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Security report for investinlatvia.org

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) · Government · Latvia

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 3 other checks.

Security score

46/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) operates the website investinlatvia.org as an official government platform to promote Latvia as an attractive destination for foreign investment. The site highlights key economic sectors such as bioeconomy, biomedicine, smart energy, ICT, and photonics, providing resources, success stories, and incentives to potential investors. The target audience includes foreign investors, startups, and business professionals interested in Latvia's economic opportunities. The agency positions itself as a central facilitator for investment with authoritative content and official contact channels. Technically, the website employs modern JavaScript libraries including Google Maps API and ShareThis for social sharing, alongside jQuery and Slick Slider for UI components. The site is mobile-optimized with good navigation and SEO practices. While no major CMS is detected, the site appears custom-built with moderate performance and basic accessibility features. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and includes cookie consent mechanisms with CSRF tokens on forms, indicating a reasonable security posture. However, explicit security headers and incident response policies are not evident, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are published. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with privacy regulations such as GDPR. The domain registration aligns with the official agency identity, reinforcing legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing security policies, and improving accessibility to further strengthen the site's security and compliance posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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';…

  3. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
68
Average
46

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

LIAA serves as Latvia's national investment promotion agency, leveraging government backing to attract foreign direct investment. Its competitive advantages include a clear focus on emerging and knowledge-intensive sectors, a strong startup ecosystem, and favorable tax incentives highlighted on the site. The business model is service-oriented, providing advisory, informational, and facilitation services to investors. Revenue streams are likely government-funded with possible fees for specialized services. The agency targets international investors, startups, and multinational corporations seeking regional hubs. Growth indicators include recent success stories and expanding advisory offices, though representation in Russia and Belarus has been closed. The partnership ecosystem includes official government bodies and international trade organizations. The website content and structure reflect a mature and strategic approach to investment promotion.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, and forms include CSRF tokens, reducing common web attack vectors. Cookie consent is implemented, supporting privacy compliance. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, and HSTS reduces defense-in-depth. No published security or incident response policies limit transparency for security incidents. The use of third-party scripts like ShareThis and Google Maps introduces potential supply chain risks, though no vulnerable libraries were detected. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure programs are present, which could improve responsible vulnerability reporting. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a government informational site but could be enhanced with additional controls and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options.
  2. Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Establish and publicize a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards for broader inclusivity.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate supply chain risks.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)
Description
Promotes Latvia as an investment destination highlighting key sectors such as bioeconomy, biomedicine, smart energy, ICT, photonics, and engineering. Provides information on incentives, success stories, resources, and news to attract foreign investors.
Key services
Investment promotion, Information on key economic sectors, Investor incentives, Success stories and case studies, Resources and news updates, Advisory support for investors
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Maps API, ShareThis social sharing, jQuery, Slick Slider
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS usage (implied by URL)
  • Cookie consent mechanism
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • CSRF token present in download form

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
ShareThis
Marketing tools
ShareThis
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Content is relevant and targeted to foreign investors.
  3. Multiple language support with English and Latvian.
  4. Includes social media links to official agency profiles.
  5. No visible security or privacy policy gaps.
  6. No terms of service page found.
  7. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  8. Uses modern JavaScript libraries and APIs.
  9. Cookie consent banner present and functional.
  10. Forms include CSRF protection tokens.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a custom or proprietary platform without a detectable CMS. It uses modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Slick Slider, Google Maps API, and ShareThis for social sharing and UI enhancements. The site is mobile responsive with good SEO meta tags and structured navigation. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of some scripts to improve speed. The presence of CSRF tokens in forms indicates attention to secure form handling. However, no advanced frameworks or platforms like React, Angular, or WordPress were detected. Hosting provider details are not evident from the HTML content. The technical implementation is solid but could benefit from enhanced security headers and accessibility improvements.
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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