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Security report for videssos.lv

Valsts vides dienests · Government · Latvia

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

50/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website videssos.lv is an official government platform operated by the Latvian State Environmental Service (Valsts vides dienests). It provides a public service for reporting and monitoring environmental issues across Latvia, featuring interactive maps and status tracking of reports. The site targets the general public and government employees, facilitating transparency and community engagement in environmental protection efforts. The business model is a government service platform with no commercial intent, focusing on public environmental monitoring and issue resolution. From a technical perspective, the website employs a range of open-source JavaScript libraries including jQuery, Leaflet for mapping, and Bootstrap for UI components. The site is moderately optimized for performance and mobile use, with basic accessibility features. The presence of cookie consent modals and privacy policy pages indicates attention to privacy compliance, although some modern security headers and advanced accessibility features are lacking. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS usage and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, the absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests room for improvement in transparency and readiness. The WHOIS data aligns with the government entity ownership, enhancing trustworthiness despite missing registrar and creation date details. Overall, the site is a trustworthy, functional government service platform with good content quality and moderate technical maturity. Strategic improvements in security headers, accessibility, and public security policies would enhance its security posture and user trust.

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

    • 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

  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 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
42
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
50

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

Videssos.lv operates as a government environmental monitoring and reporting platform in Latvia, positioning itself as an official channel for citizens to report environmental concerns. Its competitive advantage lies in its official backing by the Latvian State Environmental Service, providing legitimacy and direct governmental integration. The business model is non-commercial, focusing on public service and regulatory compliance. Revenue streams are not applicable as it is a government entity. The target customer segments include Latvian residents and government employees responsible for environmental oversight. Growth indicators include active maintenance and updates as evidenced by recent WHOIS update timestamps. The partnership ecosystem includes related Latvian government and environmental organizations, as shown by linked partner domains. Strategic observations highlight the importance of maintaining trust and transparency to encourage public engagement and compliance with environmental regulations.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and cookie consent mechanisms in place, supporting GDPR compliance. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the lack of security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security robustness. There is no publicly available incident response or vulnerability disclosure information, which limits transparency and preparedness for security incidents. Data protection practices appear basic but compliant with GDPR, supported by a privacy policy and cookie consent. The security culture could be improved by publishing explicit security policies and incident response contacts. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a government informational site but could benefit from enhancements to meet higher standards.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen defense against common web attacks.
  2. Publish explicit security policies and incident response procedures on the website to improve transparency and preparedness.
  3. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility features to improve user experience and compliance with accessibility standards.
  4. Regularly update third-party libraries and frameworks to mitigate risks from known vulnerabilities.
  5. Consider establishing a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Valsts vides dienests
Registration number
90000017078
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Valsts vides dienests
Description
The website is operated by the Latvian State Environmental Service (Valsts vides dienests) providing a platform for environmental issue reporting and monitoring in Latvia.
Key services
Environmental issue reporting, Public access to environmental reports, Status tracking of reports
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 2.1.4, Leaflet.js, Leaflet.markercluster, Leaflet.awesome-markers, Lightbox, Bootstrap, Bootstrap-datepicker, Moment.js, iCheck
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by URL)
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. Content is primarily in Latvian language.
  3. Focuses on environmental issue reporting and tracking for Latvia.
  4. Uses multiple open-source JS libraries for map and UI functionality.
  5. Includes cookie consent modal and privacy information.
  6. No visible phone numbers or social media links on main page.
  7. WHOIS data is minimal but consistent with government ownership.
  8. No explicit security policies or incident response info publicly available.
  9. No advertising or tracking services detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of well-known open-source JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Leaflet for interactive mapping, and Bootstrap for UI styling. The integration of Leaflet.markercluster and Leaflet.awesome-markers enhances map usability and visualization. The site includes datepicker and lightbox plugins for improved user interaction. Performance is moderate with multiple external tile servers for map rendering. The site lacks a detected CMS, suggesting a custom or lightweight backend. Hosting provider details are not discernible from the content. The site shows basic mobile responsiveness and accessibility but could improve in these areas. SEO optimization is basic with minimal meta tags and no structured data like JSON-LD or Open Graph tags detected. Overall, the technical infrastructure is functional but could benefit from modernization and enhanced SEO and accessibility 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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