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Security report for lip.lv

Liepājas Izglītības pārvalde · Education · Latvia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Liepājas Izglītības pārvalde is a municipal education authority providing comprehensive educational services ranging from preschool to higher education, including interest-based and lifelong learning opportunities. The website serves as an official portal for residents of Liepāja, Latvia, offering detailed information on educational institutions, registration services, news, and support programs. The organization holds a strong local market position as a trusted public service provider with clear communication channels and official contact information. Technically, the website is built using modern web technologies such as React and styled-components, hosted likely on a WordPress CMS platform. It incorporates accessibility features, responsive design, and integrates Google services like reCAPTCHA and Translate. The site demonstrates moderate to good performance and SEO optimization, with a clean and professional user experience. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses reCAPTCHA to protect forms, but lacks visible advanced security headers. Privacy and cookie policies are well implemented, indicating GDPR compliance. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious activities were detected. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to query limits, but the domain appears legitimate and consistent with the municipal branding. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile with strong business credibility and good technical maturity. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing explicit security policies, and maintaining up-to-date software to further strengthen the security posture.

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

8 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

  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 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
50
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
65

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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
41
Employees
0
Customers
41
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
22%

3 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

The website represents a government entity focused on education services in Liepāja, Latvia. It targets local residents including children, youth, and adults seeking educational opportunities. The business model is service-oriented, funded by municipal budgets, and aims to facilitate access to education and related support programs. The site links to multiple partner educational institutions and government portals, indicating a collaborative ecosystem. The presence of scholarship programs and registration services suggests active engagement with the community and support for student development. The organization maintains a consistent brand and professional content, reinforcing trust and authority in the local education sector.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and use of Google reCAPTCHA to mitigate automated abuse. Privacy and cookie consent mechanisms are implemented, supporting GDPR compliance. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options is a gap that could be addressed to improve defense-in-depth. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is published, which is common for municipal sites but could be enhanced for transparency. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the analyzed content. Overall, the site is secure for its purpose but could benefit from additional security hardening and published policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  3. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and dependencies to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  4. Enhance cookie consent mechanism with detailed user options and clear data retention policies.
  5. Maintain consistent branding and update WHOIS information if possible to improve domain trust signals.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Liepājas Izglītības pārvalde
Description
Izglītības iespējas no pirmsskolas līdz augstākajai izglītībai, interešu izglītība un mūžizglītība.
Key services
Izglītības pārvalde, Pirmsskolas izglītība, Izglītības attīstības un metodiskā atbalsta centrs, Vispārējā izglītība, Izglītības jaunumi, Vienotais reģistrs, Interešu izglītība un ārpusskolas aktivitātes, Augstākā izglītība, Profesionālā izglītība, Mūžizglītība
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React, Google Fonts, Google reCAPTCHA, Google Translate, Styled Components
Frameworks
React
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA for forms
  • Cookie consent mechanism

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google reCAPTCHA
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official municipal education website for Liepāja city
  2. Comprehensive educational services coverage
  3. Good privacy and cookie policy implementation
  4. No visible security headers detected in HTML source
  5. No WHOIS data available due to query limit
  6. Use of modern web technologies and accessibility features
  7. Clear contact information with official emails and phone numbers
  8. Social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Draugiem.lv
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses React framework with styled-components for UI styling, indicating a modern frontend architecture. It integrates Google Fonts for typography and Google reCAPTCHA for bot protection. Google Translate is embedded for multilingual support. The backend appears to be WordPress-based, inferred from media URLs and file paths. The site loads multiple JavaScript bundles asynchronously, supporting performance optimization. Accessibility features such as text size adjustment and high contrast modes are implemented. SEO metadata including Open Graph and Twitter cards are well configured. Performance is moderate with room for improvement in loading speed and caching strategies. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid and supports a good user experience.
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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