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Security report for ostby.lv

ostby.lv · Manufacturing · Latvia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Ostby.lv is a Latvian-based manufacturer specializing in the design, production, and delivery of prefabricated wooden homes targeted primarily at the Scandinavian and broader European markets. Their offerings include detached private houses, townhouses, and public buildings, complemented by engineering, delivery, and assembly supervision services. The company emphasizes quality, flexibility, and competitive pricing leveraging Latvian raw materials and labor advantages. The website is professionally designed using WordPress and Elementor, featuring clear navigation and relevant content that supports their business model and market positioning. Technically, the website employs a modern CMS stack with standard plugins and libraries, including jQuery and Bootstrap. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly, though performance is moderate. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enabled and no visible vulnerabilities, but lacks advanced security headers and published security policies. Privacy compliance is minimal, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism or GDPR-specific disclosures. Overall, the site presents a legitimate and professional business front with moderate risk due to missing WHOIS transparency and limited privacy and security disclosures. Strategic improvements in security policies, privacy compliance, and WHOIS transparency would enhance trust and reduce risk.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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

  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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  • Security headers
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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
72
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
58

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

Ostby operates in the manufacturing sector, focusing on prefabricated wooden homes for real estate developers, construction companies, architects, and intermediaries across Northern and Western Europe. Their competitive advantages include production capacity, flexibility to customer designs, favorable pricing due to Latvian resources, and engineering expertise. The business model centers on manufacturing and delivering high-quality prefab homes with additional services such as project engineering and assembly supervision. The company has established partnerships with multiple European suppliers, indicating a robust supply chain. Growth indicators include expansion into multiple European markets and ongoing CE certification efforts. The website content and structure support a clear market positioning as a quality-driven, cost-competitive prefab home manufacturer.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good baseline security posture with HTTPS enforced and no exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries detected. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. There are no published security policies or incident response procedures, which limits transparency and preparedness. Privacy compliance is partial, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent or GDPR-specific mechanisms. The lack of a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file further limits security maturity. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small manufacturing business website but would benefit from enhanced policies, headers, and compliance mechanisms to mitigate risks and improve stakeholder trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Add a cookie policy and consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  3. Publish detailed security and incident response policies to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Consider establishing a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Improve WHOIS data transparency or provide clear business registration information on the website to enhance trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
ostby.lv
Description
Ostby designs, manufactures, and delivers high-quality prefabricated wooden homes across Scandinavia and Europe. They produce detached private houses, townhouses, and public buildings, offering project engineering, delivery, and assembly supervision services.
Key services
Production of detached private houses, Production of townhouses, Production of public buildings, Project engineering and technical calculations, House delivery to building sites, Assembly supervision
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, Elementor 3.29.2, jQuery 3.7.1, Bootstrap, Font Awesome 5
Frameworks
WordPress, Elementor
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. WHOIS data unavailable due to query limit error.
  3. Website uses HTTPS with valid SSL.
  4. No privacy or cookie consent banners detected.
  5. Contact phone numbers are present but no email addresses found on main page.
  6. No security or incident response policies published.
  7. Website built on WordPress with Elementor and standard plugins.
  8. Business focuses on prefabricated wooden homes for European markets.
  9. Multiple supplier and partner logos linked externally.
  10. No analytics or tracking scripts detected beyond YouTube embeds.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform using Elementor for page building, supported by jQuery, Bootstrap, and Font Awesome libraries. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly with proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). Performance is moderate, with no critical errors or broken elements detected. The technical stack is standard for small to medium business websites, providing flexibility and ease of content management. However, there is room for improvement in accessibility features and advanced security configurations. Hosting provider details are not disclosed, limiting infrastructure assessment. Overall, the technical implementation supports the business needs but could benefit from modernization in security and privacy features.
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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