platform darujme.sk and fact-checking collaborations with Demagog.sk. The website content and structure indicate a small-sized organization with a stable market position in Slovakia. Growth indicators include regular news updates and expanding partnerships. Competitive advantages include recognized awards and fact-checking initiatives that enhance public trust and engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and some security plugin presence (Wordfence). However, the use of outdated WordPress and jQuery versions introduces potential vulnerabilities. The absence of security headers like Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No exposed sensitive data was found, and no forms on the homepage reduce attack surface. The lack of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR. Incident response readiness is unclear due to missing security contact information. Overall, the security culture appears basic with room for improvement in patch management, policy transparency, and technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Update WordPress core, themes, and plugins to the latest stable versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  2. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with a consent mechanism to ensure GDPR compliance.
  3. Add and configure security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Establish and publish an incident response policy with dedicated security contact channels (e.g., security@ or abuse@ emails).
  5. Enhance website accessibility and SEO features to improve user experience and search engine visibility.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Inštitút pre dobre spravovanú spoločnosť
Description
Non-profit institute focused on promoting good governance in society, with activities related to education, local government, state quality, and employment. It provides news, awards, and fact-checking initiatives.
Key services
Governance research and advocacy, Public administration awards, Fact-checking and media monitoring, Educational initiatives
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 4.9.3, jQuery 1.12.4, Font Awesome 4.2.0, Google Fonts (Oswald), Custom CSS and JS
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Wordfence security plugin (indicated by Wordfence script)

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
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a Slovak non-profit institute focused on governance and public administration.
  2. Content is in Slovak with some English alternate pages.
  3. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating potential GDPR compliance gaps.
  4. Contact information is clearly provided in the footer.
  5. Uses WordPress CMS with outdated core and libraries.
  6. No visible security headers in HTML content.
  7. No forms detected on the homepage; embedded iframes for donation and video content.
  8. Social media links include Facebook and Twitter.
  9. No advertising or tracking scripts detected beyond basic WordPress and social media.
  10. No vulnerability disclosure or security policy pages found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website runs on an older WordPress version (4.9.3) with jQuery 1.12.4, which are outdated and may contain security vulnerabilities. The tech stack includes standard web fonts and Font Awesome icons. The site uses custom CSS and JavaScript for navigation and UI enhancements. Performance is moderate with no explicit optimization indicators. Mobile optimization is basic but functional. SEO is basic with canonical tags and RSS feeds but lacks advanced metadata like Open Graph or JSON-LD structured data. No analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. The hosting provider is not explicitly identified from the HTML content. Overall, the technical infrastructure is functional but requires modernization to improve security, performance, and compliance.
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. 57/100Medium35 findingsView report
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