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Security report for turlava.lv

Kuldīgas novada pašvaldība · Government · Latvia

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website 'Turlavas pagasts - Kuldīgas novada pašvaldība' serves as the official online presence for the Turlava parish within the Kuldīga municipality in Latvia. It provides local news, events, and community information primarily targeting residents and visitors of the parish. The site is positioned as a local government portal, offering essential updates and fostering community engagement. The business model is governmental, focusing on public service rather than commercial activities. Technically, the website is built on WordPress CMS, utilizing common plugins such as Yoast SEO for search engine optimization, Pressidium Cookie Consent for privacy compliance, and Ultimate Lightbox for media display. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility features, and moderate performance. Hosting appears to be managed by Pressidium or a related provider. SEO practices are well implemented with proper meta tags and structured data. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and includes a cookie consent mechanism, indicating awareness of privacy regulations. However, no explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages were found, and standard security headers are missing, which are recommended for enhanced protection. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. WHOIS data could not be retrieved due to query limits, limiting domain legitimacy verification. Overall, the website presents a professional and trustworthy local government portal with good content quality and technical implementation. Strategic improvements include publishing comprehensive privacy and security policies, adding security headers, and establishing a vulnerability disclosure process to strengthen security posture and compliance.

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

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. 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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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
52
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
55

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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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 operates as a local government information portal for Turlava parish, part of the Kuldīga municipality in Latvia. It targets local residents and stakeholders interested in community news and events. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on public service and information dissemination. The site leverages WordPress CMS, indicating a cost-effective and widely supported platform choice. The presence of official social media channels suggests active community engagement and outreach. The lack of WHOIS data limits full verification of domain ownership, but the consistent branding and content align with a legitimate governmental entity. No commercial partnerships or subsidiaries were identified, consistent with the governmental nature of the site.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security posture with HTTPS enabled and a cookie consent mechanism in place, supporting GDPR compliance efforts. However, the absence of explicit privacy and terms of service pages, as well as missing security headers like Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options, indicates room for improvement. No forms with sensitive data collection were detected, reducing immediate risk exposure. The lack of a published vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file suggests limited formal incident response readiness. Overall, the security maturity is moderate, suitable for a local government informational site but requiring enhancements to meet higher compliance and security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy page clearly outlining data collection, usage, and user rights.
  2. Implement standard security headers such as CSP, HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Create and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Add terms of service and security policy pages to improve transparency and legal compliance.
  5. Regularly review and update WHOIS information and ensure domain registration details are publicly accessible to enhance trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Kuldīgas novada pašvaldība
Description
Turlavas pagasta aktualitātes
Key services
Local news and updates, Event announcements, Community information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, Yoast SEO plugin, jQuery, Ultimate Lightbox plugin, Pressidium Cookie Consent plugin
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data found in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
Google Analytics (implied via GTM)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is an official local government site for Turlava parish within Kuldīga municipality, Latvia.
  2. Content is in Latvian language and focuses on local news and events.
  3. No WHOIS data available due to query limit error; no registrar or domain age info extracted.
  4. Site uses WordPress CMS with common plugins for SEO, cookie consent, and lightbox.
  5. HTTPS is enabled and cookie consent mechanism is implemented.
  6. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages found.
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  8. Social media presence includes Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, and YouTube official pages.
  9. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  10. No security headers detected in the provided data; recommend adding standard headers.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.8.1, using popular plugins like Yoast SEO for search optimization and Pressidium Cookie Consent for privacy compliance. The tech stack includes jQuery and Ultimate Lightbox for enhanced user experience. Hosting appears to be provided by Pressidium or a related service. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices including structured data (JSON-LD) and Open Graph metadata. Performance is moderate, with no critical technical issues detected. However, the absence of security headers and limited privacy documentation indicate technical debt in security and compliance areas. Opportunities exist to modernize security configurations and enhance policy transparency to align with best practices.
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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