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Security report for vilaka.lv

Viļaka · Government · Latvia

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

45/100

Risk levelHigh

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

The website vilaka.lv serves as the official online presence for the Viļaka city administration in Latvia, providing residents and visitors with municipal news, event information, public services, education, culture, and tourism resources. The site is positioned as a local government portal, targeting the community of Viļaka and the Balvu novads region. It offers a comprehensive range of services and information relevant to local governance and community engagement. Technically, the site is built on WordPress 5.4.16 with WPBakery Page Builder and uses common plugins such as Event Calendar WD and MonsterInsights for analytics. The infrastructure supports HTTPS, ensuring secure communication, and includes cookie consent mechanisms to comply with privacy regulations. The site demonstrates moderate performance and good mobile optimization, with basic accessibility features and good SEO practices. From a security perspective, the site benefits from HTTPS but lacks several important security headers and does not provide visible incident response or vulnerability disclosure information. No WHOIS data was available due to query limits, limiting domain legitimacy verification. However, the presence of official contact details, consistent branding, and government-related content supports the site's trustworthiness. Overall, vilaka.lv is a legitimate, well-maintained local government website with room for improvement in security best practices and transparency regarding incident response. Strategic recommendations include implementing security headers, publishing a security.txt file, and maintaining up-to-date software to enhance security posture and user trust.

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

9 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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  • TLS certificates and expiry
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  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
25
Average
45

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

Viļaka city administration operates vilaka.lv as a digital channel to communicate with its constituents and promote local culture and tourism. The site’s market position is that of a trusted government information source, with competitive advantages including official status and localized content. The business model is non-commercial, focused on public service delivery. Revenue streams are not applicable. The target customer segments include local residents, businesses, tourists, and educational institutions. Growth indicators include active content updates and event promotion. The partnership ecosystem includes tourism sites like visitvilaka.lv. Operationally, the site supports community engagement and transparency through published news, documents, and contact information.

Security posture

The website’s security maturity is moderate. HTTPS is enforced, and cookie consent is implemented, indicating awareness of privacy and security requirements. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options exposes the site to potential risks like clickjacking and content injection. No security.txt or incident response contacts are published, limiting vulnerability reporting and response capabilities. The WordPress CMS and plugins should be regularly updated to mitigate known vulnerabilities. No exposed sensitive data or obvious vulnerabilities were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the site would benefit from enhanced security controls and transparency to improve resilience and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy.
  2. Publish a security.txt file to provide vulnerability disclosure and incident response contact information.
  3. Ensure all WordPress core, themes, and plugins are regularly updated to the latest secure versions.
  4. Conduct periodic security audits and vulnerability scans to identify and remediate risks.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by clearly documenting data retention policies and user rights.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Viļaka
Description
Official website of Viļaka city administration providing news, events, municipal information, services, education, culture, and tourism information for Viļaka and Balvu novads region in Latvia.
Key services
Municipal news and announcements, Event calendar, Public services information, Education and culture information, Tourism promotion
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 5.4.16, WPBakery Page Builder, jQuery, Google Analytics, Event Calendar WD plugin, MonsterInsights Google Analytics plugin
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
MonsterInsights Google Analytics plugin
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a Latvian local government official site for Viļaka city and Balvu novads region.
  2. Content is in Latvian language with local news, events, and municipal services.
  3. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins for analytics and event calendar.
  4. No WHOIS data available due to query limit error; no registrar or domain age info.
  5. HTTPS is enabled and cookie consent is implemented.
  6. No visible security.txt or incident response information.
  7. No terms of service page detected.
  8. Contact info includes official email and phone number in footer.
  9. Social media presence on Facebook and Instagram linked.
  10. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a mature and widely used CMS platform, WordPress 5.4.16, with WPBakery Page Builder for layout management. It uses jQuery and integrates Google Analytics via MonsterInsights for visitor tracking. The Event Calendar WD plugin provides event management functionality. The site loads external resources from trusted domains such as Google Fonts and social media platforms. Performance is moderate, with some potential for optimization in asset loading and caching. Mobile responsiveness is good, and SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format. Accessibility is basic but could be improved with ARIA roles and better keyboard navigation support. Hosting provider details are not explicitly identified.
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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