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Security report for halmed.hr

Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode · Healthcare · Croatia

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

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

HALMED is the Croatian Agency for Medicines and Medical Products, serving as the national regulatory authority responsible for the oversight, approval, and monitoring of medicines, medical devices, and homeopathic products. The website provides comprehensive information, publications, news, and resources targeted at patients, healthcare professionals, and industry representatives. It maintains a clear market position as a government healthcare regulator with a medium-sized operational scale and a founding date consistent with its domain registration in 2010. Technically, the website employs a legacy jQuery version alongside modern tracking tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google reCAPTCHA v3 for form security. The hosting is provided by a Croatian hosting company, and the site uses HTTPS with a good SSL configuration. However, some modernization opportunities exist, including updating JavaScript libraries and implementing security headers and cookie consent mechanisms. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices such as HTTPS enforcement and form protection via reCAPTCHA. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of explicit privacy and cookie policies, lack of security headers, and use of outdated libraries present moderate risks. The domain WHOIS data aligns well with the website's claims, indicating legitimacy and trustworthiness. Overall, HALMED's website is professional, trustworthy, and serves its regulatory function effectively. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and technical security would enhance its posture and user trust.

Scanned

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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  • 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
67
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
55

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

HALMED operates as a government regulatory agency in the healthcare sector, focusing on medicines and medical products in Croatia. Its competitive advantage lies in its official status and comprehensive regulatory scope, including pharmacovigilance and public education. The business model is service and information provision to multiple stakeholders including patients, healthcare workers, and industry players. Revenue streams are likely government-funded. The target customer segments are broad within healthcare and public sectors. Growth indicators include ongoing publication of reports and active event calendars. The partnership ecosystem includes local hosting providers and global analytics services. The agency maintains a stable market presence with consistent branding and content quality.

Security posture

The website exhibits a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and use of Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect forms from automated abuse. No visible security headers such as Content Security Policy or HSTS were detected, which could improve defense-in-depth. The use of an outdated jQuery version poses a potential vulnerability risk. No incident response or security policy information is publicly available, indicating a gap in transparency. GDPR compliance is partial due to missing explicit privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the security posture is adequate for informational purposes but could be strengthened with modern best practices and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publicly disclose a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Upgrade JavaScript libraries, especially jQuery, to current supported versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  3. Add security headers such as Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, and HSTS to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  4. Publish security and incident response policies including contact channels for vulnerability reporting to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and mobile optimization to improve user experience and compliance with accessibility standards.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode
Description
Stranica donosi publikacije, izvješća i aktualne novosti vezane uz sigurnu primjenu lijekova, medicinskih proizvoda i homeopatskih lijekova te opisuje djelokrug rada HALMED-a.
Key services
Drug and medical product approvals, Pharmacovigilance, Publication of reports and news, Inspections and licensing, Public education and information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.9.1, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google reCAPTCHA v3, SlidesJS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA v3 on forms
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a Croatian government agency for medicines and medical products regulation.
  2. Content is comprehensive and relevant to healthcare professionals, industry, and public.
  3. No privacy or cookie policy explicitly found on homepage or footer.
  4. Uses Google Analytics and Tag Manager for tracking.
  5. Uses Google reCAPTCHA v3 for form protection.
  6. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page.
  7. Contact information is clearly provided including email, phone, and physical address.
  8. No social media links detected in the HTML content.
  9. Website uses legacy jQuery 1.9.1 which may pose security risks.
  10. No explicit security headers detected in HTML content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional HTML structure with CSS stylesheets and JavaScript libraries including jQuery 1.9.1, SlidesJS for sliders, and Google services for analytics and reCAPTCHA. Hosting is provided by a Croatian registrar Plus Hosting Grupa d.o.o. The site uses HTTPS with a valid SSL configuration. Performance is moderate with asynchronous loading of analytics scripts. SEO is supported by meta tags and Open Graph tags. Accessibility is basic with some support for older browsers via HTML5 shiv and PNG fixes. The site could benefit from modernization of its tech stack and improved mobile responsiveness.
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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