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AS Amber Latvijas balzams · Manufacturing · Latvia

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

56/100

Risk levelMedium

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

AS Amber Latvijas balzams is a leading manufacturer and exporter of alcoholic beverages based in Latvia, serving over 175 markets worldwide. The company operates under the parent Amber Beverage Group and offers a portfolio of well-known brands including Moskovskaya Vodka, Stoli Premium Vodka, and Riga Black Balsam. The website reflects a mature business with comprehensive corporate, investor, and product information, targeting consumers, distributors, and investors in the alcoholic beverage sector. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern JavaScript libraries and includes SEO and accessibility considerations. Security posture is good with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent implemented, though explicit security headers and incident response contacts are missing. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with privacy regulations, though WHOIS data is unavailable due to query limits, limiting domain registration trust analysis.

Scanned

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

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

  2. 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

  3. 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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
56

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 company holds a strong market position in the Baltic States as a major producer of alcoholic beverages with a large export footprint. Its business model includes manufacturing, global distribution, contract manufacturing, and retail operations. Financial highlights and corporate governance information are transparently published, indicating good investor relations. The presence of factory tours and corporate social responsibility sections suggests a focus on brand engagement and sustainability. The company leverages partnerships with well-known brands and maintains active social media channels to enhance market reach and brand recognition.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and a cookie consent mechanism in place. However, there is no explicit security policy or incident response contact information published, which are important for transparency and trust. The site uses third-party scripts including Google Tag Manager and Cookie Script, which require regular security audits to mitigate risks. No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Security headers could be improved by explicitly adding X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options headers. Overall, the security posture is adequate but could benefit from enhanced transparency and technical hardening.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a dedicated security policy page detailing security practices and compliance.
  2. Add explicit HTTP security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to improve protection against clickjacking and MIME sniffing.
  3. Provide clear incident response contact information (e.g., security@ or abuse@ email addresses) to facilitate vulnerability reporting.
  4. Regularly review and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet or exceed WCAG standards for improved user experience.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
AS Amber Latvijas balzams
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
AS Amber Latvijas balzams
Description
The leading producer of alcoholic beverages in the Baltic States
Key services
Production of alcoholic beverages, Global distribution, Contract manufacturing, Retail stores, Factory tours
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.1.1, jQuery 3.6.1, Owl Carousel, Google Tag Manager, Cookie Script, SurveyJS
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • Age verification popup for legal drinking age

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Marketing tools
Cookie Script
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well maintained
  2. Comprehensive corporate and product information available
  3. Strong focus on compliance with legal drinking age and cookie consent
  4. Multiple social media and external brand links enhance trust
  5. No visible security or privacy policy pages beyond terms and cookie policy
  6. WHOIS data unavailable, limiting domain registration trust analysis
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.1.1, utilizing jQuery 3.6.1 and Owl Carousel for UI components. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and marketing tracking, and Cookie Script manages cookie consent. The site loads multiple CSS and JS assets asynchronously and uses lazy loading for images, contributing to moderate performance. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels. SEO is supported by Rank Math PRO plugin with comprehensive meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format. No hosting provider information was detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern and well implemented with room for performance optimization and security header enhancements.
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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