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Security report for vakba.lv

VAK-BA · Retail · Latvia

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

VAK-BA is a Latvian small retail business specializing in professional tools and instruments catering to both professionals and amateurs. Their product range includes locksmith tools, measuring instruments, abrasive and diamond tools, woodworking and construction tools. The website is professionally designed, uses modern web technologies including Ecwid ecommerce platform and service workers, and is hosted via Cloudfront CDN. Contact information is clearly provided in structured data, including email, phone, and physical address. However, the site lacks visible privacy and cookie policies, and no WHOIS data was retrievable to verify domain registration details. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS and service worker usage but missing explicit security headers and policies. Overall, the site is trustworthy and functional but could improve privacy compliance and security transparency.

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

6 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

    • 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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  • 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
70
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
66

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 company operates in the retail sector focused on professional and amateur tool users in Latvia. Their business model is direct retail with an online catalog powered by Ecwid. The market position is that of a specialized niche retailer with a broad assortment of metalworking, locksmith, and construction tools. The presence of social media links and structured data indicates a moderate digital maturity. No parent or subsidiary companies were identified. The company targets local customers with Latvian language content and physical store presence in Riga. Growth potential exists through enhanced digital marketing and compliance improvements.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and modern frontend technologies, including service workers for PWA capabilities. However, it lacks visible security headers such as CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options. No explicit privacy or cookie policies are found, which is a compliance gap under GDPR. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided. The absence of WHOIS data limits trust verification. No known vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Security posture is moderate but could be significantly improved by adding security headers, privacy policies, and a vulnerability disclosure program.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add security headers including Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Create and publish a security.txt file and vulnerability disclosure policy to enhance security transparency and incident response readiness.
  4. Verify and monitor WHOIS data to ensure domain registration details are accurate and consistent with business information.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and conduct regular security audits to maintain a strong security posture.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
VAK-BA
Description
Piedāvājam instrumentus un darba rīkus gan profesionāļiem, gan amatieriem un iesācējiem. Piedāvājumā: rokas instrumenti atslēdzniekiem, frēzētājiem un virpotājiem, abrazīvie un dimanta instrumenti, kā arī mērinstrumenti, elektroinstrumenti, kokapstrādes un celtniecības instrumenti.
Key services
retail of professional tools, retail of locksmith tools, retail of measuring instruments, retail of abrasive and diamond tools, retail of woodworking and construction tools
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, jQuery, skrollr, Ecwid ecommerce platform, Service Worker, Cloudfront CDN
Platforms
Ecwid ecommerce
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL https://)
  • Service Worker registered for PWA support

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional retail site for tools and instruments in Latvia.
  2. Content is in Latvian language targeting local customers.
  3. No privacy or cookie policy found on the homepage or linked pages.
  4. No visible contact forms detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  5. Contact information is embedded in JSON-LD structured data.
  6. Site uses Ecwid ecommerce platform for product catalog and sales.
  7. No explicit security or incident response policies found.
  8. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  9. No certifications or compliance badges visible.
  10. Site uses modern web technologies including service workers and CDN.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern JavaScript-based frontend with Ecwid ecommerce integration and service worker for offline support. Hosting is via Cloudfront CDN ensuring good global content delivery. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data. However, no CMS is explicitly identified. Performance is moderate with some deferred CSS loading and prefetching of scripts. Accessibility is basic and could be improved. No major technical debt or deprecated libraries were detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced 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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