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Security report for puola.travel

Polska Organizacja Turystyczna · Government · Poland

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

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.puola.travel/fi serves as the official Finnish-language tourism portal for Poland, managed by the Polska Organizacja Turystyczna (Polish Tourism Organization). It provides comprehensive travel information, cultural insights, news updates, and contact options aimed at Finnish-speaking tourists interested in visiting Poland. The site is positioned as a government-backed platform promoting Poland's tourism sector in Nordic countries, offering services such as travel tips, event news, and newsletter subscriptions. Technically, the site is built on Joomla CMS and integrates modern analytics and marketing tools including Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Matomo, and Google reCAPTCHA for form security. The website demonstrates good mobile optimization, basic accessibility features, and solid SEO practices. However, some security headers are missing, and no explicit security or incident response policies are published. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses CAPTCHA to protect forms, ensuring GDPR compliance with explicit user consent mechanisms. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to malformed responses, which slightly reduces domain trustworthiness, but the official nature of the content and government references mitigate this concern. Overall, the site maintains a good security posture with room for improvement in security headers and transparency. The overall risk assessment is moderate with a recommendation to enhance security headers, publish security policies, and improve WHOIS transparency if possible. The site is safe for general audiences, free from adult or questionable content, and professionally maintained.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
73/ 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

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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';…

  2. 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

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
42
Security headers
30
Email security
70
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
73
Average
64

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 Polska Organizacja Turystyczna operates this site as a government entity focused on promoting Poland as a travel destination to Finnish-speaking tourists. The business model is informational and promotional, leveraging digital content to attract visitors and support tourism growth. The organization benefits from partnerships with related tourism sites and uses multiple marketing and analytics tools to optimize outreach. The site’s content quality and branding consistency support a strong market position in the Nordic tourism promotion space. Revenue streams are likely government-funded with indirect benefits from increased tourism. The presence of GDPR-compliant data collection and contact forms indicates a mature approach to user engagement and data privacy.

Security posture

The website exhibits a good security posture with mandatory HTTPS, use of Google reCAPTCHA on contact forms, and GDPR-compliant consent mechanisms. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit HTTP security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options is a gap that should be addressed to harden the site against common web attacks. No dedicated security policy or incident response contact information was found, which limits transparency and preparedness perception. The WHOIS data is not publicly available, which may be due to privacy regulations but reduces domain trust verification. Overall, the site is secure for its purpose but could improve in security best practices and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  3. Regularly audit and update Joomla CMS and all plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet higher compliance standards.
  5. Seek to improve WHOIS transparency or provide official domain registration details to increase trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Polska Organizacja Turystyczna
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Polska Organizacja Turystyczna
Description
Official tourism website of Poland's tourism office in Stockholm, providing travel information, tips, news, and contact details for visitors interested in Poland.
Key services
Travel information, Tourist attraction guides, News and updates, Contact and support for travelers, Newsletter subscription
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Joomla CMS, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Matomo Analytics, Google reCAPTCHA v2, AddToAny sharing, ReadSpeaker, jQuery
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA on forms
  • Consent checkboxes for GDPR compliance
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads (AW- IDs)
Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
AddToAny
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is official tourism portal for Poland targeting Finnish speakers
  2. Content is rich with travel info, news, and cultural highlights
  3. Strong GDPR compliance with explicit consent on forms
  4. Use of multiple analytics and marketing tools with consent
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious content
  6. WHOIS data unavailable, limiting domain trust verification
  7. No explicit security policy or incident response info found
  8. Good mobile optimization and accessibility basics present
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Joomla CMS with a combination of modern JavaScript libraries and third-party services such as Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Matomo, and Google reCAPTCHA. The site loads asynchronously many scripts for analytics and marketing, which may impact initial load times but supports rich tracking capabilities. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and basic accessibility features. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured navigation. Hosting provider details are not explicitly found. Performance is moderate with potential improvements in script loading and caching. The technical stack is mature but could benefit from enhanced security headers and updated accessibility compliance.
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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