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Security report for imgw.pl

IMGW-PIB · Government · Poland

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

IMGW-PIB is the official Polish government institute responsible for meteorology and water management. The website serves as a public portal providing weather forecasts, hydrological data, and warnings. It targets both the general public and professionals requiring meteorological information. The site is well-branded and consistent with government standards, offering key services such as weather alerts and data dissemination. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with modern plugins and CDN support, ensuring moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled and no exposed sensitive data, but lacks advanced security headers and published security policies. Privacy compliance is minimal with no explicit privacy or cookie policies found. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional but could improve transparency and security documentation.

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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

6 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 Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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 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
67
Security headers
60
Email security
87
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
72

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention imgw.pl, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
98
Employees
0
Customers
95
Third parties
3
Weak passwords
22%

16 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

IMGW-PIB holds a strong market position as Poland's national meteorological and hydrological authority. Its business model is government-funded, focusing on public service rather than commercial revenue. The website supports this role by providing authoritative data and warnings. The institute maintains social media presence for outreach and uses marketing tools like edrone for engagement. The absence of direct contact details on the homepage suggests a centralized contact approach, typical for government entities. The domain age and registration data align with the institute's long history, reinforcing credibility. Strategic partnerships or subsidiaries are not evident from the website data.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security posture with HTTPS and no visible sensitive data leaks. However, it lacks DNSSEC, security headers, and published incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies, which are important for enhancing trust and resilience. The use of third-party analytics and marketing scripts introduces moderate tracking but no apparent vulnerabilities. The absence of a security.txt file or contact channels for security incidents limits incident response readiness. Recommendations include enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, publishing security policies, and improving privacy compliance to align with GDPR and NIS2 requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to secure DNS infrastructure and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to improve GDPR compliance.
  4. Create and publish a security policy and incident response contact information, including a security.txt file.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
IMGW-PIB
Description
Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej
Key services
Meteorological data and forecasts, Hydrological data and forecasts, Weather warnings and alerts, Public information services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, Smart Slider 3, jQuery, Google Analytics, Cloudfront CDN, edrone marketing platform
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google Analytics with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
edrone
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official Polish meteorological and hydrological institute website
  2. Content is in Polish with English alternate available
  3. No privacy or cookie policy pages explicitly found in HTML content
  4. No visible contact emails or phone numbers in main HTML content
  5. Use of modern WordPress plugins and CDN for performance
  6. No WAF or blocking detected
  7. Good SEO and structured data implementation
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found
  9. No explicit security or incident response policies published
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with Yoast SEO and Smart Slider 3 plugins, indicating a mature and widely supported platform. It uses Cloudfront CDN for content delivery and Google Analytics for traffic analysis. The site loads asynchronously loaded JavaScript libraries, improving performance. Fonts are self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts with fallback. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design and media queries. However, accessibility features are basic and could be improved. The site lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC, which are technical risks. Overall, the infrastructure is modern but could benefit from enhanced security and privacy technical controls.
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. 64/100Medium23 findingsView report
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