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Security report for skanste.lv

Skanstes attīstības aģentūra · Real Estate · Latvia

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.

Security score

33/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The website www.skanste.lv serves as an informational and promotional portal for the Skanste district, a modern urban development area in Riga, Latvia. It provides comprehensive details about residential, office, cultural, sports, and infrastructure facilities within the district, targeting residents, investors, and businesses interested in the area. The site positions itself as a key source of information and promotion for this emerging business and living district in Riga. Technically, the website employs a modern front-end stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Maps API, and Google Analytics, ensuring a responsive and interactive user experience. The site is accessible, mobile-optimized, and integrates various external trusted services for analytics and mapping. However, it lacks some advanced security headers and explicit privacy or cookie policies. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and does not expose sensitive data. It includes Google Analytics for user tracking but lacks visible consent mechanisms or detailed privacy disclosures, which may impact GDPR compliance. No incident response or security contact information is provided, and security headers are missing, indicating room for improvement in security posture. Overall, the website is professionally designed and functional, with good business credibility and moderate technical implementation. The absence of privacy and cookie policies and security headers are notable gaps. The domain registration data aligns well with the website's claims, supporting legitimacy. Strategic improvements in privacy compliance and security practices would enhance trust and compliance.

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

10 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. 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.

    • Critical

      Unable to retrieve SSL certificate

      Could not establish secure connection to retrieve certificate information

      What to do: Check if the server is accessible and SSL/TLS is properly configured

  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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  • 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
0
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
10
Average
33

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention skanste.lv, from OffSeq Breach.

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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

Skanste.lv promotes the Skanste district as Riga's modern business and residential hub, highlighting infrastructure, cultural venues, sports facilities, and office spaces. The business model focuses on real estate development promotion and information dissemination to attract residents, investors, and businesses. The site leverages partnerships with local developers and institutions, showcasing a diverse ecosystem including banking, education, healthcare, and retail sectors. The presence of detailed facility descriptions and integration with social media channels supports community engagement and market positioning as a central information source for the district's development.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, and no sensitive data leaks are evident. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks. The lack of privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms indicates compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. No dedicated incident response or abuse contact information is provided, which may hinder timely security incident handling. The use of third-party scripts like Google Analytics is standard but requires proper user consent to align with privacy laws. Overall, the security posture is functional but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit user consent mechanisms to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen web security.
  3. Publish incident response and abuse contact information to facilitate security issue reporting and handling.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts to mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure privacy compliance.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and provide clear data retention policies to improve user trust and regulatory adherence.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Skanstes attīstības aģentūra
Description
Skanste is Riga's modern district developing as a 21st century city center with residential, office, cultural, sports, and infrastructure facilities.
Key services
Information about residential apartments, Office spaces, Infrastructure and transport details, Cultural and sports facilities, Investor information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap CSS, jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Maps API, Owl Carousel, Colorbox, Chosen, FastClick
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No visible exposed sensitive data
  • Use of Google Analytics with async loading

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content about Skanste district in Riga.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on main page.
  3. Contact information is present via contact page links and physical addresses in map data.
  4. Use of multiple external trusted domains for content and analytics.
  5. No security headers detected; HTTPS is used.
  6. No forms detected on main page; contact forms likely on linked contact page.
  7. Social media presence includes Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter.
  8. Website uses modern front-end libraries and Google Maps integration.
  9. No visible security or privacy compliance disclosures.
  10. WHOIS data consistent with Latvian business promoting Riga district.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and widely adopted technology stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, jQuery for DOM manipulation, Owl Carousel for sliders, and Google Maps API for interactive maps. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager are used for analytics and tracking. The site loads scripts asynchronously to improve performance. The HTML structure is valid and semantic, supporting SEO and accessibility to a basic degree. However, the site lacks advanced accessibility features and security headers. Hosting details are not explicit, but the use of Google services and standard web technologies suggests a conventional hosting environment. Performance is moderate with room for optimization, especially in loading times and mobile accessibility.
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.

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