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Security report for vestnesis.lv

Latvijas Vēstnesis · Government · Latvia

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

56/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Latvijas Vēstnesis is the official publication platform of the Republic of Latvia, serving as the authoritative source for legal acts and official announcements. The website targets government officials, legal professionals, businesses, and the general public interested in accessing official legal documents and notices. It operates as a government entity providing essential services related to legal transparency and public information dissemination. Technically, the site employs a modern JavaScript stack including jQuery, jQuery UI, and Google services such as reCAPTCHA and Google Analytics 4, ensuring a functional and moderately optimized user experience. The site is mobile-friendly and well-structured, though SEO is limited by intentional 'noindex' directives, likely due to the nature of official content. Security-wise, the website enforces HTTPS and uses reCAPTCHA for bot protection, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies or incident response information. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Overall, the site demonstrates high business credibility as an official government resource 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

8 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
67
Security headers
30
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
56

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 website holds a strong market position as the official government gazette of Latvia, providing legal and official publications mandated by law. Its business model is government-operated, focusing on transparency and legal compliance rather than commercial revenue. The target audience includes government bodies, legal practitioners, and citizens requiring access to official legal documents. The platform supports a broad range of legal content including laws, regulations, official announcements, and archival access. The site’s partnership ecosystem is limited to government and official entities, with no commercial partners detected. Growth indicators are stable given the governmental nature, with continuous updates to legal content. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance user engagement through improved privacy policies and clearer contact information.

Security posture

The security posture of the website is solid with mandatory HTTPS encryption and bot mitigation via Google reCAPTCHA v3. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents a potential area for improvement. No exposed credentials or sensitive data were found, and no vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The site lacks published incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies, which could impact transparency and trust in security incident handling. Compliance with GDPR is implied but not explicitly documented. Overall, the security maturity is moderate to good, with recommendations to enhance header policies and publish security governance documents.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce comprehensive security headers including CSP, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Publish clear and accessible privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve legal compliance and user trust.
  3. Add explicit incident response and vulnerability disclosure information, including a security.txt file, to enhance transparency and readiness.
  4. Review and adjust SEO meta tags to balance legal requirements with discoverability, possibly allowing indexing of non-sensitive content.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance with standards and user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Latvijas Vēstnesis
Description
Latvijas Vēstnesis is the official publication platform for legal acts and official announcements of the Republic of Latvia.
Key services
Publication of legal acts, Official announcements, Archival access to past issues, Searchable database of laws and official notices
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, jQuery UI, Slick Carousel, Google Fonts, Google reCAPTCHA v3, Google Tag Manager (GA4), Custom JavaScript, CSS3
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA v3 for bot protection
  • No visible exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics 4
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics 4
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official Latvian government publication website
  2. Content is primarily legal acts and official announcements
  3. No privacy or terms of service pages found on main page
  4. Cookie consent mechanism present and functional
  5. SEO is limited due to 'noindex' meta tags, possibly intentional for legal reasons
  6. Uses modern JavaScript libraries and Google services
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the main HTML content
  8. No explicit security or incident response policies published
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional web technology stack centered on jQuery and jQuery UI, supplemented by modern tools such as Google reCAPTCHA v3 and Google Analytics 4. The CSS is modular with multiple stylesheets for layout, tooltips, and calendar components. The site is mobile responsive with viewport meta tags and conditional scripts for legacy IE support. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of analytics and reCAPTCHA scripts. The site lacks a detected CMS, suggesting a custom or government-developed platform. Technical risks include reliance on older JavaScript libraries and incomplete security header implementation. Opportunities exist to modernize the stack, improve SEO, and enhance 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 56/100Medium34 findingsView report
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