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Security report for smerli.lv

Совет еврейских общин Латвии · Non-profit · Latvia

Medium risk. 7 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

The website smerli.lv represents the Riga New Jewish Cemetery "Smerli" operated by the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia. It serves as an informational and service platform providing searchable burial records, cemetery information, and donation capabilities. The site targets individuals seeking cemetery records and community members interested in supporting the cemetery. The business operates as a small non-profit entity with a clear community focus. Technically, the website employs a modern frontend stack including Bootstrap 4, jQuery, and FontAwesome, with backend indications of Laravel framework usage. The site is mobile responsive and uses HTTPS with a cookie consent mechanism. Google Analytics is integrated for visitor tracking. However, no privacy policy or terms of service pages were found, and no advanced security headers are detected, indicating room for improvement in compliance and security hardening. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS enforced and secure form submission practices observed. The absence of explicit security headers and privacy documentation are notable gaps. No WAF or blocking mechanisms are detected, and the site content is fully accessible. WHOIS data could not be retrieved due to query limits, limiting domain registration verification. Overall, the site appears legitimate and consistent with a community non-profit organization. Risk assessment suggests moderate risk primarily due to missing privacy and security policies. Strategic recommendations include implementing privacy and terms pages, adding security headers, and enhancing accessibility and compliance measures to improve trust and security posture.

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

7 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 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
75
Security headers
25
Email security
80
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Smerli.lv operates in the non-profit sector serving the Jewish community in Latvia by providing cemetery-related services and information. Its market position is niche and community-focused, with a business model relying on donations and service provision. The website supports multilingual access (Russian, English, Latvian) to broaden reach. The partnership with uniting.lv indicates community collaboration. Revenue streams are likely donation-based. The organization has been active since at least 2012, indicating stability. The website content and structure reflect a professional but small-scale operation with moderate digital maturity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and secure AJAX form submissions including CSRF tokens. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and others reduces defense-in-depth. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, indicating limited formal security processes. Cookie consent is implemented, but privacy policy absence suggests compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small non-profit but requires enhancements to meet best practices and regulatory compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve legal compliance and user trust.
  2. Add HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance security posture.
  3. Establish and publish vulnerability disclosure and incident response procedures to improve security readiness.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet WCAG standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and dependencies to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Совет еврейских общин Латвии
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Совет еврейских общин Латвии
Description
The website represents the Riga New Jewish Cemetery "Smerli" located at Lizuma iela 4, Riga, Latvia. It provides a searchable database of burial records, information about the cemetery, services, and contact details. It also facilitates donations to support the cemetery.
Key services
Burial record search, Information about cemetery services, Donation processing
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap 4.6.2, FontAwesome, Google Analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with samesite=lax
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Donation form uses AJAX POST with CSRF token

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

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 no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. WHOIS data unavailable due to query limit error; no registrar or domain age info extracted.
  3. Cookie consent mechanism implemented with explicit user consent button.
  4. No privacy policy or terms of service pages found.
  5. Contact email smerli@smerli.lv is provided and consistent with domain.
  6. Donation form collects personal data with required fields and uses AJAX POST with CSRF token.
  7. Website uses HTTPS and modern frontend libraries (Bootstrap, jQuery).
  8. Google Analytics is used for tracking.
  9. No explicit security headers detected in HTML content.
  10. Content is in Russian language targeting local and international users interested in cemetery records.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern frontend stack with Bootstrap 4.6.2, jQuery 3.6.1, and FontAwesome for UI elements and icons. The backend is likely Laravel-based as inferred from cookie consent script namespace. Google Analytics is integrated for visitor tracking. The site is mobile responsive with a clear navigation structure and multilingual support. Performance is moderate with no explicit performance optimization indicators. No CMS is explicitly detected. Hosting provider details are not available from the HTML content. The site uses HTTPS but lacks advanced security headers. The donation form uses AJAX POST with CSRF token, indicating some security awareness. Overall, the technical infrastructure is adequate but could benefit from modernization and enhanced security controls.
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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